Phryniutn.'] ScitamifieCe'. 263 



like, sheathed below; spike on a radical ped., or ped. adnate 

 to the side of the petiole, bracteate, dense-fld. ; sep. 3, narrow, 

 subequal; cor.-tube cylindric, segm. 3, subequal, linear-oblong, 

 spreading ; stam.-tube longer than the cor.-tube, segm. un- 

 equal, petaloid ; anth. i -celled, adnate to the margin of a 

 segment ; ov. 3-celled, cells i-ovuled, or 1-2 cells empty, style 

 adnate below to the stam.-tube, tip hooked, stigma capitate 

 or funnel-shaped ; fr. subglobose, dehiscent or not; seeds 1-3, 

 erect, aril short, fleshy, embryo curved. — Sp. 20; 8 in FL 



B. Ind. 



Spike sessile on the rootstock i. P. zeylanicum. 



Spike lateral, high up on the petiole . . . 2. P. capitatum. 



1. P. zeylanicum, Benth. in Gen. PL iii. 653 (1883). Kulan- 

 kiriya, 6". 



Mafauta sptcata. Moon, Cat. I ; Thw. Enum. 320. Trim. Cat. 92. 



C. P. 612. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 260. 



Rootstock stout, creeping, root-fibres tortuous; 1. 4-8 in., 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, membranous, 

 base cuneate or rounded, petiole 6-14 in., slender, sheathed, 

 inner sheaths very long; spike i^ in., sessile on the rootstock 

 close to the petiole, oblong, few-fld. ; bracts -|-| in , ovate or 

 oblong, obtuse, imbricate, membranous, green ; fl. about \ in. 

 across ; sep. -^r in. long, narrow ; cor.-tube slender, glabrous, 

 segm. oblong, tips rounded ; fr. J in. long, oblong, obtusely 

 trigonous, smooth, crowned by the sep. ; seeds |— 4- in. long, 

 oblong, trigonous, pale, dorsally rounded, testa crustaceous, 

 obtusely tubercled, hilum large, aril flesh}-. 



Forests in moist low country ; rare. Central Prov. (Thwaites) ; 

 Colombo (Moon); Dolawe Kande. Fl. July-Sept.; pale pink. 

 Endemic. 

 I have seen no good flowering specimens. — J. D. H. 



2. P. capitatum, Willd. Sp. PL i. 17 (1797). Et-b6mi- 

 kiriya, S. 



Moon, Cat. 2. Thw. Enum. 320. C. P. 3123. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 258. Wight, Ic. t. 2016. 



Rootstock tuberous, with many fleshy root-fibres; 1. 16-18 

 by 6-8 in., oblong, acuminate, smooth on both surfaces, 

 midrib slender, veins very many, arched, base rounded or 

 cuneate, petiole longer than the blade, 2-3 ft., stout, terete, 

 sheaths long, green; spike capitate, i|-2 in. diam., sessile 

 on the side of the petiole above the middle (or terminating 



