Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 57 



ovary. Sepals spathulate, upper one H inch long i inch wide at top, 

 lower ones narrower more acute adnate to the corolla tuhe for i their 

 length. Petals linear obtuse. Lip small spathulate bilobed with a 

 tongue-shaped process in the mouth and a line of hairs down the cen- 

 tre. Petaloid stamen li inch long bilobed, 2 inch across at tip, an- 

 theriferous stamen adnate to lip. Cucullate stamen bilobed at apex. 

 Fruit 3 seeded and three lobed obconic or rarely globose one seeded. 



Schumann Pflanzenr. Marantac. 33, Ridl. I.e. 177. 



Clinogijne dichotoma Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. I. 276, Benth. and 

 Hook. hi. Gen. PL III. 651, Bak. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 258. 



Phrynium dicliotomum, Roxb. As. Res. XI. 321. Fl. Ind. I. 2, 

 Maranta ramoissima, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 286, M. arundinacea, Blanco. 

 Fl. Filip. ed. I. 7, (non L). 



Johor : Kota Tinggi (Ridley) ; Pahang : Pekan, Banks of Pahang 

 River ; Selangor, Langat (Ridley) ; Perak : Kinta River (King's Coll. 

 381); Kelantan : Kamposa (Ridley). Distrib. India, Siam, Malay 

 Islands. 



A smaller plant than D. grandis, but with larger flowers. River 

 Banks. Native name " Bemban Ayer." 



2. Stachyphrynium, Schum. 



Rhizome short. Stems numerous. Leaves trifid long petioled 

 often large. Inflorescence simply spicate sub-sessile or pedunculate 

 rarely branched. Bracts imbricate. Flowers in pairs in the bracts 

 enclosed in a thin bracteole. Sepals narrow. Corolla tube longer, 

 slender, lobes oblong. Staminal tube a little longer, or as long. Pata- 

 loid stamen entire or bilobed, cucullate short. Lip oblong or ovate 

 with a narrow crest, hairy or lamellar. Style stout curved. Capsule 

 oblong 2 or 3 seeded. Seed oblong with a small irregular aril, or with 

 two long claw-shaped processes. 



Species 8. Indo-Malayan. 



Spike flattened, bracts distichous ... ••• 1. S. Grifjithii. 



Spike fusiform. Leaves large 6 feet tall ... 2. -S'. cylindricum. 



Spike fusiform. Leaves about 1 foot •■• ••• 3. S. Jagoranum. 



Spike small oblong. Leaves small ••• ••• 4. S. minus. 



1. S. GRIFFITHII, Schum. Pfianzenr. Marantaceee, p. 49. Very 

 large tufted plant. Leaves erect petiole slender 3 feet or more, blade 

 oblong subacute 2 feet long 6 inches wide, light green above, glaucous 

 except one edge beneath. Spikes 4 to 6 inches long flattened 3 inches 

 wide, on peduncles as long. Bracts whitish edges connate at the base 

 points recurved 2 inches long li inch wide. Flowers in pairs enclosed 

 in a thin white bracteole shortly pedicelled white fragrant. Calyx lobes 



