Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. "(\ 



3. B. COELESTIS, Don. Prodr. 44. Slender herb 3 to 12 inches 

 tall, rhizome about 1 inch long. Leaves crowded at the base, lanceolate 

 acuminate \-\ inch long, with a few scattered on the upper part of the 

 stem. Flowers 1-6 terminal crowded very shortly pedicelled light blue, 

 half an inch long. Perianth tube 3 winged for its whole length. Sepals 

 and petals short ovate yellowish white the latter much the larger. 

 Anthers sessile oval connective broad 2-crested above prolonged into a 

 tooth below. Style slender tririd. Stigmas heart-shaped. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit Ind. V. 665. 



B. azurca, Griff. Notul. III. 236, Ic. PI. As. t. 272, f. 1, Beccari, 

 Malesia 1, 242, t. 15, f. 1-3. B. javanica, Bl. Enum. PL Jav. I. 28, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 614. B. triflora, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 117. 

 Cryptonema malaccensis Turcz. Flora 1848, 1, 590. Ncphrocaclium 

 malacccnsis Turcz. I.e. 1853, I. 287. 



Singapore : Tanglin, Changi, etc., (Eidley) ; Malacca : Ayer Panas 

 (Goodenough 1691), Sungei Hudang (Derry 1481); Pahang : Kwala 

 Pahang (Eidley 1573); Penang : Telok Bahang (Curtis). Province 

 Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur (Eidley 6997). Distrib. India, Siain, Labuan. 



Grassy and sandy spots in open country common. Native names 

 " Eumput Sisik Naga," " Eumput Jarum." 



§ 2. Saprophyticae. 



4. B. GRACILIS, Eidley Journ. Boy. As. Soc. Straits Branch Vol. 

 22, p. 335, (1890,). A slender saprophyte 6-12 inches tall, branched. 

 Leaves narrow lanceolate scale-like scattered on the stem. Eacemes 

 two opposite, terminal an inch or more long. Flowers about 14 secund 

 erect white, pedicels i inch long. Bracts oblong obtuse i inch long. 

 Perianth tube i inch long winged with broad semi-elliptic wings for 

 its whole length. Sepals small lanceolate, petals much smaller, short 

 and blunt. Style rather long, stigmas reniform. Capsule urn-shaped 

 seeds fusiform acute at both ends. 



Lankawi Islands, Terutau (Curtis 2123, 2590). Distrib. S. W. 

 Siam. 



Occurs on limestone rocks, beneath trees. 



5. B. Wallichii, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. p. 666. A very 

 slender saprophyte 4 to 5 inches long white with a slender branched 

 rhizome with ovate lanceolate sheathing leaves. Leaves distant i 

 inch long. Flowers 1-2 erect i inch long. Bracts short long lanceo- 

 late obtuse. Perianth tube nearly cylindric i inch long with 3 rather or 

 very narrow wings. Sepals ovate subacute, thick pustular. Petals 

 very minute or apparently absent. Style stout arms short curved. 

 Stigmas thick rounded. 



Gonyanthcs Wallichii Micrs, Trans. Linn. Soc. XVIII. 537 



