Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 77 



oblong lanceolate to lanceolate acute petiole a foot long. Scape a foot 

 or more tall. Tnvolucral bracts 4, two outer ones ovate acuminate 1 

 inch long, f inch wide, 2 inner ones ovate petiolate acute li inch 

 long, petiole as long as the blade. Floral bracts none. Flowers 10 or 

 more small green, pedicels i inch long. Perianth tube campanulate 

 i inch long lobes subequal orbicular obtuse narrowed at the base inner 

 ones spathulate. Stamens, filaments short, anther elliptic. Ptyle 

 thick arms recurved thick. Fruit globose i inch long on longer pedi- 

 cels. 



Schaur. Nov. Act. Bonn. 1843, Supp. 444. Kunth. Enum. V. 

 461. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3577. 



Johore, Pulau Aor (Feilding). Not yet found on the mainland. 

 Distrib. Saint Barbe Island, Borneo, Java. 



3. T. cristata, Jack. Mai. Misc. I. No. V. 23. Eootstock thick 

 4 inches long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate long petioled, 1^ to 2 

 feet long 4 to 7 inches wide, petiole a foot or more. Scapes erect 1 to 

 3 feet tall. Involucral bracts 2 pairs, outer ones lanceolate or oblong 

 6 inches long by 4 inches wide purple, inner pair larger erect ovate 

 tapering into a claw below, base purple, upper part white or all purple. 

 Floral bracts long filiform numerous 6 inches long purple tipped white. 

 Flowers 5 to 18, pedicels i inch long, perianth tube short and broad. 

 Sepals oblong k inch long i inch wide. Petals orbicular oblong, broad- 

 er, all purple. Stamens filaments very short, conective broad incurved 

 conic. Style very short. Stigma 3 lobed lobes purplish blunt rounded. 

 Berry black 3^ inch long li inch through, nodding on an elongate 

 thickened pedicel, oblong obcuneate 6 keeled, terminated by the persis- 

 tent perianth tube. Seeds numerous elliptic ribbed brown. Miquel. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 578, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 287. 



T. Bajflcsiana, Jack. Wall. Cat. 5172. Atacca cristata, Kunth. 

 Enum. V. 476, Bot. Mag. t. 4587. Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 186, 187. 

 Flore des Serres. t. 860 861. 



Singapore: (Wallich 5172), Bukit Timah etc. (Eidley) ; Johore : 

 Batu Pahat ; Malacca : Jus, Selandor ; Selangor : Kwala Lumpur ; Perak : 

 Larut Hills (King's Coll. 2S09), Kwala Kangsa ; Penang : West Hill 

 (Curtis 336). Distrib. Moulmem. 



Common in forests all over the peninsula to 2000 feet alt. Natives 

 names " Sebiak," " Jangut Bawo." 



4. T. VEsrERTlLlO, Kidl. Stem short as in T. cristata. Leaves 

 elliptic lanceolate long petioled, petiole 6-8 inches long, smooth, blade 

 12 inches or less, 6 inches across, base rounded, tip acuminate, margin 

 wavy bright green. Scape over a foot long smooth. Involucral bracts 

 2 outer short lanceolate acuminate l£ inch long i inch wide green 

 tipped purple, 2 inner ones ovate sessile alternate with the others 

 brown purple 2 inches long H inch wide, glabrous. Flowers 3-5. 



