Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 89 



Bot. Mag. t. 1302, Kunth. Enum. V. 307, Kedoute Lil. t.' 415, 

 Rchb. Ic. t. 14, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 265, Ridl. Journ. As. Soc. 

 Str. Br. p. 93. Tela viridiflora, Koxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 165. 



Penang: Government Hill, Pulau Badak (Curtis 2757). Distrib. 

 India, Siam. 



2. P. violacea, Wall. Cat. 5084, Bak. Journ. Linn. Soc. XVII. 

 502. Rhizome ascending. Leaves ovate lanceolate to ovate acute or 

 acuminate 9 nerved stiff, 7-8 inches long, 2£ inches wide, petiole 6 

 inches long. Raceme about 4 inches tall deep violet purple. Bracts 

 broadly lanceolate acute papery, lower ones i inch long, upper ones 

 smaller. Flowers crowded solitary to each bract, campanulate globose 

 fleshy nodding deep black purple. Sepals and petals obovate obtuse i 

 inch long. Petals a little smaller. Staminal ring free from the perianth 

 and the ovary. Pistil connate shorter than the staminal ring, ovules 

 about 6 in each cell. Ovary superior. Seed oblong blue. 



Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 266, Ridley I.e. 94. 



Singapore : Bukit Timah (Ridley) ; Selangor : Kwala Lumpur 

 (Ridley); Perak : Thaiping Hills, Kuala Dipang (Ridley), Upper 

 Perak (Wray 3459) ; Penang : Government Hill (Curtis 139) ; Pahang : 

 Tahan River (Ridley). Distrib. India. 



Native name " Seludang Pinang." I believe this to be the plant 

 intended by Baker but have not seen Wallich's plant. Baker gives 

 three varieties of which two, viz. minor and princeps with green flowers 

 are doubtless distinct. The almost globose nearly black flowers are 

 very distinctive. 



3. P. VIRIDIS, Ridley I.e. 95. A compact bushy plant with a 

 stout rhizome. Leaves numerous lanceolate acuminate at both ends, 

 plicate 7 to 8 inches long l| inch broad, nerves 5 or 7 raised, upper 

 surface dark green shining, lower glaucescent, petiole 8-9 inches long. 

 Raceme 5 inches long stout, with numerous lanceolate acuminate bracts 

 at the base. Floral bracts 2 to each flower, outer one subquadrate 

 with a linear point, inner lanceolate acute shorter. Flowers numerous 

 nodding, pale emerald green. Sepals ovate ts inch long. Petals more 

 oblong. Staminal ring free from the perianth and pistil except at base 

 deep green rounded. Pistil about as long conic, ovary superior. 

 Stigma obscurely 3 lobed. Seeds pale blue over ^ an inch long. 



Singapore : Chan Chu Kang etc., (Ridley 1653, 6235) ; Malacca : 

 Chabau, Herb. Bot. Sing. ; Johor : Bukit Soga, Batu Pahat (Ridley). 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



4. P. lurida, Ridley I.e. 96. Rhizome stout, roots thick. 

 Leaves large, lanceolate with a long point, nerves 15 to 19, transverse 

 nervules conspicuous, 12-13 inches long 3 to 3i inches wide, petiole 

 8-12 inches long, stout. Raceme thick 4-5 inches long. Bracts outer 



