90 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



2 inch long lanceolate acuminate, inners » inch long. Flowers 2 inch 

 across. Petals and sepals ovate spreading lurid green with a purple 

 central line. Staminal ring circular deep violet. Pistil superior short- 

 er conical with a short cone-shaped style. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



Penang : Penara Bukit, on rocks (Eidley 7095) ; Pahang : . Khol, 

 Pahang river (Eidley) ; Malacca : Woods at the foot of Mount Ophir 

 (Ridley). 



Native name " Pinang Lumbah." Endemic. 



5. P. ALBIDA, Baker Bot. Mag. t. 7110. Rhizome short and 

 thick with corky roots. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 8 ribbed, 10 

 inches long 2 inches wide, petiole over a foot long. Raceme 9 inches 

 tall, covered with small white nodding flowers nearly to the base, 

 lower bracts i inch long narrow lanceolate. Pedicels very short. 

 Sepals and petals white ovate, petals rounder and blunter. Staminal 

 ring round little elevated. Ovary half inferior adnate to the staminal 

 ring for half its height, ovules about 5 in a cell. Style short cylindric, 

 Hook. hi. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 267, Ridley I.e. 96. 



Perak : Larut Hills; Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 2757.) 

 Distrib. Borneo on Matang Mt. Sarawak. 



6. P. gkandifolia, Ridl. I.e. 97. Rhizome subterranean. Leaves 

 very large and stiff, coriaceous deep green oblanceolate cuspidate 

 tapering at base, nerves 13 ; 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, petiolo 

 thick I inch through, 6 inches long. Raceme flowering to the base, 6 

 inches long. Flowers nodding, solitary. Bracts lanceolate obtuse 4 

 inch long. Sepals and petals ovate obtuse k inch long waxy yellow. 

 Staminal ring adnate to the perianth, anthers broader than usual. 

 Style very stout, top broad. Stigmas linear. Ovary obconic quite 

 inferior. 



Malay Peninsula probably Larut Hills, cult, in Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore, but locality lost. 



7. P. STELLARIS, Ridl. I.e. 97. A small plant. Leaves several 

 lanceolate acuminate with waved edges 5 ribbed, four inches long one 

 inch across petiole 3 inches long. Raceme 2 inches long with numer- 

 ous lanceolate bracts at the base. Flowers solitary in the bracts green 

 star-shaped small. Outer bract lanceolate acuminate, inner one small- 

 er. Sepals and petals linear obtuse, less than i inch long. Staminal 

 ring green, the stamens almost completely free, filaments oblong fleshy. 

 Anthers orange. Ovary quite inferior, rather large obconic. Stylo 

 violet conical taller than the stamens. P. humilis Andr. Hook. til. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. VI. 267, (partly*. 



Penang Hill (Curtis 142, Ridloy 7253); Province Wollesley : Tasok 

 Gelugur (Ridloy) ; Pahang : Tahan Woods (Ridloy). Distrib. Siam. 



