98 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Singapore : Pukit Tirnah ; Chan Chu Kang (Ridley 6235) ; Johor : 

 Gunong Panti (Ridl ,-y). In dense forest local. Ei de nic. 



8. D. COXGESTA, Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. III. 3SS. Stem short 

 hardly 3 inches long. Leaves lanceolate acute or caudate or elliptic 

 caudate dark green, 6 to 9 inches long inches wide, petiole 3 to 6 inches 

 long. Panicle compact 3 inches long on a 2 inch peduncle. Flowers 

 very crowded in groups of 2 or 3, reddish white an inch long, podicels 

 hardly £ inch long. Bracts small ovate acute. Porianth tube split for 

 i its length dilate at the base lobes linear obtuse. Stamens slender. 

 Anthers oblong. Berry small 1 to 3 seeded. 



Selangor : Kwala Lumpur Caves (Ridley) ; Pahang : Kota Glanggi ; 

 Tahan woods (Ridley). 



On limestone rocks. Distrib. Borneo. 



9. D. BREVIFLORA, Ridl. Journ. Bot. Apr. 1896, p. 4. A dwarf 

 nearly stemless plant. Loaves dark green lanceolate acuminate 12 

 inches long, 3 inches wide, petiole deeply channelled not winged. 

 Raceme short and dense 2 inch inches long peduncle as long. Leaf at 

 base of the raceme convolute. Bracts at the base of the raceme numer- 

 ous densely crowded greenish white in threes. Bracts small ovate, 

 pedicels i inch long. Perianth tube campanulate i inch long split i 

 way down, lobes oblong blunt recurved. Stamens as long tapering 

 upwards. Anther cells diverging at the base. 



Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat (Lake and Kelsall). In swampy forests 

 Tebrau river (Ridley 12,017, 12,212). Endemic. 



10. D. MAINGAYI, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 329. A very large 

 tree about 40 feet tall with numerous branches forming a dense crown. 

 Stem 2 to 3 feet through. Leaves lanceolate oblong acuminate deep 

 shining green, 12 inches long and 3 inches wide, but often narrower in 

 proportion, petiole an inch long winged to the base. Panicles terminal 

 2 feet long branches stout spreading. Bracts lanceolate acuminate. 

 Flowers yellow an inch long in tufts of about 5, rather remote i inch 

 apart or less. Bracteolos short ovate lanceolate 1 inch long. Pedicels 

 i inch long. Berries as large as cherries globoso orange. Ridley 

 Journ. Bot. I.e. 2. 



Singapore: Changi (Ridley 4413), Bukit Panjang (5919); Johor: 

 Batu Pahat ; Malacca : Pulau Besar (Griffith \ Bukit Bruang Ridley' ; 

 Selangor: Ulu Selangor (King's Coll. 8666); Perak : Larut (King's 

 Coll. 3564). Distrib. Malay Islands. 



Common especially in sandy and rocky woods near the sea. The 

 biggest species in the Malay Peninsula. Native name " Chemou." 



11. D. TENANGENSIS, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. 41, 

 p. 36. Stems about 8 or 10 feet tall, an inch through. Leaves young 

 oblong petioled, adults shorter, upper leaves lanceolate acuminate 6-7 



