Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 'J9 



inches long 1-li wide, petiole 1 inch long sheathing at base. Panicle 

 erect 8-10 inches long of about 11 or 12 stiff branches 4 inches long or 

 less with lanceolate acuminate bracts at the base i-^ inch long. 

 Flowers in twos and threes on slender pedicels i inch long. Perianth 

 lobes narrow white. Fruit as large as a large cherry 1-3 seeded scar- 

 let. 



Penang, Batu Feringhi by the stream ; Highlands (Curtis 2269J. 

 A shrub resembling in many points D. Maingayi but much smaller. 

 Endemic. 



12. D. AURANTIACA, Wall. Cat. 5744, Hook. til. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 329. A shrub or small tree little or not branched about 12 feet tall. 

 Leaves crowded on the ends of the branches coriaceous very variable 

 lanceolate, elliptic lanceolate, ovate acuminate, or almost lorate cuspi- 

 date, tapering to the base, 1 to 3 feet long, 4 or 5 inches across, petiole 

 winged polished green, or purple, marbled with ring-shaped lighter 

 patches. Panicle erect terminal stout about li feet long branches 

 spreading thickly noriferous. Bracts 1 inch long £ inch wide lanceo- 

 late acuminate. Flowers usually purple outside white within, more 

 rarely green or greenish white, slender 1 inch long, in tufts of 3 or 4 

 with very small ovate bracts. Pedicels f inch long. Stamens as long 

 as the perianth. Style longer. Fruit as big as a large cherry 1 to 3 

 seeded, seeds white semitranslucent globose or hemispheric. Eidley 

 Journ. Bot. I.e. 3. D. Cantleyi, Baker Journ. Bot. 1881, 326. D. 

 spicata var. aurantiaca, Bak. Journ. Bot. 1873, 263, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XIV. 532. D. marmorata, Bak. Bot. Mag. t. 7078. 



Singapore : (Wallich 5744), Bukit Timah (Ridley 4682), common. 

 Johor; Malacca: Nyalas, Panchor (Goodenough) ; Penang: Paya 

 Terobong (Curtis). 



Damp spots in woods and open places. Distrib. Borneo. 



13. D. JACKIANA, Wall. Cat. 5145. Stem rather short and slend- 

 er. Leaves elongate lanceolate acuminate with a long winged petiole 

 24 inches long 2| inches wide. Panicle shorter than the leaves grace- 

 ful lax with few branches erect. Bracts lanceolate acuminate acute. 

 Flowers in tufts of 2 or 3 on slender pedicels i inch long white long. 

 Perianth split for 1 of its length, tube narrowed towards the base 

 then dilated lobes linear. Anthers oblong. D. longifolia, Ridl. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. III. 388. J), pachyphylla, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. p. 

 329. (in part). 



Pahang: Tahan River woods (Ridley); Perak : Larut 100 to 1000 

 alt. (King's Collector 2719) ; Penang : (Wallich 5145) ; Johor : Jaffaria 

 (King and Hullett) probably but too young. 



Dr. Prain states that the above-mentioned Larut plant exactly 

 matches Wallich's 5145, D. Jackiana. I have not seen the specimen 

 and no complete description of it has been published. Baker Journ. 



