138 Male rials fur a flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Spadix small simple rarely 2 branched ••• 10. P. paradc.ru. 

 Spadices stout branched. 



Branches 6-S erect ... ... ... 11. P. pectinata. 



Branches 2-6 deflexed short ••• ••• 12. P. perakoisis. 



Branches 12 inches long deflexed very stout. 



Leaf large, leaflets numerous ••• ••• 13. P. malaiana. 



Branches 3 to 4 short deflexed. 



Leaflets 8 ••• ••• ... ••• ... 14. P.riparia. 



Leaflets sigmoid. 



Spadix erect ... ... ... ... 15. P. patula. 



Spadix deflexed • •< ... ... ••• 16. P. singaporensis. 



l. Spirantheae. 



1. P. Scoetechinii, Becc. Males. I. 170. Stems 5 to 15 feet 

 tall, li inch through green, internodes 4 inches long- Leaves 7 feet 

 long, petiole a of the length, leaflets 20 pairs lower ones linear acumi- 

 nate, upper ones broader 3 toothed, teeth broad, terminal leaflet acumi- 

 nate broad deeply bifi<( tips with broad teeth, rachis brown scurfy, back 

 of leaf grey. Spathe papery 3 inches long. Compound spike ascend- 

 ing 6 inches long, with 4-8 stout branches. Flowers spirally arranged. 

 Males i inch long. Calyx short. Petals ovate acute. Stamens 

 shorter. Anthers linear sagittate. Females, sepals orbicular. Petals 

 a little longer. Drupe elliptic blunt \ inch long. Seed deeply ruminate. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 408. P. robusta Becc. and Hook. fil. l.c.c. 



Selangor : Bukit Kutu (Ridley 7890) ; Sungei Ujong : Bukit Temiang 

 (Cantley's Coll) ; Pahang : Kwala Tenibeling (Ridley): Perak : LaruL 

 Hills (Curtis 2080) ; Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9800) ; Penang : Pcnara 

 Bukit (Ridley). 



Hill woods usually from 2 to 4000 feet alt., seldom lower. Malay 

 name '' Bayas betina." 



2. P. CANINA, Becc. Mai. III. 135? Stem slender as thick as a 

 pencil internodes 1 inch long. Leaf-sheaths ribbed 2 inches long ligulo 

 bifid lobes lanceolate acute, petiole 4 inches long angled, leaflets 1 pair 

 trapezoid acuminate 4 inches long to the tip li inch wide, 4 nerved 

 terminal pair very broad 6 inches long 3 inches wide, 7 nerved roundod 

 truncate widely spreading. Spathes thin papery 1 inch long. Spikes 

 2 inches long, 4 on a short peduncle. Flowers spiral, about 20 on a spiko, 

 rachis angled scurfy. 



Province Wollesley, Ara Kudah (Ridley 7027.) Distrib. Borneo. 



I believe this is what Beccari intends by his P. canina. 



3. P. rOLYMOKTHA, Becc. Malesia III. 173. Becc. and Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Brit. India VI. 407 (in part). Stems solitary slonder i to & inch 



