228 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula, 



tapering into a stout upcurved simple spine h inch long, grooved above 

 tip acute. 



Perak : Thaiping Hills in dense forests (Eidley). Endemic. Local. 

 This is allied to C. parvus (Eidley) but a very much larger plant in all 

 its parts. 



14. P. OVATUS, Kurz. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XXXVIII. 1869, 

 147. Slora 1869, 451. A low creeping plant with a stem i inch 

 through, rooting all along. Leaves crowded linear acuminate, greyish 

 green a foot or more long i-f inch wide, stiff, with rather numerous 

 thorns. Male inflorescence not seen. Fruit almost sessile among the 

 leases globose li inch through. Carpels broad top rounded, depressed 

 in the centre when dry. Style conic, stout, curved acuminate. Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 486. Warburg. Pflanzenr. IV. p. 80. C. 

 elostigma, Martell, I.e. Fisquetia ovata, Gaud. Voy. Bonite. t. 4, f. 1. 



Malacca: (Gaudichaud), Selandor (Ridley), Aver Panas (Good- 

 enough 1533) ; Province Wellesley : Tasek Gelugur (Ridley 7006) ; 

 Kedah : Gunong Jerai (Low). Distrib. Siam (Kasum Curtis 3427). 

 Native name " Sindayen Masing," occurs in woods, not very common, 

 cannot separate C. elostigma Martelli from this by the specimens ex- 

 cept that the leaves are somewhat larger. It was obtained in Larut on 

 rocky soil in open ground (King's Coll. 3758, 6559). 



15. P. COLLINUS, n. sp. Dwarf pandan 4-7 feet tall. Leaves 

 linear gradually acuminate, 15 inches long, i inch wide rather thin with 

 pale red tipped thorns very small and not very close, for the whole 

 length. Syncarp globose on a peduncle 3 inches long ; 1 inch long f 

 inch through. Drupes dilate, rounded at the top. Style & inch long 

 conic acute, tooth-shaped, angled, stigma for | of its length. 



Perak : Gunong Batu Putih 3000 to 4300 feet altitude (Wray 1026, 

 King's Coll. 8034); Kedah: Gunong Jerai (Ridley). Resembles P. 

 ovatus, but the foliage is thinner and less rigid, the syncarp very much 

 smaller. Endemic. 



16. P. MONOTHECA, Martelli, I.e. 303. A bush resembling P. 

 ornatus, with stout stems. Leaves 3 feet long, ^ inch wide, linear 

 acuminate caudate, with rather close pale thorns along the edge the 

 whole length. Syncarp oblong 2 inches long, 1 through, on a short 4 

 inch peduncle. Drupes obovate with a broad rounded top with 5 

 ribs radiating from the style. Style very short, dagger-shaped. Stig- 

 ma for the whole length. Mesocarp not hollow spongy, — woody. 

 Endocarp obtriangular. 



Malacca : on Gunong Tunduk, Mt. Ophir (Ridley 10821) at 4000 

 feet alt. Endemic. 



17. P. RlDLEYI, Martelli I.e. p. 303. Eight to 10*feet tall, stem 

 li to 3 inches through. Leavos glossy deep green, linear long acumi- 

 nate 14-18 inches long, 1 across with small thorns very close along the 



