140 XIII. POLYGALACE^. [Salomonia. 



Leaves ovate cordate petioled 3-nerved, -25 to '4 in. long, '25 to 

 '5 in. wide. Spikes numerous terminal, dense above, lax below, 



1 to 3 in. long. Flowers '05 in. long pink. Sepals linear. Capsule 

 flat reniform, edges with short recurved triangular teeth, adhesive. 

 Seeds black. Hab. Common on paths and sandy spots. Singapore. 

 Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Penang. Distrih. India, Malay 

 Islands. Native name : Rumput Bua. 



(2) S. oblongifolia DC. Prod. i. 354; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 207; 

 Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. 19; King, I.e. 132. S. obovata Wight. III. i. 



t. 22B. 



An erect simple or little branched annual 3 to 6 in. tall. Branches 

 very slightly winged. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, sessile 

 •15 to 14 in. long. Bracts linear. Spikes terminal i to 3 in. long. 

 Flowers crowded above pink -05 in. long. Sepals nearly equal 

 lanceolate. Capsule reniform, teeth spreading filiform. Hah. 

 Rather rare in dry sandy heaths. Singapore, at Changi. Province 

 Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur, and Butterworth. Setul Heath (Ridley). 

 Distrib. India and Malay Islands, Siam, Cambodia, Australia. 



(3) S. ciliata DC. Prod. i. 334; Hook. fil. F.B.I . i. 206. S. 

 cordata Am. Pug. Ind. 4; Wight. III. i. t. 22c. 



A small branched herb, annual 4 to 9 in. tall. Leaves sessile 

 amplexicaul oblong-ovate sub-acute, base broad, margins ciliate ; 

 nerves 3 from the base, "25 in. long, 6 in. wide. ' Spikes dense 



2 in. long. Flowers very small pink, 'i in. long. Sepals sub-equal 

 lanceolate denticulate. Capsule oblong-reniform, teeth spreading 

 filiform. Hab. Sandy country. Rare, on Setul Heath. Distrib. 

 Ceylon. 



3. EPIRHIZANTHES, Bl. 



Flesh-coloured parasitic herbs erect, simple or branched. Branches 

 ascending. Leaves o, represented by small ovate distant scales. 

 Spikes terminal elongate dense, many-flowered. Bracts persistent. 

 Flowers very small sessile. Sepals 5 broadly ovate or lanceolate. 

 Petals clawed, lamina rounded obtuse. Stamens 5 monadelphous, 

 adnate at base to petals. Ovary 2-celled, 2-seeded. Capsule 

 transversely oblong or globose, unarmed. Seed black strophiolate. 

 Species 2, Malayan. 



(i) E. elongata Bl. Flor. Bot. Zeit. 1825, p. 123 ; Penzig Ann. 

 Jard. Buitenz. xvii. 142, pi. xxiv. Salomonia aphylla Griff. 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 342 ; King, i.e. 132. S. parasitica Griff. 

 NotulcB iv. 538. 



Slender branched herb 3 to 7 in. tall. Spikes very slender. 

 Flowers minute, flesh colour. Bracts very short. Style slender. 

 Hab. In dense dark forest, widely scattered. Johor, Batu Pahat ; 

 Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Tahan Woods. Malacca, Bukit Sadanen. 

 Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson at 

 3500 ft. altitude). Distrib. Mergui, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 China. 



