4 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



TqiJ'^of limb longer than the tube . . . . J. ('. punlcderiaefoHa. 



Tube of spathe as sliort oi' shorter than liuil). 



Limb ovate tailed .. .. .. .,5. C. itrifjilhil. 



Limb narrow lanceolate twisted .. .. (i. C. affinis. 



Limb lanceolate not tailed . . . . . . 7. C. clliptica. 



1. C. ciLiATA, Fisch. Schott, Melet. IG. Tul)crous and stoloni- 

 ferous. Leaves erect fleshy leathery petiole stout 18 inches long, 

 laminae 6 to 14 inches long 2 inches wide lanceolate or linear oblong 

 dull dark green. Scape short. Spathe -i to 12 inches long. Limb 

 oblong cuspidate 2-3 inches long fimbriate yellowisli or purple with 

 purple jinibriae. Spadix male ])oi-tion cyiindric l)lunt rather thick. 

 Female flowers about o to 7. Stiguia oldong. Fruit globose conic 

 on a fairly long peduncle. 1 inch tiirough G to 8 seeds. Kunth. Enum. 

 Ill 12. Schott. Aroid. 1. Svn. 2. Prodr. lo. Bonplandia 1851, 

 222. Wight. Ic. t. ;r.K (iriir. Trans. Linn. Soc. XX. 't. 10-12. 

 Blume. Eumphia I. 8G. Engler Araceae G24. Hook. iil. Fl. Brii. 

 Ind. A^I. 492. C. cluia, Griff. Xotul. III. 1:54. le. i'l. As. t. 110, 

 171. C. clnjhiorhiza, Zipp. Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. i. 122. Anibrosinia 

 ciliata, Eoxb. Corom. PI. III. 90. t. 294. Fl. Ind. III. 491. 



Singapore: Kranji, etc.; Jolior: Batu Piihat (Ridley) ; Malacca 

 (Griffithii) ; Tringganu (Ridley); Penang: Pulau Betong (Curtis 

 1940). Distrib. India, Borneo, Java. In mangrove mud and brack- 

 ish ditches near the sea, more rarely in ponds, ^'ery abundant but 

 rarely to be found in flower. 



2. C. conDATA, Griffith Xotulae. III. 138. Tc. PL As. t. i:2. 

 Submersed herb with a slender rhizome. Leaves ovate to oblong ovate 

 undulate thin blunt. 2 inches long 1 inch wide, base cordate olive 

 green above, paler and reddish beneath, petiole 6 inches long olive 

 and white. Scape 1 inch long white. Tube of spathe 7-8 inches long 

 dilated at l)ase, ribbed white j^ inch through, limb lanceolate caudate, 

 bright yellow above, tail and back of limb fuscous, 2 inches long % 

 inch wide. Spadix \ inch long, tip covered by an oblong truncate 

 valve, yellow. Male portion cyiindric ])ale yellow, flowers wedge 

 shaped, top flat with 2 projecting anthers, appendix curved clul)- 

 ehaped blunt adnate to the valve, nude portion of the spadix thin 

 white. Female flowers connate in a cone \ inch tall. Styles short 

 and broad. Stigmas oblong refuse at tip, a circle of 6 rounded yellow 

 bodies above the pistils l)elow and inside the circle of styles (abortive 

 female flowers). Hook. hi. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 493. ' Schott. Svn. 

 2. Prodr. Aroid. 14. Bonplandia 1857, 220. Engler Arac. 026. 

 Icone«. No. G; Malesia I. 2!>8. N. E. I'.l. Joiirn. Linn. Soc. XIII. 

 212. 



Malacca ((Jriffifh). .Ins (Goodenough 151-i), Bukit Sadanon 

 (Dcrry 018), Sungoi L'dan^ (Derry 1( I). Dititrib. Borneo and Java. 



