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36 Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



7. 11. PLMiLA, Hook. lil. Fl. Biit. Iiul. A'l. p. 535. A small 

 plant with short erect steiii.s. Leaves ovate or elliptic ovoid acute or 

 bltmt, l)right irreen, silvery or dark red nerves o-t pairs, li-3 inches 

 long 1-11 wide petiole 1-3 inches long rather thick grooved green or 

 red, sbea"thing for abotit \ its length. Peduncles ^ to f inch long. 

 Spathes oblong short and thick base l)road apex blunt cuspidate or 

 not, green or red 1 inch long nearly ^ inch through. Spadix not 

 stipitate cylindric fairly thick hardly 4 inch long. Male portion 

 3 times as h>ng as the female white. Female of 3 or 4 whorls with 

 about 4 flowers in a whorl, ovaries conic. Stigma small, no stami- 

 nodes. Chumuectadon lanccolatuin, Miq. Fl. Ind. 111. 212. t. 40. Bot. 

 Zeit. 185G, p. 5G4. Scliott. Trodr. 313. Gen. Ar. t. OU. (7/. pyg- 

 niaeuin, Engl, xVrac. 345. A(jl((oiif'iiia pyyinaeum, Hassk. Cat. llort. 

 Bogor. 1844, p. 51. 



Singapore verv common, Bukit Tinudi, etc. (IJidicy), (Maingay 

 so. 2G81) ; .lohor: Batu Fahat (Kidley) ; Malacca (Hervey). 



var. purpurasccit.'<. II. parpuru-u-cns, Scliott. Bonplandia 1858, 

 p. 3G9, Leaves deep olive green above, red beneath, spathes rcd. 



Singa])oie: Bukit Timah, etc. Distrib. Java, Borneo. In woods 

 wvy common. The type specimen (Maingay's) in herb. Kcw is very 

 bad but 1 do not doubt that is this common little plant. 



8. l\. I'ROJ'iNc^LA, l\idl. .lourn. Bot. 1902, 35. Stems stout erect 

 1 inch or nmre long. Ijcaves elliptic oblique acute base rounded 6 

 inches long, 2i wide, thin textured nerves 7 pairs petiole 3-4 inches 

 long. Pedunc'les -J inch long, spathes !| inch long narrow cuspidate. 

 Spadix slender, l)ase not nude, male portion 3 times as long as the 

 female pistils very few. 



Johor: (Junong Fanti (Pidley 3722). Allied to 11. pumila, 

 Hook. fil. but very mucli laiger. Fndemic. 



9. H. CiuiFi'iTiiii, Hook. lil. Fl. Brit. liid. W. 534. Stem 

 short or 4 or 5 inches long .} inch thick, l^-aves ovate to ovate lan- 

 ceolate usually more or less inae(|uilaleral broatl or narrowed at the 

 base, apex acuminate polished light green 5 to 7 inches long 3 to 4 

 inches wide, nerves 4 pairs, ascending, petiole G to 7 inches long or 

 less sheathing for half its length. Spathes several green cylindric 

 curved rather thick 1 to 1| inch long, cusp ^ inch long, peduncles 

 1^ inch long. Spadix 1 inch long base nude except for a few abortive 

 flowei's. Male ])oi-tion twice as long as the female white. Female 

 flowers numerous ovoid with a snuiU discoid stignut. Stamens 

 numerous white clubbed. //. ohli<iiiata, Hook. fil. l.c.c. //. Kin</ii, 

 Hook. ill. I.e. p. 535. II. ovala, Hook. iil. p. 5;)G. ('Iiaiiiac/.l'idon 

 uraluin, Scliott. Bonplandia 1859 ;!0. Frodr. 315. Engler. Arac. 348. 

 C7(. obliiiuahnii, Schott. Bonplandia 1858, 3G9. Frodr. 315. Engl. 



