34 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



long, upper half but little dilated terminating in a long beak. Spadix 

 shorter, base female narrowed upwards to a bare portion. Ovaries 

 lh'isk-sha])ed. Stignui discoid, above a short neuter portion with club- 

 shaped bodies, ]iiale portion cylindric flowers oblong, above it a thicker 

 terminal conic sterile portion, of wedge shaped bodies. Fruiting 

 portion | inch long I inch wide narrowed above. 



Malacca base of Gunong Mering, Ophir; Selangor: Ginting Peras 

 (Eidley) ; Pahang: Tahan liiver Woods (Ridley) ; Perak: Scortechini 

 G12a); Penaug Waterfall (Curtis 1884). Hill Woods. Endemic. 



7. S. MARGiXATA, Piidlcy Journ. Bot. 1903. XL. p. 36. Stem 

 stout almost woody with thick roots. Leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 narrowed into the petiole, margin undulate, nerves about 10 pairs 

 ascending, 8 to G inches long 1 to 2 inches wide, petiole 3 to 3 inches 

 long sheathing for about ^ of its length, sheath strongly crisped. 

 Peduncle very short ^ inch long. Spathe I4 inch narrowed below 

 hardly constricted cuspidate. Spadix 1^ inch long, upper portion 

 cylindric male 1 inch long, flowers irregularly rhomboidal below a 

 narrowed portion covered with neuters. Female portion short few 

 ilowered. Fruit broad J inch long, seed oblong elliptic strongly ribbed. 



Pahang: Tahan Piver Woods (Pidley). Pare. Endemic. 



8. S. LONCiiFOLTA, Pidley Journ. Bot. 1903, XL. 37. Stem 

 short. Leaves elliptic to obhmceolate or lanceolate mucronate nar- 

 rowed at the base G-13 inches long 1 J to 3| inches wide, nerves fine 

 ascending, petiole 6 to 15 inches long sometimes very broad. Spadices 

 numerous peduncles slender 5 to 13 inches long, Spathe slender 

 narrow not constricted in the middle M-hite 3 inches long with a beak 

 i inch long. Spadix slender 1 inch long apex ^ inch long of sterile 

 ilowei's cylindric conic orange, male portion short then a short portion 

 of ncutci's. Female ])ortion | inch long. Pistils globose white scat- 

 tered. Fruit an inch long narrowed at base thickened upwards. 

 Seeds J- inch long oblong strongly ribbed. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Curtis 3083), (King's Collector Xo. 1067). 

 Endemic. On banks at about 3500 feet alt. 



13. PiPTOSPATiiA, X. E. Br. 



Terrestrial herbs stems short stout. Leaves lanceolate base 

 nanowed, petiole long. Spathes short and broad not constricted in 

 tfie middle. Upper part deciduous. Spadix short sessile much 

 slioi'tcr than the siialhc. Male portion rounded, terminal, anthers 

 with the connective j)roIonged horned or hemisphei-ic. Female portion 

 as long, ovaries ellij)tic, stigma orbicular. I'lacentas 3 or '.'>. parietal, 

 ovules basal attached by a funiclc. Fruiting sjialhe funiicl-shaped. 

 Seeds fusiform tailed at each end. 



Species 6. Malay Peninsula and Borneo, 



