42 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



falcate or ol^long ciisjjidate narrowed a little at the base 8-1) iiielies 

 long 2-0 inelics wide thinly coriaceous iiaccid dull green above paler 

 beneath nerves prominent beneath I'l pairs or more numerous petiole 

 1-3 inches long with a thickened knee at the base I inch long, in old 

 leaves, channelled up to the upper knee. Peduncle thick an inch long. 

 Sjiathc cylindric cuspidate thick 1 inch long yellow. Spadix 4 inch 

 long in flower, 1 inch in I'ruit blunt cylindric. Stigma discoid. 

 Ovary 3 celled. Seeds G elliptic narrow flattened dark brown. 

 Schott. Prodr. 319. Engler. Arac. 240. Hook. fll. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah, Chan C'hu Kang (Pidley) ; Jolior: 

 Batu Paliat (Eidley) ; Malacca: Selandor (Herb. H. B. Singap.) ; 

 Perak: Ulu Bubong (King's Coll. lUoil), Larut (King's Coll.). 

 DistJ'ib. Borneo. 



On low trees and shrubs in jungle swamps common. Xative 

 name " Akar Asam Tebing Paya." 'J'he leaves arc used in curries. 

 This plant varies a good deal in the form of the leaf which is some- 

 times quite narrow and falcate, at others broad and straight. 



5. P. ciiASSiFOLiA, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. \l. 543. Stem 20 

 to 30 feet long -] inch thich, 4 angled. Leaves 6-7 inches long 1^ 

 to 3 inches wide lanceolate oljlicjue minutely cuspidate, base narrowed 

 acute, thickly coriaceous nerves numerous, very obscui'c above, in- 

 visiljle Ijencalh when dry, petiole 1] to 2\ inch long slender. Peduncle 

 vcJT short inch long. Spatlie cylindric very shortly cuspidate 

 thicklv coriaceous 3 inches long cream colour. Spadix " purple and 

 yellow." 



Selangor: Pawang Camphor Forest (Pidley) ; Perak: Batang 

 Padang (Kunstler 8111). Climbing on trees rai'e. Endemic. 



G. P. Wkayi, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. Yl. 544. Stem woody 

 30 to 40 feet long -J inch through, angled. Leaves narrowdy lanceo- 

 late acuminate falcate narrowed at the base thinly coriaceous 8-9 

 inches long 1:^ inch wide, nerves numerous fine parallel with anas- 

 tomosing nervules, petiole slender IJ inch long channelled. Peduncle 

 1 to 2 inches long fairly stout. Spathe 1] inch long J inch wide 

 cylindric cuspidate. Spadix oblong blunt J^ to 2i inch long. Sta- 

 mens 2. Apex of flower snuill rhomboidal stignui })ulvinalc. Fruit 

 very small. Seeds G narrowly ellij)tic tlecp brown. 



Perak: Larut Hills (Pidley 29G0), Gunong Batu Putih (Wray 

 1145). Endemic. Climbing on trees. 



7. Iv. ScoifTKCiuxJi, Hook. fil. I.e. 545. Stem creeping on 

 stones nearly as thick as the little finger. Leaves ovate lanceolate 

 inae(|uilateral caudate acuminate base cuneate subcoi'iaceous. primary 

 nerves 11 to 20 paii's strongly laised on both siirl'aci's (when dry) 

 fc-preading and arched, petiole 4 to G indico long broadly channelled 



