46 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Excluded Species. 



T». CAUDATA, Scliott. Bonplandia. V. 45. Epiprcmnum mirahile, 

 Schott. Avoid, t. 79. Ponang (Roxhurp;). Tliis is pro])ahly an error 

 (>r locality. It lias not since been found in the peninsula, and Rox- 

 burgh's plat was a cultivated one in Calcutta Gardens probably wrong 

 labelled. 



16. Lasia, Lour. 



A large marsh plant, with a stout stem. Leaves long petiole 

 pinnatifid or entire hastate, petiole midrib and nerves beneath thorny. 

 Peduncle tall thorny, spatlie very long narrow opening only at the 

 base, deciduous. Spadix short cylindric. Flowers herniai)hrodite. 

 Sepals 4-6 ovate wedge-shaped. Stamens 4-6 filaments broad. An- 

 ther lobes broad blunt shorter than the filament. Pistil conic, 1 

 celled 1 ovuled. Style stout, stigma discoid. Berry subglobose 

 ribbed and warted. Seed compressed. 



Species 1. India, Cochin China, China, Malaya. 



L. aculeata, Lour. Fl. Cochin-Ch. 81. Stem 2-3 feet long ^ 

 inch through. Leaf blade deeply cleft into 4 to 8 pairs lanceolate 

 acuminate lobes li inch across, ))asal lobes deflexed trifid dark green 

 12 inches long, petiole 1-4 feet long very thorny. Peduncle al)out 1 

 fot long nearly 4 inch through green. Spathe cylindric acuminate 

 14 inches long brown purplish, tliick soft. Spadix 1| inch long 

 yellow. Sepals pale green with a broad subtriangular top. Fruiting 

 spadix 3 inches long thick dark green. Berry J inch long. L. Jteler- 

 ophi/Ila, Schott. Melet. I. 21. L. zollingcri. L. Jenl-insii. L. Iler- 

 vianni, Schott. Bonplandia Y. 185T, 125. L. dcsciscens, Schott. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 127. L. Tioxhurghii, Criff. Itin. Notes III. 155. 

 L. spino.sa, Flud. Theo. Enum. 336. Engl. Monogr. Arac. 2T3. 

 Photos Lasia, Eoxb. Fl. fnd. I. 438. P. Iieferophiil/a, Poxb. I.e. 437. 

 Wt. Ic. 777. Draconlium spiiiosuni, Ij. sp. PI. 967. 



Singapore: Chua Chu Kang, Jurong; Johor: Sungei Tehran; 

 Selangor: Kuala Lumpur Caves (Ridley) ; Pahang: Pekan (Ridley) ; 

 Perak : Simpang (Wray 2253), In mud usuallv tidal swamps. Na- 

 tive names " Gli-Gli " and " Bekil." 



17. PoDOLASiA, Ne. Br. 



Stem creeping. Leaves hastate or sagittate or 3 lobed long 

 pctioled thorny. Spathe linear or ovate expandi^l. Spadix ^ as long, 

 base nude cylindi'ic obtuse. Perianth segments 4 to 6. Stamens as 

 many opposite. Ovary ovoid oblong tiuncate at the top 1 celled 1 

 ovule ])asal. Drupe globose 1 seeded red. 



P. STii'iTATA, N. E. Br. Card. Chron. 1882. II. ;(). Terrestrial 

 stem shoit and thick an inch long. Leaves sagittate or ovate cordate, 

 or 3 lobed lobes linear lanceolate acute or broad, 10 to 20 inches long 



