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both localities in Saiawak. The leaves are very variable in 

 shape, the fully developed ones being ovate. I refer this plant, 

 very variable as it is in leaf, to S. peguana of Burmah, as 

 described in the ' Flora of British India.' 



250. Smilax LiEVis, Wall. Woods on the Padang, in 

 fruit only. It occurs on all our higher mountains from 2,500 

 to 5,000 feet and also in China. 



XYRIDE^. 



*25i. Xyris GRANDis, i?»^/. 0/). «Y. p. 332. This remarkable 

 plant occurs very abundantly in damp spots by streams from 

 Wray's Camp to the Padang, 3,300 to nearly 6,000 feet 

 elevation. It grows in shady woods, the flowers are small in 

 proport'on to the size of the plant, dark yellow, the base of the 

 corolla is tubular. Stamens, 3 fertile and 3 sterile. It is 

 pollinated partly at least by the Bombus. Endemic. 



*252. Xyris Ridleyi, Rendle; Ridl. op. cit. p. 332. 

 Extremely abundant all over the Padang in slightly damp 

 spots. A most attractive little plant with its bright yellow 

 flowers. It varies much in size, and in damp sunny spots 

 attains a height of over a foot with bright red stems. It also 

 occurs on Kedah Peak in grassy spots. 



TRIURIDE^. 



253. SciAPHiLA AFFiNis, Becc. ufitea, p. 59. From Wray's 

 Camp to the stream on the Padang. 



Distribution. Whole Peninsula and Borneo. 



254. [SCIAPHILA ASTERIAS, n. sp. 



Stems slender, lo-ii inches tall. Leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate, -^ inch long, not sheathing. Raceme lax; flowers 

 distant, white. Bracts f the length of the pedicel, which is ^ 

 inch long. Perianth \ inch across; lobes nearly equal, linear, 

 subulate, very narrow from a broader lanceolate base. Stamens 

 in the male flower 3, orbicular or oblong, sessile, closely 

 approximate, glabrous. Female perianth shorter; carpels 

 numerous, oblong, clavate, papillose, whole head -j\j inch across. 



Wray's Camp at 3,300 feet. 



Allied to S. major, Becc, but the perianth-lobes are much 

 longer and narrower. 



255. SciAPHiLA MAJOR, Becc. Wray's Camp at 3,600 

 feet. 



Distribution. The Malay Peninsula and Borneo.] 



PALMiE. 



256. PiNANGA BrEWSTERIANA, n. sp. 



A tufted or solitary stemmed palm with the stems attaining 

 a height of about 6 feet and a diameter of about half an inch, 

 reddish brown. Leaves usually simple, occasionally lobed ; 

 sheaths 7 or 8 inches long, scurfy, dark brown ; petiole 6 to 12 

 inches long, stout, brown, scurfy ; blade obcuneate, narrowed 

 to the base, apex deeply bilobed (more rarely with a pair of 



