1920] Ridley : New & Rare Malayan Plants. 155 



LILIACEAE. 



79. Peliosanthes monticola, sp. nov. 



A small plant with apparently a rather long woody 

 rhizome silvery, papery sheaths at the base. Leaves lanceo- 

 late acuminate at both ends 5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, nerves 

 7. Raceme 2 in. long on a 1 in. peduncle. Rracts at base 

 broad lanceolate -25 in. long, -1 in. wide, upper ones narrow 

 lanceolate linear. Flowers solitary in bracts. Perianth 

 •3 in. wide, lobes oblong, blunt at tip. Stamens forming 

 a complete ring free froin the perianth nearly to base. 

 Ovary free from stamen-ring, superior, style thick, cylindric. 



Perak : Gunong Kerbau 5,000 ft. (nat. coll. F.M.S. 

 Mus.). 



This is perhaps most nearly allied to P. lurida but is 

 altogether smaller. The lower peduncular bracts are re- 

 markably broad, and the perianth is free from the stamens 

 and ovary and so is inferior. 



80. Dracaena cuspidata, sp. nov. 



Dwarf plant. Stems stout. Leaves oblong abruptly 

 cuspidate with setaceous tip, base narrowed to sheath, 9 in. 

 long 2-25 in. wide, cusp -5 in., sheath broad 1 in. long. 

 Panicle racemiform, fairly stout 5 in. long, flowers in threes, 

 pedicels •! in. Perianth very slender 1 in. long, clubbed 

 when in bud lobes very narrow, linear free two-third of 

 length, filaments longer ; anthers short, oblong. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods (Ridley) . 



ERIOCAULACEAE. 



81. Eriocaulon disepalum, sp. nov. 



Dwarf plant 4-6 in. tall. Leaves linear acuminate 2-5 

 in. long • 15 in. wide. Scapes 5 in. slender numerous ribbed 

 heads -2 in. wide, glabrous. Involucral bracts white 

 spathulate round with a few minute teeth at tip, shorter 

 than head. Floral bracts spathulate with broader round 

 top, slightly fuscous. Male flowers ; sepals 2, short 

 spathulate. Corolla tube longer, lobes minute. Anthers 

 black, 6. Female flowers sepals 3, linear, narrow, petals 

 none, ovary yellow trilobed, style long, slend^^r, stigmas 2, 

 seed yellow, ellipsoid vertically ribbed. 



Kelantan : Ricefields at Tumput, Kota Bahru. 



Allied to E. Sieboldianiim, Sieb. but differing in the 

 free sepals, very short corolla lobes in the male flower and 

 broader leaves. 



82. Eriocaulon glabriflorum, sp. nov. 



Dwarf plant with the habit of E. truncatum but leaves 

 and stems narrower. Leaves narrow, linear acuminate 

 •5-1 in. long -OS-'l in. wide. Scapes very slender 3-4 in. 

 tall. Heads scmiorbicular -1 in. wide, white glabrous. 

 Involucral bracts oblong subobtuse shorter than the head. 

 Inner bracts spatliulate, yellowish white tipped fuscoua. 



