188 ANNALS;OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. (D. geniculatus 
sometimes slightly curved, 4-5 mm. long and only about 1 mm, thick; the calyx 
tubular, striately veined, with 3 superficial and rather obtuse teeth ; the corolla finely 
striately veined, about twice as long as the calyx, parted down almost to the base 
into 3 linear segments; filaments of the stamens filiform, free from the base, and 
with inflected apices; anthers versatile, linear, with the cells slightly disjunct in their 
basal part, obtuse at both ends: rudimentary ovary with a short cylindrical basal 
part, and 3 long linear rod-like stigmas, which attain to or even surpass the middle 
of the corolla. Female spadiz very similar to the male one as to the general dimen- 
sions of the spathes, the peduncular part, and the number of partial inflorescences 
but quite different as to the flowers; the lowest partial inflorescences are 15-20 cm., 
long, have also a very short ,15-20 mm. long) plano-convex peduneular part, a rather 
thick angular axis which has very short internodes, and only 3-5 spikelets on each 
side; the spikelets are 8-12 cm. long, the upper ones somewhat shorter, are spreading 
on account of a very conspicuous axillary callus, and carry distichally 4-7 flowers 
on each side; their axes are slender, angular, conspicuously flexuose, the joints 
between each flower being strongly curved (not zig-zag sinuous with straight joints); 
spathels very shortly and rather loosely asymmetrically — infundibuliform, 
produced at one side into a triangular membranous point; involucrophorum, 
distinctly callous at its axilla, sometimes, especially in the lower part of the 
spikelets, very shortly pedicelliform, obconical and obliquely calyciform, narrowing 
towards the base, but most frequently sessile in its spathel, slightly produced, but 
bluntish at one side, and with the other side embracing the base of the neuter 
flower; involucre very obliquely cupular, slightly protruding beyond the 
involucrophorum, especially on the side of the neuter flower, of which the 
areola is very distinct, ovate or suborbicular and niche-like, sharply bordered, the 
scar not callous. Female flowers 6-7 mm. long and rising from an ovoid base, 
narrow towards the apex; the calyx ovoid-urceolate, finely striately veined, with 
3 very superficial bluntish teeth ; the corolla about as long as the calyx, ventricose 
and undivided in its lower half, the segments lanceolate; staminal ureeolum 
almost entirely united to the corolla, and crowned by 6 very short, thickish, 
triangular, subulate teeth; anthers linear, somewhat shorter than the segments, 
Fruiting perianth almost explanate or very shortly  pedicelliform on account of the 
callous base of the calyx. Fruit broadly ovoid-elliptical, or globular-ovoid, 20-22 
mm, long including the perianth and mucro, and 15—18 mm, broad ; very suddenly 
terminated by a slender, 2-3 mm. long beak; scales in 15 longitudinal series, glossy, 
slightly broader than long, grooved along the centre, of a dirty straw-colour, with 
a very narrow, uniform, red-brown or very dark marginal line; the margin itself is 
very narrowly scarious, finely erosely toothed, the point very shortly produced, 
obtuse. Seed sub-globular or slightly oblong, minutely pitted and tubercled; the 
chalazal fovea punctiform, inconspicuous; albumen densely ruminated; embryo basal. 
HanrrAr.—Pulo Pinang (Grififh. In the continental part of the Malayan 
Peninsula it seems common in the district of Perak, where it was collected on 
Gunong Tambang Batak (Scortechini No. 301° in Herb. Beccari) and in the same 
district by King’s collector (No. 7849), at Goping (No. 576), at Larut (No. 2735 and 
2931); by Ridley on the Thaiping Hills (No. 11409 in Herb. Caleutt. and  Beccari.), 
