176 THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
genera. Donax, of which there are two species, is a tall stem- 
med plant much branched with ovate leaves, and slender pani- 
cles of white flowers, on zig-zag branches. Phi ynium, is stemless, 
the leaves are usuall y large and long-stalked ас from ће 
rhizome, the inflorescence, of sim le or com pound spikes, prole. 
duced directly Hom де root stock or from the side of the petiol 
ere are six speci 
Phrynium var rene Hort, isan ornamental variety of the 
common arrowroot, Maranta ar rundinacea L. which has been cul- 
чө! in the Botanic Gardens Singapore for many years and 
as thence introduced into European Gardens, but its original 
Мату lost. 
Donaz grandis Ridl. Clinogyne grandis Benth. = Pl. iii. 651. 
Maranta grandis. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, Suppl. 
А very large plant growing 15 feet or more high with 
smooth green bare stems an inch through, and eight feet "tall, 
hicke i 
branches clustered and d thickened porti 
the ng arranged spirally thickened at the base and spread- 
ves ovate acute a foot long and six inches wide base 
коше glabrous dark а. the large nerves distinct, pe- 
tiole an inch long, sheaths six inches or more, ace- 
mes slender numerous hanging from the upper leaf axils, about 
a foot long, rachis slender zig-zag. ^ Bracts narrow lanceolate 
acute. Flowers father distant opening singly white shortly pe- 
dicelled. Sepals lanceolate acuminate 2 inch long white pubes- 
cent. Corolla tube 4 inch, lobes as long a acute. Li 
yellow oblong obovate obtuse with a large ridge towards the 
e. Stamen petaloid oblong, cucullate one broad with a large 
curved side lobe, antheriferous one very narrow linear. Style 
short. Fruit globose white 3 inch long. Seed single (rarely 2) 
light brown globose with a groove on one si 
In woods. Common in the ишш» from Tenasserim to 
Singapore. ра fom Timah, etc. Johore, Sungei Ulu 
ahang, Tahan river. ы” or, Caves | wala Lumpur. 
