182 THE SCITAMINEJE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Ph. basiflorum n.sp. à 
Rhizome rather long, leaves in a tuft on a very stout 
glabrous oblong nicole. Flowers in pairs. onde lobes те 
to the base linear setaceous 2 inch lorg. Corolla чое а little 
longer lobes oblong lanceolate dark pink + ап inch long. Lip 
white ovate oblong broad $ inch long and broad, ridge large 
elevated rounded. Sta men narrow linear, ovary pubescent. 
Negri Sembilan. Woods in Perhentian Tinggi, growing 
in large masses in damp spots. 
CANNACEE, 
Canna indica var. or те and C. Warscewiezii have 
outablished themselves in mpongs and waste ground near 
towns in Singapore and a low. other spots, but have no claim to 
be considered native any where in the peninsula. 
MUSACEE. 
The genus Musa is the only one of чүс group is aaa 
here, though farther east from Amboina to New Ireland 
various species of the genus Heliconia еі of which = 
cultivated in ovr gardens. The general form of the Banana is 
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description of it. Three and probably more wild kinds occur 
in the peninsula, one of which Musa Malaccensis appears to be 
the parent of some of our cultivated bananas. 
M. Malaccensis Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 383. 
Stems rather slender about 10 feet tall and 6 inches ae 
Leaves about 8 feet long green, often barred with brown when 
у i ecurved rachis covered with brown gets 
Bracts lanceolate sub-acute brown. Male ers 14 inch long 
curved wh х boat-shaped with five te etal 
oblong white $ inch long. Stamens with alian Slaen 
and narrow anthers. male flowers ens 
6 in w. Sta $ 
an inch long abortive. Style thick, an 8 e Fruit sub- 
