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THE SCITAMINEZX OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 177 
(Dr. Keith) Borneo, Rejang (Dr Haviland). “ V obici of 
the Malays. The stems are used for making bask 
Donaz arundastrum Lour. Flor. Cochinchinensis p. 15. — Clinogyne 
dichotoma Salisb, Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 276. Phrynium dicho- 
tomum Roxb. As. Res. XI, 324. Maranta dichotoma, Wall, 
Cat. 6614. M. ramosissima Wall. 6615. 
Stems numerous about 8 feet tall nearly an iuch through, 
branches dichotomous terete thickened at the base deep dull 
late involute green one inch long. owers white opening one 
at а time, two to a bract. Pedicels short with а small ochre- 
yellow conic gland some way below the ovary. Sepals spathu- 
late the upper one the largest 14 inch long 4 inch wide at the 
а tongue-shaped process in the mouth and a line of hairs down 
the centre. Petaloid stamen 14 inch long bilobed lobes rounded 
u inch across. Antheriferous stamen adnate to lip with a 
slender filament and narrow anther. Cucullate stamen bilobed at 
the apex. Style stout stigma horse-shoe shaped. Fruit globose. 
Common on river banks in thickets. It is called * Bemban 
Ayer." Johore, Kota Tinggie. Pahang, Pekan and a long way 
up the river. Kelantan, genda Selangor, Langat. Perak, 
Kinta river (King 831); I It occars also in India, Siam 
(Bangtaphan, Dr. Keith) dn the Eastern islands. (Celebes, Dr. 
Koorders). 
Loureiro's description might very well and even better 
apply to the last species, but he quotes Rumphius' picture (Herb. 
Amboinense Book 6, t. 7. which is evidently this species. His 
name Arundastrum is quoted in the Flora of British India as 
Arundinastrum. It is Arundastrum in the two editions I have 
ere. The plant is much smaller than D. grande but has larger 
flowers. с ЭЖ 
