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Penanc: Wallich 6638. Prrak: Kuala Weh, Wray 348; 
Larut, King 1890; Waterloo, Curtis 2698; Scoriechini; Wray 2467. 
SzeLancor: Bidai, Ridley 7612.—Distr1B. India (Deccan Peninsula 
from the Concan hills at 5000 ft. altitude southwards, Nilgiris), 
Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, Philippine Islands, Tropical America, 
West Indies, Tropical Africa. 
Secr. 1V.—Encxza, C. DC. in Prodr. XVI. i. 234, emend. 
Spikes oppositifolious. Bract squamiform, more or less cucul- 
late. Flower bisexual. Stamens 5—6, rarely 4. Ovary free, stigmas 
3—5. 
71. Preer LAPPacetm, C. DC. in Flor. Ind.-Chin. V. 68. Root 
fibrous, stem erect, 30—35 cm. high, glabrous; collenchyma con- 
tinuous, not libriform; no lysigenous canal. Leaves moderately long 
petioled, glabrous ; limb membranous when dry, pellucid-dotted : 10 
em.long, 6cm. wide ; ovate, acutely acuminate, the base inequilateral 
cordate; 5—7-nerved, the 3 central nerves stouter than the others: 
petiole about 17 mm. long, of which 2 mm. between the sides of 
the limb, sheath more or less prolonged above the base, stipules 
attenuate and decurrent at the top. Peduncle glabrous, nearly 
70 mm. long. Spike 60 mm. long; rhachis slender, minutely 
glandulose; flowers distant, pedicellate; bract ovate, 1 mm. long; 
pedicel of the flower 3 mm. long; stamens 6, filaments very short, 
anthers oblong; ovary rounded, covered with glochidiate processes ; 
style terminal, carnose, glabrous; stigmas 4, ovate-linear. Berry 
globose, 3 mm. in diam, bristling with glochids, these about 3 mm. 
long. P. Zippelia, C. DC.in Prodr. XVI. i. 256. Zippelia begonie- 
folia, Bl. in Roem. Schult. Syst. VII, 1614, 1651; Miq. Syst. Pip. 
258, Illustr., 58, tab. 92f.c. Zippelia lappacea, Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 
76, tab. 16. 
PERAK: at Kwala Dipang, Ridley 9584; Ulu Batang Padang, 
Ridley 13786.—Distr1e.: Tonkin, Java, Sumatra. 
Family CIV. PROTEACE. 
Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves usually coriaceous; alter- 
nate or scattered, rarely opposite or verticillate; entire, toothed or 
pinnatisect ; stipules none. Flowers capitate, spicate, racemose or 
rarely solitary; hermaphrodite or by abortion polygamous or diceci- 
ous, regular or irregular; bracts small, caducous or nearly obsolete, 
