334 THE BURMANNIACEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
fixed tothe side of the urn and each consists of an anther, the 
two cells of which are oval in shape, and split transversely. 
They are separated by a broad connective which is crested 
above, and beneath prolonged into a kind of tooth. The style 
is slender, and ends in three short arms terminated by heart- 
shaped stigmas. ‘The fruit is a capsule. 
B Cc .estis (Don. Prod., 44), B. azurea (Griff.), B.java- 
nica (BI.), B. treflora (Roxb.), Cryptonema malaccensis (Turcz), 
Nephrocelium malaccensts (Yurcez), Malay “sisik naga’ 
(Dragon’s scales). Widely distributed over India, Mauritius, 
China, Malaysia and North Australia. 
Commoninthe Malay Peninsula. Singapore—-near Pasir Pan- 
jang, Tanglin, Changi and other places. Malacca—Merlimau, 
Pulau Besar. Pahang—Pekan, Kwala Pahang. Penang,—Telok 
Bahang (C. Curtis). Labuan (Bishop Hose). Borneo, (Beccari). 
B. TUBEROSA (Becc.) was described from specimens found 
by Professor BECCARI in Borneo and New Guinea; nor had any 
other person, as far as Iam aware, ever collected it till I found 
it growing plentifully in a damp jungle at Chan Chu Kang not 
very far away from the Selitar bungalow, and I afterwards 
met with it at Pataling on the Mwala Lumpur Railway in a 
similar locality. With it, in both places, | found the very curious 
ZThismia fumida and also a much commoner plant, Sczaphila 
tenella. Itis avery different looking plant to Burmannia 
celestis, owing to its saprophytic habits. It is fleshy and, 
except for the sepals, entirely pure white, about three inches 
long, but for fully three quarters of its length it is buried in the 
rotten leaves among which it, like other saprophytes, dwells. 
It has a small, oblong tuber at the base from which arise a few 
root hairs. The stem has a few little lanceolate leaves like scales 
upon it, and the flowers are crowded in a tuft upon the 
top. They are quite small, and the wings, which are large in 
Burmannia celestis, are very obscure here and have almost 
entirely disappeared. The sepals are bright cowslip yellow, 
and though the flowers are small and only one or two open 
at a time, it is really a very pretty little plant age. 
BECCARI observes, 1s sweetly scented. 
Singapore—Chan Chu Kang. Bukit Timah near the well 
of the bungalow. Selangor—Pataling. | 
