38 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



few-flowered ; bracts ovate pubescent white with a green 

 keel. Sepals oblong hooded ciliate white | inch long ; 

 petals longer lanceolate acute white ; stamens 6 ; filaments 

 contorted with a tuft of white hairs on the top. Anthers 

 ovate deeply grooved white. Style filiform flexuous 

 acuminate. Stigma minute, ovary small covered with 

 white hair; capsule oblong pink. 

 F. mollis, Clarke, Monogr. Commel. p. 236 (in part, not of 

 Hasskarl). 



Very common in woods, Singapore. Tanglin, Pulau 

 Ubin (Ridley 4130), (Walker 155); Johore: Tanjong 

 Bunga (Ridley 6320) ; Pahano- : Pulau Tijau (2381, 2382); 

 Malacca: SungeiBuluh (10512); Selangor: Kuala Lumpor, 

 Sungei Ujong : Gunong Berumbun, (Cantley's Coll.); 

 Dindings: Telok Sera. Kedah Peak. 



It is curious that this our commonest species has 

 escaped being described till now, but it seems to have been 

 mixed up with the rarer F. mollis. It is known as 

 ''Setawa betina" and the Sakais use a decoction of its 

 roots for rheumatism. 

 jF. irritans, n. sp. Stem tall and stout -J inch through, leaves 

 elliptic lanceolate with a broad flat petiole, acuminate 9 

 inches long, 3 inches across, hairy on both sides, sheaths 

 U 2 inches long, glabrous except for the hispid edges. 

 Heads large and dense over an inch through, densely 

 covered with red spiny hairs, sepals lanceolate covered 

 with similar hairs. Stamens 6, anthers oblong, style 

 filiform. 



Selangor, on the Tras route at the 15th mile; Perak 

 Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9784), Sungei L'jong, Bukit 

 Kupayiang (Cantley's collection.) Rather rare in woods 

 at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. A very distinct species, 

 from its large globose heads of flowers covered densely 

 with sharp pungent red spines. I have never seen fruit 

 of it. 



Palm^:. 



Pinanga Singaporensis, n. sp. Stems tufted dark green 6 to 15 

 feet tall j inch through; internodes 8 inches long. 



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