48 NEW MALAYAN PLANTS. 



inches long 1 to 2 inches wide. Petiole \ to 1 inch long 

 sheathing to the thick knee which is half an inch long 

 Bracts several, upper one sheathing 1 inch long, lower 

 ones small. Peduncle 1^ to 2 inches long fairly stout 

 curved. Spadix an inch long cylindric dense flowered. 

 Sepals cuneate with a broad flat triangular top. Pistil 

 top broad rounded. Pahang, Pulau Tawar (2391). 



P. ellipticus, n. sp. Stem fairly stout leaves elliptic cuspidate 

 5 iuches long 2 -J inch wide, pale green when dry, keel 

 stout, base rounded, inner intermarginal vein some way 

 from the edge, outer one close to the edge, parallel 

 nerves fine and close. Petiole 3 inches long sheathing 

 rather broadly to the knee J inch long. Peduncle stout 

 2 inches or less deflexed. Spadix nearly sessile f to 1 

 inch long thick cylindric dense flowered. Flowers fairly 

 large. Sepals oblong with a broad inflexed top. Stigma 

 discoid shortly elevated. Fruit oblong ^ inch long. 



Pahang on the Pahang river, at Kuala Tembiling and 

 Pulau Tawar. 



P. grandispatha, n. sp. Stem slender lessthan^-inch thick. Leav- 

 es lanceolate cuspidate 6 to 8 inches long, 2 to 2^ inches 

 wide, cusp -J inch long base narrowed blunt. Petiole 2 

 . inches long sheathing rather broadly to the very short ^ 

 inch knee, sheaths eventually breaking up into fibres. 

 Peduncle slender 2 inches long. Spathe broadly ovate 

 acuminate, apparently purple in life, narrowed at the 

 base 2^ inches long 1 inch wide. Spadix very slender 1 

 inch long sessile. Flowers very small, sepals oblong 

 truncate, style distinct with a small discoid stigma. 



Penang, West Hill (Curtis). Allied to P. brevistylus, 

 Engler. This plant is remarkable for its large spathe. 



Pandaxace^:. 



Pandanas immersus, n. sp. A stout pandan growing immersed in 

 water, the stem rising but little above, leaves many feet 

 long broadly linear 4 inches across, glaucous beneath, 

 acuminate with a long point, thorns numerous brown. 

 Female spike solitary on a stout flexuous peduncle 2 inches 

 long -J inch through, oblong thick green 4 inches long 1-J 



Jour. Straits Branch 



