THE FLORA OF MOUNT OPHIR. 2 5 



Barmannia disticha L. (JBurmanniaceae) Common. The flowers 

 are often bright blue, here they are sometimes nearly 

 white except for the green calyxlobes. 



B. tuberosa Becc. Just below Padang Batu. 



Thismia Chrysops Ridl. On rotten logs below Padang- Batu 

 near the bi? rock. 



Dianella ensifolia Red. (Liliacem). Common to the top. 



Dracaena gracilis Wall. Common, also in the low country. 



Smilax calophylla Wall. Small erect shrub common in the lower 

 woods ascending above Padang Batu. 



S. myosotiflora Dec. Climber, flowers green. Gunong Ledang. 

 Widely scattered in the peninsula. 



S. Icevis var. oplrirensis. Mt, Ophir (Griffith). 



Hoinalomena angustifolia Hook fil. var. ophireiisis. Stem long 

 creeping with numerous woolly roots. Leaves ovate 

 to almost lanceolate blunt or acute with a rounded not 

 cuneate base, nerves 3 to 5 pairs ascending 2-3 inch long, 

 1-1/2 inch wide, dark green, petiole 3-6 inches long slen- 

 der sheath 1/2 inch long, and base of petiole red, Spathe 

 on a short peduncle green 1/2 inch long, fusiform 

 beaked. Male portion of spadix slender 3 times as long 

 as the female portion. Pistils 2 or 3 whorls, round, 

 stigma disc shaped. Abortive flowers one to each pistil. 

 In crevices of the rocks in the stream Padang Batu. 

 (also Kedah Peak). This variety differs really solely in 

 the form of the leaf, which, however, keeps true under 

 cultivation. I have seen leaves quite intermediate bet- 

 ween the narrow lanceolate leaves acuminate at both ends, 

 the Penang Hill form and the broad leaved Ophir form. 



Pinanga paradoxa Scheff. (Pahnce). A very elegant little 

 palm with a slender stem about 8 feet tall. Common be- 

 low Padang: Batu rarer above. Also occurs in Perak. 



