182 THE SCITAMINEZ OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Ph. basiflorum n.sp. 
Rhizome rather long, leaves in a tuft on a very stout 
woolly stem, about 4 feet long, oblong base broad, apex cuspi- 
date glabrous except margin hispid, finely striate. Capitulum 
large 3 inches through from the base of the stem between the 
leaves dense many flowered. Lowest bracts woolly inner bracts 
glabrous oblong lanceolate. Flowers in pairs. Calyx lobes free 
to the base linear setaceous # inch lorg. Corolla tube a little 
longer lobes oblong lanceolate dark pmk Jan inch long. Lip 
white ovate oblong broad 3 inch long and broad, ridge large 
elevated rounded. Stamen narrow linear, ovary pubescent. 
_ Negri Sembilan. Woods in Perhentian Tinggi, growing 
in large masses in damp spots. 
CANNACES. 
Canna indica var. orientalis and C. Warscewiezi have 
established themselves in Kampongs and waste ground near 
towns in Singapore and a few other spots, but have no claim to 
be considered native anywhere in the peninsula. 
MUSACEA. 
The genus 4/usa is the only one of this group represented 
here, though farther east from Amboina to New Ireland are 
various species of the genus /feliconta several of which are 
cultivated in ovr gardens. The general form of the Banana is 
so well known that it is unnecessary here to give a special 
description of it. Three and probably more wild kinds occur 
in the peninsula, one of which A/usa Malaccensis appears to be 
the parent of some of our cultivated bananas. 
M. Malaccensis Rid]. Trans. Linn. Soe. iil. p. 383. 
Stems rather slender about 10 feet tall and 6 inches through. 
Leaves about 8 feet long green, often barred with brown when 
young. Spike decurved rachis covered with brown hairs. 
Bracts lanceolate sub-acute brown. Male flowers 1$ inch long 
curved white. Calyx boat-shaped with five teeth. Petal 
oblong white # inch long. Stamens with flattened filaments 
and narrow anthers. Female flowers 16 in a row. Stamens $ 
an inch long abortive. Style thick, an inch long. Fruit sub- 
