202 NEW AND EAEE SPECIES OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 



ly narrowed to base, petiole rather slender triquetrous 3 ft. 

 6 in. long thorny half-way, thorns short, hooked. Spadix, 

 peduncle %% in. long, slender with a long 10 in. papery sheath 

 at base and 2 shorter above with lanceolate acute limb. In- 

 florescence and free part of peduncle 3 in. long, woolly. 

 Spikes terminal, rachis thick, woolly, the spikes 5, crowded to- 

 wards top 3 in. long. Flowers white, sessile, on small tuber- 

 cles, calyx .12 in. long, cylindric, base dilate, slightly dilate 

 upwards, globes irregular pubescent. Petals lanceolate acu- 

 minate nearly as long, glabrous. Staminal ring free from 

 corolla, lobes acute. 



Perak, Gunong Bubu (Wray) at 4,500 ft. Xo. 3918. 



Beccari named this in Herb. Kew but did not publish it. 

 It is remarkable for the long papery spathes and long pedun- 

 cled velvety tomentose inflorescence, the spikes crowded at the 

 top. It is closely allied to L. modesta. 



Licuala patens, Eidl. n. sp. 



Stem up to 10 feet tall, 3-5 in. through. Leaves 2-3 feet 

 across; leaflets obcuneate, linear, numerous, 21 in. long, 1.5 in. 

 wide, subequal, teeth 4, broad acuminate .75 in. long, petiole 

 6-8 feet long, sparsely thorny at base, back rounded, edges 

 sharp .5 in. through. Spadix 3-4 feet long, spathes flattened 

 12 in. long (the lowest) .75 in. wide, lacerate. Panicles of 

 about 16 spikes, base wide spreading 6-8 in. long, rather 

 slender puberulous with distant flowers. Calyx small, cam- 

 panulate .05 in. quite entire at first, later "with short ovate 

 lobes, all hairy. Corolla very short, glabrous. Fruit " white," 

 oblong globose, peduncled by the persistent calyx and corolla. 



Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler 7339) (Wray 3928) 

 2,500-4,000 ft. 



Beccari refers this to L. paludosa, and it certainly resem- 

 bles that species, but the large spreading panicles 18 in. across, 

 and the hairy flowers distinguish it at once. L. paludosa is 

 a plant of lowland watery woods, growing in water. This 

 plant is a mountain species. 



CYPERACEAE. 

 Carex breviglumis, Eidl. n. sp. 



Leaves long, very slender acuminate ending in a long 

 narrow point, 2 feet long, .25 in. wide, edges scabrid. Culm 

 as long slender, partial panicles narrow, remote 3-4, about 

 1 in. long on slender peduncles. Male portion narrow short. 

 Female glumes ovate truncate embracing utricle at base, awn- 

 ed, awn scabrid, keeled to base hardly half as long as the 

 utricle, pale greenish. Utricle ellipsoid lanceolate narrow 



Jour. Straits Branch 



