162 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



The rarity of pitcher plants in this region is very 

 marked. 



Piper ACEvE. 



Piper ribesioides, Wall. Lankawi (Curtis). 



Distrib. Bur m ah to Singapore. 



P. retrofractum, Tongka (Curtis), Bangtaphanoi (Keith). 

 " A climber round a tree near a house, the fruit eaten 

 and used as a medicine for ulcers." 



P. miniatum, Bl. Lankawi (Curtis). 



Distrib. Malay Peninsula and islands. 



P. sp. 



Perlis, Tebing Tinggi (14966). A climbing pepper, 

 covering the rocks in dense masses with deep green 

 shining leaves. Only very young spikes of flowers seen. 



Chloranthace^e. 



Chloranthus officinalis, Lankawi, Kwah (Ridley). Distrib. 

 Malay peninsula. 



Myristicace.e. 



Myristica Irya, var. longifolia, Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang 

 (14957). Distrib. Ceylon, Burmah, Malay. 



M. majuscula, King. Kopah (Aniff). Distrib. Malay penin- 

 sula. 



M. missionis, Wall. Perlis, Chupeng (14958). Lankawi, Kwala 

 Kwah (Aniff). 



A variety with more coriaceous leaves, at Setul 

 (14959) 



Distrib. Burmah, Malay peninsula. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



