TO LOWER SI AM. 207 



Liliace^. 



Peliosanthes violaced, Wall. Punga (Curtis), and Perlis, Bukit 

 Lagi, probably but in fruit only. 



Distrib. India, Malay peninsula. 

 P.stellaris, Eidl. Kedah, Bukit Pinang, Alor Sta. 



Distrib. Penang. 



P. Teta, Andr. var. angustifolia. Tbis plant differs from the 

 typical Himalayan form in its narrow, lanceolate leaves, 

 acuminate at both ends, 6 to 8 inches, 1 to li inch wide, 

 petiole 2 to 8 inches wide, the Indian form having ellip- 

 tic, lanceolate leaves, 7 inches long, li inches wide. 

 The species may be distinct but the original plant is hard- 

 ly sufficiently described, and I have seen no flowers of it. 

 The plant I refer to the above name has been fully des- 

 cribed in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Straits 

 Branch, vol. 33, p. 93-94. 



It occurs on Penang Hill ; Pulau Badak, Curtis, 2938, 

 (a rather dwarfed form) and at Tonka (received alive 

 among orchids in 1896), and Kasum (Curtis, 3263), also 

 Lankawi, Gunong Bay a (Aniff). 



P. iurida Eidl. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Distrib. '"peninsula. 



P. graminca, n. sp. A densely tufted plant with numerous 

 grassy leaves, narrowly lanceolate, linear, erect, acuminate 

 at the apex and gradually narrowing away into the petiole, 

 12 to 14 inches long and | to" nearly \ inch wide, thinly 

 coriaceous, light green, petiole 6 inches long. Raceme 

 shorter than the leaves, 6 to 9 inches long. Bracts at the 

 base lanceolate, long, acuminate, lij inch long or less get- 

 ting shorter higher up the raceme, upper floral ones lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate with a broad base nearly elongate, 

 triangular, i inch long. Flowers in pairs with a short 

 ovate bract at the base of each. All pale green with a 

 broad white margin, eventually becoming scarious. Pe- 

 duncle cylindric, dull dark green, half as long as the bract, 



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