208 AN ACCOUNT OF A BOTANICAL EXPEDITION 



Perianth J- inch long, \ inch across, dull bluish green on 

 a short cylindrical light green pedicel, tube campanulate, 

 lobes ovate, obtuse, dull green. Androecium adnate to the 

 perianth, fleshy, annular, dull green with faint purplish 

 streaks, running down the tube and adnate to the sides of 

 the pistil above. Anthers small, inflexed, yellow. Ovary 

 inferior, adnate to the walls of the tube, 2-3 elongate 

 ovules in each cell. Style conic, short, 3 grooved. Seeds 

 azure blue. 



Tongkah, Gunong Toxai near the town of Puket, cul- 

 tivated in Penang and Singapore 'gardens. , 



This plant with its fine grassy leaves and bright 

 azure blue seeds is quite a pretty ; plant for cultivation. 

 It is usually very floriferous, and I had a plant with 23 

 spikes of fruit on it. 



There is no doubt that this is allied to P. Teta, var 

 angiistifolia, but has a shorter raceme as a rule, and the 

 leaves are very distinct. The colouring of the flowers is 

 different, the petals obtuse and the androecium com- 

 pletely adnate to the petals. 



Ophiopogon malayarius, Kidl. Lankawi, Gunong Bay a (Cur- 

 tis). Distrib. Penang and Perak. 



The Penang plant might be the 0. prolifera, Lindl. 

 described from a plant received by him from Penang and 

 cultivated. It agrees with the description in its fleshy 

 flowers and violet purple rachis. Lindley's plant how- 

 ever had entirely green leaves, and the stamens joined by 

 a ring at the base. I have carefully examined the flower 

 of the Penang plant, and find the stamens not conneated 

 by a ring but free to the base and the leaves are white 

 on the back. Lindley's specimen in the Horticultural 

 Society's collection now at Cambridge, I have been un- 

 able to find there. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



