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CXXVII. BALANOPHORACEJS. 
[Balanophora. 
Spikes unisexual, tall, yellow; sepals in 2 dis¬ 
similar pairs . . . . (4) B, truncata 
Spikes bisexual, slender, yellow . . . . (5) B. insularis 
(1) B. gigantea Wall. Cat. 7249; Fawcett, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
Ser. ii. (2), 235, /. 33, Figs. 6, 7. 
Rhizome tuberous tessellate, lobed, dark orange subterranean. 
Peduncles 4 in. tall covered with numerous ovate or lanceolate 
blunt scales, deep red. Male spike cylindric-conie. Flowers 
dense in small pits; pedicels white. Sepals linear-oblong, truncate, 
about 1 in. long, white tipped deep red. Stamen-column white, 
cells horse-shoe-shaped, 5. Female spike ovoid round-topped, 
short-peduncled. Hab. In dense mountain forests. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass at roots of a fig tree. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang; 
Kinta (Kunstler); Gunong Kerbau (Haniff). Distrib. Burma," 
Tonkin. 
(2) B. multibrachiata Fawcett , Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. ii. (2), 
236, t. 34, Figs. 15 to 18. 
Rhizome dichotomously branched, scarlet, tessellate and 
papillose. Flowering branches erect about 1 in. tall, 5- to 6-lobed 
at top. Male spike about 2 in. long, short-stalked, lax-flowered 
with a few scale-leaves. Sepals 4, linear-oblong, blunt, -i in. 
long. Stamen column short; anther-cells 20, linear straight. 
Female spike oblong-globose, 75 in. long, -35 in. wide, short 
peduncled. Hah. Selangor, Bukit Fraser (Sempang) (Burkill). 
Perak and Pahang, Ulu Batang Padang; Telom; Gunong Irau 
(Kloss and Robinson). Distrib. Sumatra. 
The brilliant scarlet branching rhizome, largely above ground, looks like 
scarlet coral. 
(3) B. globosa Jungh. Nov. Act. Acad. Cues. Nat. Cur. xviii. 
Fig. 2. 
Tuber subterranean irregular, 6 in. through or less, brown, 
yellow inside, tessellate, branches short, cone-shaped, lobed. 
Plants unisexual; peduncles 75 to 1 in. long, thick with numerous 
coriaceous ovate scales, dark red. Male spike 75 in. long, shortly 
protruding from scales, red, rachis stout with horse-shoe-shaped 
bracts. Flowers sunk in pits, very small. Sepals 5, oblong trun¬ 
cate. Stamen-column ellipsoid with 12 linear cells. Female spike 
ellipsoid-globose top broad round, 75 in. long, hardly projecting 
beyond scales. Hab. Mountains, parasitic on roots of conifers, 
invisible when out of flower. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Robinson); Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass. Perak, Ulu Batang Padang; Telom. Distrib. 
Java. 
(4) B. truncata Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xli. 296. 
Rhizome tuberous as large as the fist, subterranean, tessellate 
and papillose not pustular. Male flower stems 4 to 8 in. tall, 
slender, dirty yellow. Scale leaves 3 or more at base, lanceolate 
