Doriax.] 
CXXXVIII. MARANTACEiE. 
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spathulate bilobed. Fruit obconic 3-lobed, 3-seeded, rarely i-seeded 
and globose. Hab. Tidal rivers, forming thickets in the water. 
Common. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Lan- 
gat. Perak, Kinta River; Temengoh; Changkat Mentri (Kloss). 
Kelantan, Kamposa; Kota Bharu, Kedah, Alor Sta. Perlis 
rivers. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. Burma, Siam, 
Borneo. Native name : Bemban Ayer. 
(3) D. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 53, p. 59. 
Short stems. Leaves ovate acute inaequilateral, 3 to 6 in. long, 
2-5 to 4 in. wide, a fringe of long hairs on midrib. Panicle 3 to 
6 in. long, pendulous hairy, especially on nodes. Bracts linear 
lanceolate, -5 to 1 in. long, silky, blowers very small. Ovary 
silky. Calyx lobes lanceolate, *i in. long. Corolla tube -05 in. 
long, lobes -2 in. long. Fruit globose sparsely hairy. Seeds 2, 
outer face convex with 5 rows of 4 warts. Hab. Woods. Not 
common. Pahang, Kwala Temheling; Pulau Tawar. Selangor, 
Batu Caves. Perak, Ipoh. Kelantan, Glam wood, Kota Bharu 
(Ridley). 
2. STACHYPHRYNIUM, Schum. 
Stems numerous. Leaves elliptic long-petioled. Inflorescence 
simply spicate, rarely branched on a rhizome. Bracts imbricate. 
Flowers in pairs in the bracts enclosed in a thin bracteole. Calyx 
lobes narrow. Corolla tube longer, lobes oblong white. Petaloid 
stamen short cucullate. Lip oblong or ovate with a narrow crest. 
Capsule oblong, 2- or 3-seeded. Seed oblong, aril irregular or 
of two long claw-shaped processes. Species 8, Indo-Malayan. 
Spikes flattened tall; bracts distichous . . . (i) S. Griffithii 
Spike cylindric fusiform; leaves often 6 ft. long . (2) S. cylindricum 
Spike cylindric fusiform, short; leaves 1 ft. long . {3) S. Jagoranum 
Spike small oblong; leaves small . . . (4) S. parvum 
(1) S. Griffithii Schum. Pflanzenreich, Marant 49; Ridl. Mat. 
ii. 57. Phrynium spicatum Griff, (not of Roxburgh). P. Griffithii 
Bak. in Hook fit. F.B.I. vi. 260. (Fig. 185, p. 288.) 
Very large tufted plant. Leaves erect; petioles 3 ft. long or 
more, blade oblong, glaucous beneath, 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide. Spikes 
4 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, flattened. Bracts whitish, edges con¬ 
nate, tip recurved. Flowers small fragrant. Capsule 1 in. long, 
fawn colour. Seeds 2. Hab. Common in rocky forest. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai. Johor, Gunong Pantai; Batu 
Pahat. Malacca, Ching (Griffith); Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembi- 
lan, Tampin Hill (Goodenough). Pahang, Tahan River. 
(2) S. cylindricum Schum. l.c. 49; Ridl. Mat. ii. 58. Phrynium 
cylindricum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 178. 
Tufted plant like the last. Leaves, petioles 4 ft. long, blade 
oblong-ovate, 2 ft. long, 8 in. wide, glaucous beneath. Peduncle 
