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3. PHACELOPHRYNIUM, Schum. 
Large tufted herbs. Leaves long-petioled. Inflorescence a 
dense or interrupted panicle of spikes with distichous bracts, from 
a petiole. Flowers in twos or threes pedicelled. Sepals linear or 
sub-ovate. Corolla tube short, lobes oblong, white. Lip with 
oblique villous ridge. Petaloid stamen spathulate. Capsule 
3-angled, 2- or 3-seeded. Species 6, Nicobars, Malay isles. 
(1) P. tapirorum Schum. l.c. 122; Ridl. Mat. ii. 59. Phrynium 
tapirorum Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 382. 
Large tufted plant. Leaves, petioles 4 to 5 ft. tall; blade 
ovate lanceolate, 18 in. long, 8 in. wide, acuminate. Peduncles 
stout, 1 ft. long. Spikes 2 or 3 in a tuft, the tufts distant, 4 in, 
long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate brown. Flowers 1 in. long, in threes 
each in 2 bifid bracteoles. Capsule -5 in. long. Hab. In forests. 
Not common, at 2000 ft. altitude. Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, 
Ginting Bidai (Ridley). 
4. PHRYNIUM, Willd. 
Stemless herbs with ovate or oblong long-petioled leaves. In¬ 
florescence capitate produced from side of petiole with a few large 
outer bracts, numerous inner bracts and flowers 1 to 3 on a peduncle. 
Sepals linear or oblong. Corolla little longer, lobes oblong or 
ovate. Petaloid stamen ovate. Lip shorter, callus transverse. 
Seeds 1 to 3 ellipsoid, aril thin, dry. Species 12, Indo-Malayan. 
Inflorescence from near base of petiole . 
Inflorescence high up on petiole near the blade. 
Bracts very hairy ..... 
Bracts nearly glabrous, spikes dense . 
Bracts quite glabrous, spikes three elongate 
Inflorescence on a leafless stem 
(1) P. basiflorum 
(2) P. hirtum 
(3) P. malaccense 
(4) P. tristachyum 
(5) P. terminate 
(1) P. basiflorum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 182; 
Mat. ii. 60. 
Rhizome rather long. Leaves tufted on a very short woolly 
stem; petioles tall slender; blades oblong, 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide, 
base broad, edges hairy. Head 3 in. through from near the base, 
compact. Bracts woolly, numerous glabrous. Flowers in pairs. 
Sepals linear setaceous, 75 in. long. Corolla little longer, pink. 
Lip *4 in. long and wide. Hab. In damp woods in great masses, 
local. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi (Ridley). 
var. nobile. Ridl. Leaves and petiole 8 ft. long, light green with 
dark green bars, beneath rose colour. Perak, Tapah (Ridley). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
(2) P. hirtum Ridl. Journ. Roy. 2I5. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 181; 
Mat. ii. 60. 
Leaf-petioles, 2 to 4 ft. long, blades oblong acute, 15 in. long, 
8 in. wide, glabrous. Heads 3 in. through, emitted from the petiole 
about half-way up, outer bracts 3 in. long, lanceolate brown 
fi.m.p., 4 u 
