290 cxxxviii. mar an t ACE/E. [Phrynium. 
woolly; inner bracts oblong truncate, 1-5 in. long, glabrous break¬ 
ing up into fibres. Flowers *75 in. long, white. Capsule globose 
obscurely 3-angled, *5 in. long. Seeds 3, oblong. Hab. Hill woods. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai; Sungei Tebrau. Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tangga. Selangor, Dusun Tua; Semangkok Pass; Ulu Gombak. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Hermitage Hill; Bujong Malacca; Ulu 
Kerling (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Maingay, Curtis). Kedah, Yan. 
Native name : Lerek Betina. 
(3) P. malaccense Ridl. Journ. Roy. Hs. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 180; 
Mat. ii. 61. 
Tufted plant. Petioles about 3 ft. long, slender, blades 15 in. 
long, 5 in. wide, lanceolate cuspidate, glaucous beneath, midrib 
brown-furry. Head about half-way up petiole or higher, 2 in. 
across of about 5 spikes. Bracts lanceolate acute stiff dark green, 
glabrous, 1-5 in. long, -75 in. wide. Flowers small short stalked. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate acute hairy white as long as corolla tube. 
Corolla-lobes ovate blunt spotted purple. Lip spathulate white 
with pink line. Capsule *25 in. long, angled red-hairy. Seeds 1 to 3, 
oblong angled. Hab. Woods, common. Muar. Malacca, Panchur 
(Derry). Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Goodenough); Perhentian 
Tinggi. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Pekan. Bindings, Gunong 
Tungul. Perak, Thaiping Hills. 
(4) P. tristachyum Ridl. 
Leaves stiff, oblong, base narrowed, 2 ft. long, 8 in. wide; 
petioles stout, 30 in. long. Inflorescence lateral; peduncle stout, 
•75 in. long, spikes three cylindric, 3-5 in. long, 75 in. through. 
Bracts at base ovate lanceolate acute, lowest 1*5 in. long. Floral 
bracts ovate-lanceolate broad, quaquaversal splitting up at tip into 
8 to 10 points; spikelets numerous, 1 in. long, acute. Flowers 
white, two in a bract. Fruit oblong triquetrous hairy 4 to 5 in. 
long. Hab. Selangor, Bukit Lagong, nth mile Rawang Road from 
Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy and Burkill). 
This species seems more nearly allied to Ph. capitatum Roxb., of India, but 
differs from all species I have seen in the elongate spikes and acute bracts. 
Unfortunately the flowers in the only specimens I have seen are completely 
rotten. 
(5) P. terminale Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 105. 
Tufted. Leaves elliptic acute, base round glabrous purple 
beneath, 18 in. long, 6 in. wide; petioles over 18 in. long. Head 
on a slender leafless peduncle 18 in. long, from rhizome, about 
2 in. long in fruit. Two outer bracts broad oblong truncate, lowest 
one 1'5 in. long, 1 in. wide. Capsule on a pedicel *5 in. long, oblong 
truncate top flat, 3-angled, -5 in. long, minutely pubescent. Seed 
oblong, nearly *5 in. long, aril small bilobed. Hab. Rare in woods. 
Perak Temengoh and Lenggong (Ridley). Flowers not seen. 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
