3io 
CXLIV. TACCACEiE. 
[Tacca. 
(3) T. cristata Jack, Mai, Misc. i. No. v. 23; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vi. 287; Ridl. Mat. ii. 77. T. Rafflesiana Jack in Wall. Cat. 5172. 
Ataccia cristata Kunth. Enum. v. 476; Bot. Mag. t. 4587. 
Rootstock thick, 4 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 
175 to 2 ft. long, 4 to 7 in. across; petioles 1 ft. long or more. 
Scapes 1 to 3 ft. tall. Involucral bracts 2, oblong or lanceolate, 
6 in. long, 4 in. wide, inner larger, erect, ovate long-clawed, base 
purple, above white, or all purple. Floral bracts numerous filiform, 
6 in. long, purple, white-tipped. Flowers 5 to 18, about 1 in. long. 
Sepals oblong, -5 in. long. Petals orbicular, all purple. Berry 
3-5 in. long, 1-25 through, oblong, narrowed to base, 6-keeled purple 
black. Seeds elliptic ribbed, brown. Hab. Common in forests 
all over the Peninsula up to 2000 ft. altitude from Singapore (Wallich 
5172), Bukit Timah. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, Selandor; 
Jus. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Ginting Sempah; Ulu Langat 
(Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler); Kwala Kangsa. 
