312 CXLV. DIOSCOREACE^. [ TrichopUS. 
6; filaments very short; anthers broad, cells divaricate; con¬ 
nective prolonged into a cylindric process. Style short and thick; 
stigmas 3 bilobed, pear-shaped. Fruit indehiscent 3-winged. 
Species 2, India and Ceylon; Malay Peninsula. 
(1) T. malayanus Ridl. T. zeylanicus Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 
7530; Ridl. Mat. ii. 79 (not of Gaertner). 
Rhizome very short. Stems with 1 leaf, lanceolate or cordate- 
ovate, 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long. 
Flowers 1 to 4 from the tuft of bracts; pedicels 1 to 2 in. long. 
Perianth purple, -5 in. across. Fruit 75 in. long, fleshy green with 
pink spots; pedicel 2 in. long. Hab. Rare. In sandy spots in 
woods in small patches. Pahang, Tahan woods; Kelantan near 
Kwala Lebir, Chaning (Ridley). 
2. STENOMERIS, Planch. 
Climbers. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate cordate, many- 
nerved reticulate. Cymes axillary short. Flowers small pedicelled 
bisexual green or brown urceolate, lobes narrow. Stamens 6; 
filaments adnate to mouth of tube, connective prolonged to a short 
point. Style short conic. Capsule elongate, 3-winged, 3-valved 
