Proiolirion.] 
CXLVII. LILIACE^E. 
323 
Hob. On mountains in dry woods at the foot of Dacrydiums at 
1000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Not un¬ 
common. Pahang, Gunong Tahan. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Sungei Siput; 
Gunong Bubu (Wray). Kedah Peak 
(Robinson and Kloss). 
2 . PELIOSANTHES, Andr. 
Herbs with short creeping stem. 
Leaves petioled lanceolate plicate coria¬ 
ceous. Scapes usually shorter. Flowers 
racemose green, white or purple, small. 
Perianth-tube short campanulate, lobes 
all similar lanceolate. Stamens 6; fila¬ 
ments broad, connate in a fleshy ring, 
often adnate to perianth-tube; anthers 
introrse very small. Pistil adnate to 
stamen ring or free; style short; stig¬ 
mas 3. Fruit capsular splitting at top 
when very young. Seeds 1 to 3, de¬ 
veloped pushing through the capsule top, 
outer coat fleshy, blue, oblong, endo¬ 
sperm globose. Species about 15, Indo- 
Malaya, China, Siam. General native 
names: Lumbah Bukit; Pinang Lumbah; Fig. 195.—Protolirion 
Tukas Tikus. paradoxum. 
Flowers several to a bract . . . . . (1) P. Teta 
var. angustifolia 
Flowers solitary in a bract, rarely 2. 
Ovary superior. 
Flowers globose, deep purple-black . . . (2) P. violacea 
var. Clarkei 
Flowers expanded, green or purplish . . {3) P, viridis 
Flowers small, *3 in. across; bracts narrow 
linear, -3 in. wide; bracts at base broad 
lanceolate.(4) P. monticola 
Flowers large, '5 in. across . . . (5) P. lurida 
Ovary inferior or half inferior. 
Petals and sepals ovate white; raceme long lax (6) P. albida 
Petals and sepals ovate yellow; raceme short dense (7) P. grandiiolia 
Petals and sepals linear green, dwarf plant 
nearly free.(8) P. stellaris 
Petals and sepals oblong-ovate green very small ; 
stamens in a ring; leaves long . . . (9) P. parviflora 
(1) P. Teta Andr. Rep. t. 605; Bot. Mag. t. 1302; Hook. pi. 
F.B.I. vi. 265; Ridl. Mat. ii. 89. var. angustifolia Ridl. Jo urn. 
Roy. ,4 s. Soc. S. Br. 59, p, 207. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate, 5-nerved, 6 to 9 in. long, 1 in. wide; 
