CXLVII. LILIACEiE. 
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[. Peliosanthes. 
petioles 6 in. long. Raceme lax, 8 in. tall; rachis purple. Bracts 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate, -25 in. long. Flowers 2 or 3 in a tuft 
•4 in. across; pedicels shorter than bracts. Sepals ovate, green 
edged violet. Petals shorter, tips round, dark green, edged white. 
Stamen-ring adnate to petals nearly to top, dark violet. Style 
3-lobed nearly to base. Ovary quite inferior. Hab. Mountain 
woods in the north. Penang Hill and Pulau Badak (Curtis); 
Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff). Disirib. South Siam, of type- 
species India. 
(2) P. violacea Wall. Cat. 5084; Bak . Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 
502; in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 266; Ridl. Mat. ii. 89. var. Clarkei 
Bak. l.c. Bot. Mag. t. 8276. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate, 9-nerved, 7 to 8 in. 
long, 2*5 in. wide; petioles 6 in. long. Raceme about 4 in. tall, 
deep purple. Flowers crowded, 1 to a bract, campanulate globose 
fleshy, nodding, black-purple. Sepals and petals ovate blunt, 
•25 in. long. Stamen ring free from perianth and ovary. Hab. 
Woods. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Pahang, Tahan River. Selan¬ 
gor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Kwala Dipang. 
