CXLVII. LILIACE^. 
Peliosanthes.] 
325 
Penang Hill (Curtis). Perlis, Kanga. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne- 
Vaughan). Dislrib. Khasiya, South Siam. Native name : Seludang 
Pinang. 
The specimens included under this species by Wallich and Baker are a 
mixture of two or three species. 
(3) P. viridis Ridl. Joarn. Roy. /Is. Soc. S, Br. 31, p. 93; Mat. 
ii. 89. . 
A compact plant. Leaves numerous lanceolate acuminate both 
ends, 7 to 8 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; nerves 5 to 7; dark green above, 
glaucescent beneath; petioles 8 to 9 in. long. Raceme 5 in. long, 
with lanceolate acuminate bracts. Flowers numerous nodding, 
pale emerald green, -4 in. across. Sepals ovate. Petals oblong. 
Staminal ring free from perianth and pistil. Hab. Woods; local 
in the south. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Bukit Soga, 
Batu Pahat. Malacca, Chabau (Ridley). Didrib. Sumatra. 
(4) P. monticola Ridl. 
Small plant, with silvery papery sheaths at base of leaves and 
a rather stout woody rhizome. Leaves lanceolate acuminate at 
both ends, 5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles 575 in. long. Raceme 
2 in. long on peduncle 1 in. long. Lower bracts broad lanceolate, 
•25 in. long, -i in. wide. Upper bracts (floral) narrow lanceolate 
linear. Perianth *3 in. wide, lobes oblong blunt, tips round. 
Stamens forming a complete ring; anthers very small free from 
1 perianth nearly to base. Ovary free from the stamen-ring, superior. 
Hab. Mountains, rare. Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 5000 ft. altitude 
(Robinson). 
(5) P. lurida Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 31, p. 90; Mat. 
ii. 89. 
Leaves large lanceolate, long acuminate; nerves 15 to 19; 
12 to 13 in. long, 3 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 8 to 12 in. long. 
Raceme 4 or 5 in. long. Flowers -5 in. across. Sepals and petals 
ovate lurid green with a central line or shading of purple. Staminal 
ring deep violet. Hab. Rocky woods. Pahang, river at Khol, 
Telom. Malacca, woods at base of Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Sempang 
Mines (Ridley). Penang; Penara Bukit on rocks (Curtis). Lan- 
kawi, Ivwah (Curtis). Native name : Pinang Lumbah. 
(6) P. albida Bak. Bot. Mag. t. 7110; Ridl. Mat. ii. 90. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 8-nerved, 10 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles over 1 ft. long. Raceme slender lax, 9 in. long, covered 
to base with small white flowers on very short pedicels nodding. 
Sepals and petals white; petals rounder and blunter. Stamen¬ 
ring low. Ovary half-inferior, adnate half-way to the stamen 
ring- ovules 5 in a cell. Hab. Rocky spots in woods. Local. 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin Waterfall. Selangor, Menuang Gasing 
(Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Penang Hill (Curtis, Maingay). 
Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
