330 cxlvii. liliacEj®. [Dianella. 
(Robinson). Setul. Distrib. India, Siam, Malaya. Native names: 
Satagit; Siak-Siak jantan; Senjuang; Benjuan. 
(2) D. parviflora Ridl. Journ, F.M.S. Mus. vi. 186. 
Rhizome stout. Stems 1 or 2 about 6 in. long, slightly flattened. 
Leaves linear acuminate, stiffly coriaceous, minutely thorny on 
midrib and edges, 12 to 18 in. long, -5 in. wide. Panicle 14 in. 
long, lax, branches few and short, *5 in. long. Flowers -25 in. 
across. Sepals ovate blunt. Petals longer elliptic blunt, blue, 
edged white. Filaments dilute into a yellow swelling above. 
Berry deep blue, globose. Hab. Rare, high mountains. Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
8 . TUPISTRA, Ker. 
Herbs. Stem short erect or creeping. Leaves large. Scape 
shorter, stout. Flowers many, fleshy rather large, purple or 
yellow. Perianth campanulate short broad, lobes recurved, 6 
to 8. Stamens 6 or 8 insert on middle of tube; filaments very 
short or o; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary small, 3, or 4-celled; style 
short, stout; stigma large peltate, clubbed or capitate. Berry 
globose, usually i-seeded. Species about 10, tropical Himalaya, 
Burma, China. 
Flowers *75 in. wide; spike long; stigma orbicular flat (1) T. grandis 
Flowers, ‘5 in. wide; spike short; stigma clubbed . (2) T. violacea 
(1) T. grandis Ridl. Journ. Bot. March, 1900, p. 73; Mat. 
ii. 93; Bot. Mag. t. 7829. 
Stems stout, 3 to 4 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acute, 2 ft. 
long, 6 in. wide, narrowed to a long winged petiole. Spike 1 ft. 
long or more. Flowers 50 or more, sessile, densely crowded, 1 in. 
long, 75 in. wide. Perianth purple-black. Anthers sessile 6. 
Style stout taller than tube; stigma very large, orbicular, white. 
Hab. In dense dark forests. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley); 
Gunong Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude (Robinson); Batang Padang 
(Wray). 
(2) T. violacea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. vi. 35. 
Stem short and stout. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate acute 
narrowed to base, 3 ft. long, 3 in. vide. Spike 8 in. long; flowers 
sessile, -5 in. across, tube hemispheric violet, lobes oblong, darker. 
Anthers sessile, 6. Style white, spotted violet. Stigma club- 
shaped, obscurely 3-lobed. Hab. Mountain forests, not common. 
Perak, Bujong Malacca (Curtis). Penang, Highlands (Curtis). 
Excluded Species. 
Tupistra singapureana Wall. Cat. 5195; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 
325, is Neuwiedia Curtisii, Rolfe (Aposlasiacece). 
9 . TRICALISTRA, Ridl. 
Stem woody, creeping. Leaves oblanceolate petioled, sub- 
coriaceous. Spike erect. Flowers small campanulate, lobes short, 
