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CLIII. TRIURIDE2E. 
[Sciaphila. 
Style terminal or lateral. Achenes globose or ovoid in a head. 
Genera 2, 1 tropical Asiatic to South America, 1 South America 
only. 
1 . SCIAPHILA, Bl. 
Perianth 3- to 8-lobed. Anthers sessile or sub-sessile, at the 
base of the perianth. Species 21, Tropical Asia to Polynesia, 
Africa and South America. 
Sepals and petals ovate; pistillodes in male flowers . (1) S. affinis 
Sepals and petals lanceolate; no pistillodes in male 
flowers . . . . . . . . (2) S. major 
Sepals and petals linear subulate, no pistillodes . . (3) S. asterias 
(1) S. affinis Becc. Malesia, iii. 331, PI. xxxiv. 14-18; RidL 
Mat. ii. 126. 
Stems filiform, pur¬ 
ple, often branched, 4 to 
5 in. tall. Leaves ovate 
acuminate, scale - like. 
Flowers numerous, scat¬ 
tered ; pedicels *25 in. 
long. Bracts lanceolate 
acute. Petals and sepals 
ovate acute. Male 
flowers; stamens 3 ; 
filaments very short; 
pistillodes numerous. 
Female flowers; carpels 
numerous in a globose 
head, smooth; stami- 
nodes 6, short. Hab. 
Common in dark woods 
among rotten leaves, to 
4000 ft. altitude. Singa¬ 
pore, Buldt Timah; 
Selitar. Malacca. Bukit 
Sadanen; Mt. Ophir. 
Selangor near Semang- 
kok Pass. Pahang, 
Tahan River; Gunong 
Tahan. Perak, Gunong 
Keledang; Gunong Kerbau (Robinson); Gunong Bubu (Wray); 
Sungei Siput (Haniff), 10 in. tall and much branched. Distrib. 
Borneo. 
(2) S. major Becc. Malesia iii. 332, PI. xl. Figs. 1 to 11; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 126. 
Simple or much branched, 4 to 6 in. tall. Leaves ovate blunt. 
Flowers numerous on very short pedicels, pale lilac; bracts small 
JM- 
Fig. 207. — Sciaphila affinis. 
