Joinvillea.] clv. flagellariacejs. 3^9 
Panicle 8 in. long, hairy. Flowers sessile or nearly so, *12 in. long. 
Sepals ovate. Petals oblong ciliate. Stamens 5 and 1 aborted; 
stigmas plumose. Fruit globose, red, 3-seeded. Hab. Mountains 
at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. In dry spots. Selangor, Semangkok 
Pass (Ridley). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); 
Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Distvib. Borneo. 
3. SUSUM, Linn. 
Fleshy herbs, aquatic or terrestrial, large, with creeping rhizomes. 
Leaves fleshy ensiform or lanceolate. Panicles spreading, branches 
in half whorls, bracteate. Flowers small green or yellow. Sepals 
and petals sub-equal orbicular or ovate. Stamens 5 or 6, filiform, 
base broad. Pistillode small. Female. Pistil ovoid or lobed; 
stigmas 3, flat. Ovary 3~celled. Fruit fleshy, i-seeded. Species 2 
or 3, Ceylon and Malaya. 
Aquatic plant, tall; leaves ensiform . . . (1) S. anthelminticum 
Forest plant shorter; leaves lanceolate petioled . (2) S. malayanum 
(1) S. anthelminticum Bl. Schultes, Syst. vii. 1493; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 132. , 
Tall aquatic plant with long floating stolons. Stem 1 in. 
through, creeping. Leaves 6 ft. long, 6 in. wide, sword-shaped, 
glabrous. Panicle 2 ft. long, 8 in. across or more, much branched. 
Bracts lanceolate, 8 in. long. Flowers greenish yellow, sessile. 
Berry fusiform, usually i-seeded. Hab. In ponds and rivers, very 
local, Malacca (Griffith), probably extinct. Perak, Lahat and along 
the railway in swamps, Kinta Valley, abundant (Ridley). Distnb. 
Tava, Sumatra, and Ceylon. Native name: Bakung. 
(2) S. malayanum Hook. F.B.I. vi. 361; Ridl. Mat. 11 - 1 32- 
Stems short, a few inches to 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves slightly 
cobwebby beneath, lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 50 in. long, 2 to 
4 in wide; petioles channelled, 3 to 12 in. long. Panicles 1 to 2 ft. 
long; branches stiff, 2 to 6 in. long, tomentose with leafy bracts. 
Flowers sessile. Male panicles slender, branched. Sepals 2 or 3, 
orbicular. Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate. Female panicles stouter. 
Sepals gibbous at base. Petals much longer. Stigmas 3, short. 
Fruit pink turning black, fleshy, globose or oblique, *25 m. through, 
or as big as cherries. Seed 1, flattened. Hab. Common in forests 
in damp spots to 4500 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Selitar. 
Johor, Kwala Sedili (Kelsall). Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 4000 ft. 
altitude. Malacca, Batu Tiga. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur Neg^ 
Sembilan, Gunong Talan; Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray) and Gunong Bubu; Thaiping (Kunstler). 
Penang (Jack), Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Java. Native 
names: Bangkong; Bangkong Rimbah; Lobak Jantan. 
B B 
Fl.M.P., 4. 
