Mapania.] cLxit. cyperace^. i73 
leaves linear acuminate, 2-5 ft, long, 75 in. wide, margins thorny, 
tip long and slender. Scapes stout, 4-5 in. long. Heads with 
3 or 4 oblong-conic spikes, over -5 in. long. Glumes ovat^, dark 
brown ribbed. Nut pear-shaped with a ridge on one side, pale 
brown, small. Dense forests, local. Singapore, Bukit fimah; 
Changi (Ridley). ^ ry-ji 
(6) M. Wallichii Clarke in Hook. fil. h.B.L vi. 682; Rtdl. 
Mat. iii. 105. , 
A large tufted plant, stem 2 in. tall, *5 m. through, woody, 
erect. Leaves linear, edges and keel thorny, 3 to 4 ft. long, 2 in. 
across. Scape -5 to 8 in. tall, spike fusiform, 75 in. long in fruit; conic, 
I in. long, 75' in. through. Glumes ovate, lower ones mucronate, 
Fig. 220. —Mapania Wallichii. 
upper ones muticous narrower. Squamelhe 6. Nut *25 in long, 
ovoid turgid base narrowed, beak incurved. Hab. Dense forests, 
local. Singapore (Wallich); Bukit Timah (Ridley) . Distnb Borneo 
( 7 ) M. longa Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 683, Rtdl. Mai. 
A \arge pandanus-like plant with a long rhizome. Leaves 
3 to 4 ft long 75 in. wide, linear acuminate, edges and keel thorny. 
Scapes slender. 10 to 25 in. long with i or 2 spikes ovoid, 75 m. 
long -5 in. through in fruit. Hah. In jungle streams. Rare. Singa¬ 
pore’at Selitar (Ridley). Dfs/n 7 i, Borneo ^ 
(8) M. tenuiscapa Clarke m Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 683, Rtdl. 
^^^""Rhizome erect with thick roots, -25 in. through. Leaves 
linear distichous, long acuminate, 3 ft- long, -36 m. wide. 4-nerved 
edges and keel thorny. Scapes slender 3 to 6 m. tall Head 
solitary, cylindric at first, base narrowed, at length ovoid. Nut 
ovoid beaked. Hab. In muddy spots by river banks. Johor, 
