THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Donax.] CXXXVIII. MARANTACE.'E.
spathulate bilobed. Fruit obconic 3-10bed, 3-seeded, rarely I-seeded
and globose. Hab. Tidal rivers, forming thickets in the water.
Common. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Langat.
Perak, Kinta River; Temengoh; Changkat Mentri (Kloss).
Kelantan, Karnposa; Kota Bharu. Kedah, Alor Sta. Perl is
rivers. Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrtb. Burma, Siam,
Borneo. Native name: Bemban Ayer.
(3) D. parviflora Ridl. Joum. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 53, p. 59.
Short stems. Leaves ovate acute inrequilateral, 3 to 6 in. long,
2'5 to 4 in. wide, a fringe of long hairs on midrib. Panicle 3 to
6 in. long, pendulous hairy, especially on nodes. Bracts linear
lanceolate, '5 to I in. long, silky. Flowers very 5mall. Ovary
silky. Calyx lobes lanceolate, '1 in. long. Corolla tub_e '05 in.
long, lobes '2 in. long. Fruit globose sparsely hairy. Seeds 2,
outer face convex with 5 rows of 4 warts. Hab. Woods. Not
common. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling; Pulau Tawar. Selangor,
Batu Caves. Perak, Ipoh. Kelantan, Glam wood, Kota Bharu
(Ridley).
2. STACHYPHRYNIUM, Schum.
Stems numerous. Leaves elliptic long-petioled. Inflorescence
simply spicate, rarely branched on a rhizome. Bracts imbricate.
Flowers in pairs in the bracts enclosed in a thin bracteole. Calyx
lobes narrow. Corolla tube longer, lobes oblong white. Petaloid
stamen :>hort cucullate. Lip oblong or ovate with a narrow crest.
Capsule oblong, 2- or 3-seeded. Seed oblong, aril irregular or
of two long claw-shaped processes. Species 8, Indo-Malayan.
Spikes flattened tall; bracts disbchous. . . (I) S. Griftithii
Spike cylindriC fusiform; leaves often 6 ft. long . (2) S. cylindricum
Spike cylindriC fusiform, short; leaves I ft. long . (3) S. lagoranum
Spike small oblong; leaves small . . (4) S. parvum
(I) S. Griffithii Schum. Pf/anzenreich, Marant 49; Ridl. Mat.
ii. 57. Phrynium spicatum Griff. (not of Roxbt,rgh). P. Griffithii
Bak. in Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. 260. (Fig. 185, p. 288.)
Very large tufted plant. Leaves erect; petioles 3 ft. long or
more, blade oblong, glaucous beneath, 2 ft. long, 6 in. wide. Spikes
4 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, flattened. Bracts whitish, edges connate,
tip recurved. Flowers small fragrant. Capsule I in. long,
fawn colour. Seeds 2. Hab. Common in rocky forest. Singapore,
Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai. Johor, Gunong Pantai; Batu
Pabat. Malacca, Ching (Griffith); Bukit Bruang. Negri Sembilan,
Tampin Hill (Goodenough). Pahang, Tahan River.
(2) S. cylindricum Schum.l.c. 49; Ridl. Mat. ii. 58. Phrynium
cylindricum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 178.
Tufted plant like the last. Leaves, petioles 4 ft. long, blade
oblong-ovate, 2 ft. long, 8 in. wide, glaucous beneath. Peduncle