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288 CXXXVIlI. MARANTACElE. [ Stachyphrynimn.<br />
8 in. long. Spike narrow fusiform cylindric, 6 in. long. Bracts<br />
pale.green ovate-oblong truncate. Sepals lanceolate acute reddish,<br />
'25 m. long. Corolla tube I in. long. Hab. On limestone rocks<br />
and in rocky woods. Perak, Ipoh and Kwala Dipang. Kelantan,<br />
Kwala Lebir (Ridley).<br />
(3) S. Jagoranum Schum. l.c. 48; Ridl. Mat. ii. 58; Phrynium<br />
Jagoranum 1(och, Wochenschr. vi. 35S.<br />
Leaves I to 3 together; petioles S to 9 in. long, blade oblong<br />
cuspidate, 6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. across, grey green with darker patches<br />
or plain; midrib and knee pubescent. Spike fusiform, 2 in. long.<br />
Peduncle I in. long. Bracts about 4 lanceolate acute. Corolla<br />
FIG. 18s.-Stachyphrynium Gnffithii.<br />
tube '5 in. long, lobes yellow. Capsule oblong oblique. Seeds 2<br />
oblong brown, aril red with 2 long claws. Hab. Forming patches<br />
on the ground in orchards and pastures, rarely flowering. Selangor,<br />
Dusun Tua; Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Temengoh. Kedah, Alor<br />
Sta. Pedis, Kanga. Setul.<br />
(4) S. parvum Ridl. S. minus Rzdl. Mat. ii. 59 (not of Schumann).<br />
Rhizome long slender creeping, with stems 3 to 4 in. long.<br />
Leaves 3 or 4 crowded; petioles slender, IS in. tall, blade lanceolate<br />
acuminate, base narrowed, 8 in. long, 1'5 in. wide. Peduncle<br />
slender, 3 in. long, heads of flowers I in. long. Calyx-lobes lanceolate,<br />
'25 in. long. Corolla tube slender, '5 in. long, lobes as long,<br />
white. Hab. Covering the ground in dense masses. Very seldom<br />
flowering. Singapore, Reservoir woods. Johor. Sedenah and<br />
Tebrau (Ridley); Gunong Belumut (Holttum).
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