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THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

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Cllrculigo. ] CXLIII. AMARYLLIDACEJE. 299<br />

Penanth limb sessile on ovary; spike nodding (I) C. recurvata<br />

Perianth limb stipitate; spikes erect.<br />

Bracts stiff oblong large . . " (2) C. villosa<br />

Bracts small ovate-Ianceolate or lanceolate acuminate.<br />

Flowers I' 5 in. across; fruit oblong, I in. long . (3) C. latifolia<br />

Flowers I in. across; fruit club-shaped, 2 in. long (4) C. megacarpa<br />

(I) C. recurvata Dryand, Ait. Hart. Kew, ed. 2, ii. 253; Bot.<br />

Reg. t. 770; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 278; Ridl. Mat. ii. 65.<br />

Leaves about 6 ft. long, blade plicate lanceolate acuminate,<br />

FIG. 188.--Curculigo recurvata.<br />

36 in. long, 6 in. wide. Peduncles 2 in. long, flat hairy. Raceme<br />

capitate decurved, 2 in. through. Bracts lanceolate acuminate,<br />

lower ones 3 in. long, '5 in. wide, keel brown-furry. Pedicels '25 in.<br />

long. Perianth-Iobes'5 in. long, yellow, backs furry. Ovary not<br />

beaked, furry. Fruit globose white. Hab. Woods and forests,<br />

common to 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Tanglin. Sungei Ujong<br />

(Cantley). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya,<br />

China, Australia. Nai1ve_-name: Lumbah Merah. Use: Fruits<br />

eaten.

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