THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

300 CXLIlI. AMARYLLIDACElE. [Curculigo.
(2) C. villosa Wall. Cat. 5763A; Kurz, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.
Bat. iv. 176; Ridl. Mat. ii. 66. C. latifolia va". villosa Bak. Journ.
Linn. Soc. xvii. 125; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 280.
Leaves lanceolate acuminate-caudate plicate, glabrous above,
cobwebby beneath, 2'5 ft. long, 6 in. wide. Racemes erect, 2 in.
long; peduncles short flat. Bracts stiff oblong acute, tips recurved,
2 in. long, '5 in. wide, glabrous. Flowers ochre yellow,
'75 in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute. Petals shorter blunter.
Ovary pubescent, beaked. Fruit greenish white, long-beaked.
Seeds few and small. Hab. In long grass and scrub in open country
in the south of the Peninsula. Singapore (Wallich); Garden Jungle.
Johor (Ridley). Distrib. Malay islands.
(3) C. Iatifolia Dryand A it. Hort. Ke:w, ed. ii. II. 253; Bot.
Mag. t. 2034; Bot. Reg. t. 754; Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 280; Ridl.
Mat. ii. 66. C. sumatrana Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 146; Lodd. Bot. Cab.
t. 443; Wight Ic. t. 2042.
Stem very short. Leaves lanceolate hairy on both sides, 3'5 ft.
long or less, 6·in. wide; petioles over 6 in. long. Spikes erect on
peduncles 3 to 4 in. long, at first globose, then lengthening to as
much as 6 in. Lower bracts ovate acute, '5 in. long. Flowers
bright yellow, '5 in. across. Ovary pubescent beaked. Perianthlobes
oblong. Fruit I in. long, ovoid white, hairy. Seeds aciniform,
ribbed with minute papillre. Hab. In woods and on banks
over the whole Peninsula, very common and variable from sea
level to 6700 ft. altitude.
var. glabrescens Ridl. l.c. Leaves I to 1"5 ft. long, 2 to 4 in.
wide; petioles 2 to 8 in. long, almost or completely glabrous.
Raceme elongating to 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate hairy. With
the last, less common and more of a mountain plant. A beautiful
variety with the upper side of the leaves silvery and back purple
occurs at Jpoh (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Andamans, Malay Archipelago.
Native names: Lumbah; Linsubah (Pahang). Use:
Fruit eaten; fibre of leaves used for fishing nets.
(4) C. megacarpa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 41, p. 33;
Mat. ii. 67.
A large tufted plant with a stout stem. Leaves oblong-Ianceolate
acuminate, glabrous, 20 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 8 in.
long. Peduncle 4 in. long, tomentose. Spike cylindric-conic, 2 to
4 in. long. Flower I in. across. Sepals lanceolate acute, dirty
yellow. Petals bright yellow. Ovary hairy beaked. Fruit 2 in.
long, club-shaped, white. Seeds very numerous, angled ribbed.
Hab. Rare. In dense forest at 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude. Perak,
Thaiping Hills (Ridley).
3. CRINUM, Linn.
Stem bulbous. Leaves lorate or ensiform. Scape stout leafless.
Flowers umbelled, white. Involucral bracts lanceolate or ovate,