THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

310 CXLIV. TACCACEA.i:. [Tacca.
(3) T. cristata Jack, Mal. Mz'sc. i. No. v. 23; Hook. fil. F.B.I.
vi. 287; Rz'dl. Mat. ii. 77. T. Raffiesiana Jack in Wall. Cat. 5172.
Ataccia cristata Kunth. Enum. v. 476; Bot. Mag. t. 4587.
Roobtock thick, 4 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate,
1·75 to 2 ft. long, 4 to 7 in. across; petioles I ft. long or more.
Scapes I to 3 ft. tall. Involucral bracts 2, oblong or lanceolate,
6 in. long, 4 in. wide, inner larger, erect, ovate long-clawed, base
FIG. 19I.-Tacca cnstata.
purple, above white, or all purple. Floral bracts numerous filiform,
6 in. long, purple, white-tipped. Flowers 5 to 18, about I in. long.
Sepals oblong, ·5 in. long. Petals orbicular, all purple. Berry
3·5 in. long, 1"25 through, oblong, narrowed to base, 6-keeled purple
black. Seeds elliptic ribbed, brown. H abo Common in forests
all over the Peninsula up to 2000 ft. altitude from Singapore (Wallich
5172), Bukit Timah. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca, Selandor;
Jus. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Ginting Sempah; Viu Langat
(Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler); Kwala Kangsa.