THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

312 CXLV. DIOSCOREACEA!:. [Trichopus
6; filaments very short; anthers broad, cells divaricate; connective
prolonged into a cylindric process. Style short and thick;
stigmas 3 bilobed, pear-shaped. Fruit indehiscent 3-winged.
Species 2, India and Ceylon; Malay Peninsula.
(I) T. malayanus Ridl. T. zeylanicus Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t.
7530; Ridl. Mat. ii. 79 (not of Gaertner).
Rhizome very short. Stems with I leaf, lanceolate or cordateovate,
3 to 4 in. long, I to 2·5 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long.
Flowers I to 4 from the tuft of bracts; pedicels I to 2 in. long.
FIG. 192.-Tnchopus malayan us.
Perianth purple, ·5 in. across. Fruit ·75 in. long, fleshy green with
pink spots; pedicel 2 in. long. Hab. Rare. In sandy spots in
woods in small patches. Pahang, Tahan woods; Kelantan near
Kwala Lebir, Chaning (Ridley).
2. STENOMERIS, Planch.
Climbers. Leaves ovate or ovate-Ianceolate cordate, manynerved
reticulate. Cymes axillary short. Flowers small pedicelled
bisexual green or brown urceolate, lobes narrow. Stamens 6;
filaments adnate to mouth of tube, connective prolonged to a short
point. Style short conic. Capsule elongate, 3-winged, 3"valved