THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Protolirion.] CXLVII. LILIACE.£. 32 3
Hab. On mountains in dry woods at the foot of Dacrydiums at
IOOO to 3000 ft. altitude. Not uncommon.
Pahang, Gunong Tahan.
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Sungei Siput;
Gunong Bubu (Wray). Kedah Peak
(Robinson and Kloss).
2. PELIOSANTHES, Andr.
Herbs with short creeping stem.
Leaves petioled lanceolate plicate coriaceous.
Scapes usually shorter. Flowers
racemose green, white or purple, small.
Perianth-tube short campanulate, lobes
all similar lanceolate. Stamens 6; filaments
broad, connate in a fleshy ring,
often adnate to perianth-tube, anthers
introrse very small. Pistil adnate to
stamen ring or free; style short; stigmas
3. Fruit capsular splitting at top
when very young. Seeds I to 3, developed
pushing through the capsule top,
outer coat fleshy, blue, oblong, endosperm
globose. SpeCIes about IS, Indo­
Malaya, China, Siam. General lIattve
names: Lumbah Bukit; Pinang Lumbah;
Tukas Tikus.
Flowers several to a bract . \
Flowers solItary In a bract, rarely 2
Ovary supenor.
Flowers globose, deep purple-black
Flowers expanded, green or purplIsh
Flowers small, ·3 In. across; bracts narrow
lInear, ·3 In. wide; bracts at base broad
lanceolate .
Flowers large, ·S In. across
Ovary Infenor or half Infenor.
FIG 19s.-ProtolIrion
paradoxum.
/ .
(I) P. Teta
var. angusttfolia
(2) P. violacea
var. Clarkei
(3) P. viridis
(4) P. monticola
(S) P. lurida
Petals and sepals ovate white; raceme long lax (6) P. aIbida
Petals and sepals ovate yellow; raceme short dense (7) P. grandifolia
Petals and sepals Imear green, dwarf plant
, nearly free . . . . . . (8) P. stellaris
Petals and sepals oblong-ovate green very small;
stamens In a ring, leaves long. . . (9) P. parviflora
(I) P. Teta Andr. Rep. t. 605; Bot. Mag. t. 1302; Hook. /il.
F.B.I. vi. 265; Ridl. Mat. ii. 89. var. angustifolia Ridl. JOUnt.
Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, 'po 207.
Leaves narrow lanceolate, 5-nerved, 6 to 9 in. long, I in. wide;