THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

CXLVII. LILIACE..£. [Peliosanthes.
(7) P. grandifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 31, p. 97;
Mat. ii. 90.
Leaves very large and stiff oblanceolate cuspidate; nerves 13;
I ft. long, 6 in. wide; petioles thick, '25 in. through, 6 in. long.
Raceme 6 in. long, flowering to base. Flowers nodding, waxy
yellow, '25 in. across. Sepals and petals ovate blunt. Stamenring
adnate to perianth; anthers broad. Style very stout. Ovary
quite inferior. Hab. Mountain forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills
(Ridley).
(8) P. stellaris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 31, p. 97;
Mat. ii. 90. P. humilis Andr. Bot. Rep. i. 634; Hook. fit. F.B.I.
vi. 267 (partly).
A small species. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 5-ribbed, 4 in.
long, I in. across; petioles 3 in. long. Raceme 2 in. long. Flowers
star-shaped, small, green. Sepals and petals linear, blunt, less
than '12 in. long. Stamen-ring green, stamens nearly free, anthers
orange. Ovary quite inferior, large obconic; style violet, longer
than stamens. Hab. Rocky woods, chiefly in the north, Pahang,
Tahan Woods; Telom. Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude
(Robinson). Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang
Hill (Curtis). Kedah, Alor Sta. Distrib. Siam.
P. lmmilis Andr. Bot. Rep., I.e., was perhaps meant for this species, but
it is not certain.
(9) P. parviflora R£dt. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 61.
Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, both ends Io-nerved, 7 in. long,
2'25 in. wide; petioles 6 in. long. Scapes 4 in. long. Flowers
solitary or two together, '2 in. wide; pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals
and petals oblong-ovate blunt, blue green. Stamen-ring above the
mouth of tube, adnate to ovary at base only; anthers white.
Ovary half inferior; style stout. Hab. Pulau Adang islands,
Rawei and Pulau Adang (Ridley).
Leaves much taller than in P. stellarls, but flowers as small or smaller
3. OPHIOPOGON, Ker.
Stems creeping short or erect elongate. Leaves linear (or lanceolate)
sub-coriaceous. Scape racemose. Bracts scarious. Flowers
small, white or pink, several in a bract. Perianth superior.
Stamens 6, free from leaves of segments. Ovary 3-celled. Style
columnar; stigma 3-toothed. Fruit and seed as in Peliosanthes.
Species 10 or more, India, Java, China, Japan.
Stamens quite free; flowers small; anthers lanceolate
. . . . . . . .
Stamens quite free; flowers '5 in. across; anthers
linear
Stamens united by a ring
(I) O. malayanus
(2) O. intermedius
var. macranthits
(3) O. prolifera