THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

M onochoria.] CXLVIlI. PONTEDERIACEA!, 345
Flowers crowded on a short 2 in. long raceme, included in the leaf
sheath; pedicels '5 to 2 in. long. Petals over '5 in. long, light
violet, keels green. Capsule globose, nearly '5 in. long. Hab.
Common in ditches in the whole Peninsula. Singapore, Galang;
Orchard Road. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Nyalas (Derry). Negri
Sembilan, Kwala Pedas. Perak, VIu Slim (Kunstler). Province
FIG. 2oo.-Monochoria hast;:efolja;
Wellesley. Penang (Curtis), Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Dt"stnb.
India, Malaya and China. Native names: Chacha Layer; Kankon
Ayer. '
(2) M. elata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 99.
Herb 6 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves narrow linear hastate, 4 in. long,
'3 in. wide; petioles 24 in. long. Flowers blue in a many-flowered
raceme 3'5 to 5 in. long on slender pedicels '4 in. long. Sepals and
petals '75 in. long, lanceolate acuminate. Capsule oblong. Hab.
Kedah, at lerum, abundant in rice-fields (Haniff). Distrib. Patalung.