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J oinvillea.] eLV. FLAGELLARIACElE.<br />
Panicle 8 in. long, hairy. Flowers sessile or nearly so, '12 in. long.<br />
Sepals ovate. Petals oblong ciliate. Stamens 5 and I aborted;<br />
!itigmas plumose. Fruit globose, red, 3-seeded. Hab. Mountains<br />
at 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. In dry spots. Selangor, Scmangkok<br />
Pass (Ridley). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray) ;<br />
Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Distrib. Borneo.<br />
3. SUSUM, Linn.<br />
Fleshy herbs, aquatic or terrestrial, large, with creeping rhizomes.<br />
Leaves fleshy ensiform or lanceolate. Panicles spreading, branches<br />
in half whorls, bracteate. Flowers small green or yellow. Sepals<br />
and petals sub-equal orbicular or ovate. Stamens 5 or 6, filiform,<br />
base broad. PistiIlode small. Female. Pistil ovoid or lobed;<br />
stigmas 3, flat. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit fleshy, I-seeded. Species 2<br />
or 3, Ceylon and Malaya.<br />
Aquatic plant, tall; leaves ensiform. . . (I) S. anthelminticum<br />
Forest plant shorter; leaves lanceolate peboled . (2) S. malayanum<br />
(I) S. anthelminticwn Bl. Schultes, Syst. vii. 1493; Ridl.<br />
Mat. ii. 132.<br />
Tall aquatic plant with long floating stolons. Stem I in.<br />
through, creeping. Leaves 6 ft. long, 6 in. wide, sword-shaped,<br />
glabrous Panicle 2 ft. long, 8 in. across or more, much branched.<br />
Bracts lanceolate, 8 in. long. Flowers greenish yellow, sessile.<br />
Berry fusiform, usually I-seeded. Hab. In ponds and rivers, very<br />
local, Malacca (Griffith), probably extinct. Perak, Lahat and along<br />
the railway in swamps, Kinta Valley, abundant (Ridley). Distrib.<br />
Java, Sumatra, and Ceylon. Natwe name: Bakung.<br />
(2) S. malayanum Hook. F.B.I. vi. 361; Rzdl. Mat. ii. 132.<br />
Stems short, a few inches to 2 to 3 ft. long. Leaves slightly<br />
cobwebby beneath, lanceolate acuminate, 12 to 50 in. long, 2 to<br />
4 in. wide; petioles channelled, 3 to 12 in. long. Panicles I to 2 ft.<br />
long; branches stiff, 2 to 6 in. long, tomentose with leafy bracts.<br />
Flowers sessile. Male panicles slender, branched. Sepals 2 or 3,<br />
orbicular. Petals 3, oblong-lanceolate. Female panicles stouter.<br />
Sepals gibbous at base. Petals much longer. Stigmas 3, short.<br />
Fruit pink turning black, fleshy, globose or oblique, '25 in. through,<br />
or as big as cherries. Seed I, flattened. Hab. Common in forests<br />
in damp spots to 4500 ft. altitude. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Selitar.<br />
Johor, Kwala SediIi (Kelsall). Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 4000 ft.<br />
altitude. Malacca, Batu Tiga. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Negi<br />
Sembilan, Gunong Talan; Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Gunong<br />
Batu Putih (Wray) and Gunong Bubu; Thaiping (Kunstler).<br />
Penang (Jack), HilI (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Java. Native<br />
,names: Bangkong; Bangkong Rimbah; Lobak Jantan.<br />
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