516 OLXVI. AROIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [Amorphophallw. 
striate; wrapped at the base by short sheaths. Spathe (perhaps immature) i 
dark green, blue at the sides with red margins. Spadiz 3 in. ; in i e base > white, 
male the longest; appendage nearly 2 in., not contracted at the , 
Anthers very short. Stigma sessile, disciform, lobulate. 
8. A. chlorospathus, Kurz mss.; leaflets linear, spathe Greg 
erect base shortly convolute, spadix shorter than the spathe 8 ^s » OPE 
dage rather longer but not broader than the infl. stout elonga 
tip rounded. 
PrGv, the IRAWADY and Strane VALLEYS, Kurz. u Lea 
Tuber a depressed sphere or hemisphere, 2 in. diam., not bulbiliforons, Te 
2 ft. diam., trisect, segments winged and pinnatifidly cut into fin 3 at greet, 
leaflets 5-8 by i-j in.; petiole 18-20 in., green. Peduncle 1€ in., gehen 
pale reddish-brown below; sheaths not long. Spathe 4 in., gr een, J e the his 
Spadia 24-3 in., infl. cylindric, male longest ; appendage not contrac 
white. Anthers very short. Stigma sessile, discoid. 
. rect 
9. A. sparsiflorus, Hook. f.; spathe with an ovate-oblong Saiar 
acute limb the basal margins revolute round the mouth of t S ag cond’ 
tube, spadix much shorter than the spathe, appendage fusito 
as long as the inti., male and fem. fl. scattered. 
PERAK; Maxwell's Hill, Wray (No. 111), Kunstler. sol een, shaded 
Tuber orange-shaped. Leaf bulbiferous at top of petiole, £^ blanc 
with red or brown; leaflets 7, shortly petiolulate, 6-8 by là ino Pu 1} il 
acuminate. Peduncle 1-24 in., sheaths longer, linear. Spathe ore minute, very 
pale red-brown spotted with purplish-brown. Spadix 3% in. Anther 
short. Ovaries small, globose, style very short, stigma capitate. 
tt Spadix much longer than the spathe. 
ovoid 
10. A. oncophyllus, Prain mss.; spathe Jong-peduncled re are 
dilating into a large orbicular-ovate limb the lower marge ad appendage 
revolute round the open mouth of the tube, spadix far exserted, P 
as long as the infl. elongate conoid. 
ANDAMAN Isips.; on Cocos Islets, Prain. d ; leafl 
Tuber depressed, 5-9 in., diam., bulbilliferous. Leaf 3} ft. broads PE P eig 
petiole 2-3 ft., dull green, blotched with greenish white. Peduncle 1 bro whitish, 
longer, very stout; sheaths 2-7 in. Tube of spathe 3 in. long "imb 8 in. Jong bf 
obliquely streaked with green and spotted with dull green; ‘3-18 in., Sessi; 
5 broad, inclined, dull red-purple blotched with yellow. Spadic ‘Anthers short. 
male infl. about equalling the fem.; appendage creamy-yellow. d specimen à» 
Stigma 2-lobed—A superb species, described from a drawing, drie 
living plant at Kew, 
ll. A. Prainii, Hook. f.; spathe obliquely campanulate t 
broad subcylindric base truncate, limb short orbicular-ovt' 
waved, spadix very stout, exserted appendage very large ^ 
much longer and broader than the infl. ) 
Perak; Larut, Scortechini, Kunstler. PENANG (Ic.-in Herb. 2 4-8, lances 
Tuber 6-10 in. diam., not bulbilliferous. Leaves 4 ft. broad, lea ^ i and ree 
late, caudate-acuminate ; petiole 3-5 ft., green mottled with grey d T (o rather com” 
Peduncle 3—5 in.; sheaths very large, 8-12 by 4 in., pinkish. et wi be 
volute parts) of spathe 2 in. long and as broad, pale green spo Male ipf. © 
limb €-3 in. diam., yellow, base within rough purple-brown. m-colrd. smooth 
turbinate, fem. about as long, appendage 6-8 in. by 2-3 diam. crea campo” 
Anthers linear. Stigma 2.lobed.—Spathe and spadix more like 4- 
than are others with short styles, 
eolate, 
ube very 
mar; 
d smooth 
