542 CLXVI. AROIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Scindapsus. 
4. S. hederacea, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857), 45; Prodr. oH. 
branches terete smooth, leaves 5-8 by 1-25 in. faleately _lanceo ate 
acuminate base acute, primary nerves indistinct, petiole 2-4 m. bës y 
winged up to the knee, spathe 2-24 in. narrow long-beaked. Engler ni 
253 ; Ic. ined. No. 13 (young plant). S. pothoides, Mig. Fl. Ind. Ba A 
184 (not of Schott) Š. inquinatus, Schott in Mig. Ann. Mus. Lugd. bat. 
283. 
Perak; Scortechini, King’s Collector. Matacca; Griffith, Maingay.—DIsTBIB. 
Java. 
Stem climbing, 30-40 ft., as thick as a goose-quill or more. Leaves nib 
thinly coriaceous ; petiole with pale sheaths, Peduncle 1-2 in., stout. A le 
much narrower than in any of the previous species, terete, slightly curve e D 
yellow. Fruiting spadie 3-4 in., white. Berries about } in. diam. acr 
crown.—Leaves broadly ovate cordate in young plants. 
5. S. perakensis, Hook. f.; branches stout terete smooth, rick 
8-12 by 2-3 in. oblong-lanceolate or falcately lanceolate acuminate tiol 
coriaceous, base acute or rounded, primary nerves distinct beneat ` P adi 
4-7 in. broadly winged up to the knee, peduncle 3-6 in. very stout, SP 
(after flowering) 3-5 in. cylindric or subclavate. 
PERAK ; Scortechini, King’s Collector. : ; 
Stem 30-40 ft., 2-3 in. diam. (King’s Coll.), pale when dry. Leaves corine jes 
costa rather slender; primary and secondary nerves undistinguishable above, "Vin. 
trabeculate ; petiole sometimes 1 in. across the opened sheath. Doe } diam. 
Spathe not seen. Fruiting spadie nearly 14 in. diam.; carpels slatey biue, 
across the crown. Seeds lenticular, à in. diam., black. 
** Leaves broadly or narrowly oblong, rarely ovate or sublanceolate. 
. . i. 4; 
6. S. crassipes ? Engler in Bot. Jahrb. i. 182 ; in Beccari More 2-10 
Ic. ined. No. 1; branches as thick as the thumb terete smooth, eta ve 
by 2-3 in. oblong acute base rounded densely coriaceons: P t el, 
thick, primary nerves obscure, petiole 1-2 in. broadly thickly 
peduncle very stout. 
PERAK, Scortechini,—D1sTRIB. Borneo ? . :ni, jn which the 
I haveseen only an imperfect specimen and drawing by Scortechin ortechini's 
leaves are narrower and petiole shorter than in Engler's figure. ross th 
drawing and specimen the stem is very stout; petiole 1 in. acres: ; in. di 
coriaceous wings; peduncle 2 in.; young fruit 6 in. by 1 diam. Berries 4 
across the crown. 
. i. 277; 
7. S. Beccarii? Engler Bot. Jahrb. i. 182 ; in Beccari Male ami- 
branches very stout, leaves 12-18 by 4-5} in. oblong or linear? a ori mary 
nate-coriaceous, base acute, petiole 6-12 in. winged to the - athe 3-34 
nerves distinct beneath, peduncle included in the leaf sheath, 8P 
in. oblong terete acute. 
PENANG and PERAK, Scortechint, King’s Collector. —DISTRIB. Sumatra. A knee, 
Differs from Engler’s figures of S. Beccarii, in the petiole sheathing, om its apet- 
and in the spathe emerging from the middle of the leaf sheath, and not . leaves k 
King’s Collector describes the stem as 15-20 ft. and 14-2 in. 3 iam. | very narrow 
glossy green ; spathe waxy white; spadix cream-colrd. The ovaries are 
und laterally compressed, not A. in. across the crown. Nn 
b 
8. S. cuscuaria, Presl. Epimel. 242? stemless, leaves 12 sd olose 
in. caudate-acuminate, base acute or rounded, nerves very many : 
