544 CLXVI. AROIDEH. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Rhaphidop 
very obscure. Spathe remarkably thick-walled (at least } in. thick). Ovaries 
narrow, +; in. across the crown. 
3. R. Wrayi, Hook. f.; leaves 7-12 by 14-2 in. narrowly lanceolate 
caudate-acuminate submembranous, base narrowed acute Or ponn , 
nerves capillary on both surfaces, petiole 2-3 in. slender channelle x 
to the blade, spathe 14-2} in. peduncled cylindric or ovoid beaked spadix 
as long as the spathe, stigma raised pulvinate. 
PERAK; Wray (with No. 662), Scortechint, King's Collector. . . 
Stem 30—40 ft., woody, as thick as a goose-quill or less, internodes 3-1 in., heri 
face striate. Leaves drying greenish-brown and quite opaque; nerves erecto pe nh 
35-3 in. apart with anastomosing nervules; petiole slender, stiff. Peduncle nmn . 
Spathe terete, walls very thick, green, cream-colrd. within. Fruiting spadia oblong, 
21 in. long by lin, diam. Stamens 2. Berries } in. across the crown. 
4. R. Lobbii, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857), 45; Prodr. 379; m 
3-8 by 14-3 in. ovate oblong linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate or o i 
date thinly coriaceous, base acute or rounded, primary nerves distan, a 
usually well marked beneath all spreading and arched, petiole Wi ` 
channelled up to the knee or limb, spathe small (1-11) peduncled oblong 
beaked, stigma raised. Engler Arac. 241. 
PERAK ; Scortechini, King’s Collector. Matacoa; Griffith, Maingay. Smaa 
PORE ; Lobb.— DISTRIB. Borneo, Java. eenish 
Stem 20-30 ft. much branched, as thick as a goose-quill or less. Leaves T rt ar- 
brown and opaque when dry; 8-10 primary nerves very indistinct above, un Ah 
face very smooth. Peduncle lin. Spathe turgid. Spadiz oblong. Ovaries 3s Is 
diam. across the crown.— Stamens 6-8 and ovary 2-3-celled. Maingay, mss. 
5. R. minor, Hook. f.; leaves 3-5 by 14-14 im. elliptic-lancedlaté 
acute or acuminate base acute or cuneate, primary nerves many Med up 
erecto-patent raised on both surfaces, petiole 1-2 in. broadly channe"e* 
to the blade, spathe peduncled 2-3 in. beak long slender, stigma T% 
pulvinate. 
PERAK ; Scortechini. MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5988), lemer DE 
Branches as thick as a goose-quill or less, soft, striate, and foliage pale ye ching. 
brown, not shining when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous; nerves slightly a ma 
Peduncle 1-1} in., yellowish. Spathe coriaceous, apparently red, beak en E n 
very slender point. Spadiz cylindric. Ovaries Je in. diam. across the 
Berries } in. diam. 
6. R. Schottii, Hook. f.; leaves 8-14 by 2-41 in. falcately lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate coriaceous, th 
acute, nerves very many and slender uniform erecto-patent raised on 
surfaces, petiole 1}-3 in. stout channelled to the middle o igma 
spathe 3 in. ovoid acuminate, spadix peduncled very stout, 57) 45. 
raised pulvinate. R. Peepla (in part), Schott in Bonpland. v. Gecke 
Engler Arac, 242. 
Assam ; Masters. KRAsIA Hits; alt. 0-4000 ft., J. D. H. d T. T. he young 
Stem as thick as the little finger, smooth, terete, purple except the Votes 
branches. Leaves thinly coriaceous, in young plants distichous 3-4 in. ova te Sadish, 
base very oblique. Peduncle 1—4 in. Spathe yellow inside and out. Spadie in diam- 
when advancing to fruit 3 in.by lin, diam. Ovaries transversely elongate, Véi ona 
—In the dried spadix (Assam) advancing to fruit, the pulvinate stigmas are P" gue 
very short conical style; but in my drawing of the ovary, made in the Khasia 
it is a depressed areole in the centre of the flat crown of the ovary. The p° 
