546 CLXVI. AROIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Rhaphidophora. 
grooved channelled up to the: limb, spathe 3-4 in. cylindric long-beaked, 
stigmas raised pulvinate. 
Perak; Larut, Scortechini, King’s Collector. a 
(Stem 20-40 ft. by 1-14 in. diam., branches j in. diam., King's Collector 
Leaves pale greenish or yellowish-brown and undulate when dry; petiole ie 
Peduncle 1-21 in. Spathe yellow, cream-colrd., or tinged with pink within. spo e 
shorter than the spathe. Ovaries Ae in. diam. ; stigmas orbicular,—In form the leav 
closely resemble R. Peepla, but their texture and nervature are very different. 
1l. R. Kunstleri, Hook. f.; leaves 10-16 by 21-5 in. oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate acuminate rather membranous, base acute or eun 
primary nerves many spreading and arched prominent beneath, pe drie 
10-15 in. grooved channelled up to the blade, spathe 6-8 in. cylindn 
with a long stout beak, stigmas raised. 
PERAK, at LARUT, Kunstler (King’s Collector). . igidly 
(Stem 40-60 ft., 34 in. diam. Kunstler), branches 5} in. diam. Leaves eit 
undulate, opaque and dirty-brown when dry, sometimes very unequal-sided $ ei 
base, deep green when fresh, crowded at the tips of the branches; nervules o Wi 
petiole slender, pale. Peduncle 1-3 in., very stout. Spathe white, thick Keng 
Ovaries e in. diam., stigma minute.—The spathe is one of the longest in the ge 
12. R. Hookeri, Schot? in Bonpland. (1857), 45; leaves 7-24 dá 
23-12 in. membranous oblong cuspidately caudate-acuminate, base uneq ing 
sided cuneate rounded or cordate, primary nerves very many pm jn. 
and arched, petiole 3-12 in. channelled up to the knee, spathe 27- ulvi- 
ovoid-oblong turgid, beak long slender, stigmas very broad orbicular p 
nate. Pothos Peepla, Wall. Cat. 4444 (in part). ET 
Sixxim HIMALAYA, alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. H. UPPER ASSAM, Grifith. SIE 
- 6000 ft. 
wee Hirrs, alt. 2-3000 ft., Wallich, &c. MUNNIPORE, alt. , 
att, 
A lofty climber; stem as thick as the thumb. Leaves the largest of the ot 
leaved species, very thin in texture, dark green, drying a dull grey "brem. ellow 
rather shining surface. Petiole pale, not deeply channelled. Spathe b / ort, 
within and along the outer margins, walls very thick, base rounded. Spaa? 
stout. Ovaries } in. diam. ; stigmas remarkably large for the genus. 
** Leaves perforated, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect. 
13. R. Beccarii, Engler Bot. Jahrb. i. 181 ; in Beccari Males. 
t. 19, t. 6-9; leaves narrowed from the middle to an acute base èn e 
pinnatifid with faleate caudate-acuminate 1-many-nerved obe P in. 
6-10 in. of young leaves broadly winged, peduncle 4-8 1n. spat " mnum 
cylindric acuminate, stigmas orbicular or oblong raised. HE 
Beccarii, Engler in Bull. Soc. Tose. Ort. 1879, 269.— Wall. Cat. 4438 2. 
PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector.—D1stTR1B. Siam, Borneo. ooting (OF 
Rootstock short, tufted, as thick as the little finger, creeping and i beneath; 
15-20 ft., King’s Collector), Leaves 10-15 by 4-8 in., unequal-sided, BE ^, doll 
lobes very variable in breadth; petiole channelled up to the limb. small and 
cream-coloured.—The stigmas in a drawing by Scortechini are sessile, Weer an 
oblong, but in his and other dried specimens they are large oblong or oF 
often cupped. Engler figures them as oblong raised and cupped. 
. Jeaves 
14. R. pertusa, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; P rodr. D jfid 
8-18 in. long and 6-10 in. broad, young small ovate entire, old p 
to below the middle or perforate, base truncate or subcordate, 
i 271, 
tire oF 
tiole 
