Epiprennum.] CLXVI AROIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 549 
, A lofty climber, over 100 ft.; stem 2-8 in. diam, Leaves 12-24 by 6-12 in., 
bright green (drying yellow-brown) very coriaceous, shining above; costa very 
stout, nerves trabeculate by the rectangular nervules; petiole as long as the blade, 
winged throughout its length. Peduncle solitary. Spathe ending in a curved beak. 
padis as long as the spathe. Stigmas ona style that rises from the hollow crown 
« the ovary.—Roxburgh describes the spathe as dirty dull purple, but it is dull 
green in his drawing. King's Collector says of the Perak spathe, green outside and 
Yellow within, its walls are about 2.in. thick.—4A closely allied flowerless plant in 
Herb. Wallich (No. 4442, from Singapore), has leaves 18 in. long by 5} broad. 
. à. E. mirabile, Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 79; Prodr. 338; leaves entire 
Pinnatifid or pinnatisect, base cordate, segments ensiform falcate truncate 
"ite or acuminate 1-3-costate base rounded or broadly cordate, spathe 
i in. cymbiform. Engler Arac. 249; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 
180, and Journ. Bot. (1882) 339. Rhaphidophora caudata, Schott in Bon- 
“and. v. (1857) 45. R. Wallichii, Schott Prodr. 383; Engler l. c. 245. R. 
Punata and invatifida, Schott in Bonpland. Le: Prodr. 384. R. lacera, 
Hassk, Cat. Hort. Bogor. 58; Pl. Jav. Rar. 155. R. Cunninghamii, Schott 
in Bonpland. ix. (1861) 367. Scindapsus caudatus, pinnatifidus and 
Pitnatus, Schott Meletem. i. 21; Kunth Enum. ii. 62-63. S. caudatus, 
ML. l c. 248, Pothos caudatus, Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 436; Wall. Pl. As. 
i gj oe 192. P. decursivus, Wall. in As. Res. ii. 83, t. 192 ; Pl. As. Rar. 
ha (the Attran plant only). P. pinnatifidus, Roxb, Fl. Ind. i. 497. P. 
currens (error for decursivus), Wall Cat. 4437 A (in part), B.—Monstera 
punatifida, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. 1820; in Linnea, vi. Litter. Ber. 
Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 489, t. 183, f. 2. 
a RTABAN and TENASSERIM, Wallich, Falconer. PENANG, Roxburgh.—DIis- 
ti paya, Australia, Polynesia. . eth 
fibrous ty climber; stem stout, 1 in. diam., clothed above with a network of the 
fenes * remains of the stipular sheaths. Leaves 12-20 by 7-12 in., always with small 
diti ations or perforations along the region of the midrib, by which it may be 
8- 5 Fulshed from all allied plants; lobes 4-10 pairs, terminal trapezoid ; petiole 
Sessi] m., knee 1-14 in. Spathe 4-4} in., green without, yellowish within. Spadiz 
e $ in. thick, obtuse, green. Ovaries l-celled, placentas stretching half-way 
man the cell ; stigma linear ; ovules 1-3 at the base of the placentas.—Schott figures 
ing 7 arrested ovules which I do not find. Roxburgh says of the Penang plant grow- 
äga the Bot. Garden, that the extreme leafless shoots are long and pendulous, 
identigs. thus from all other species of Pothos known to him. ‘This species (if the 
Cations are correct with the Pacific plant) is the Tonga drug, much lauded in 
Sinon rheumatism. Iam indebted to Mr. Brown for unravelling the intricate 
Ymy of E, mirabile and Rhaphidophora decursiva. 
3. E. h ate 
*Aumile, Hook f.; dwarf, leaves entire ovate-cordate acuminate, 
dent Spreading and c spathe 1-1} in. cymbiform beaked. Ana- 
181, 7 ^umile, Schott in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 127; Engler Arac. 
; Ic. ined, No. 159. 
Bopen TÉI Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1560.) PERAK, Curtis, Scortechini.—DISTRIB. 
Rootstock as thi . . Aën 2). Leaves 4-7 b 
i ck nger, creeping (climbing?). Leave y 
mds coriaceous, acuminate, ae ioe arrow Wee: at the base ; nerves many, 
ing, pe} arched, and branching with the secondary; petiole 6-12 in., not sheath- 
Ovary b uncle solitary, 1}-2 in. Spathe erect. Spadix shorter. Stamens 4. 
the cell Pyramidal, truncate, l-celled; placenta parietal, stretching nearly neross 
Spheric ` with one erect anatropous ovule on each side of its base; stigmas hemi- 
ae, q} -€ OVary is certainly 1-celled according to both Mr. Brown's an my own 
d either e 9vules are detected with great difficulty. The habit is very unlike tha 
` J!ganteum or mirabile. 
