Tas. 7282. 
RHAPHIDOPHORA pscoursiva. 
Native of India. 
Nat. Ord. Anorpez. Tribe Caties. 
Genus Raararpornora, Schott. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 992.) 
Ruarnipornora decursiva ; alte scandens, foliis oblongis pinnatisectis seg- 
mentis utrinque 12-16 subeequalibus lineari-oblongis eliaae acuminatis 
v. cuspidatis rectis v. sursum curvis 1-2-costatis et nervis 1-2 utrinque 
percursis, petiolo gracili basi vaginante, pedunculo petiolo multo breviore 
et crassiore, spatha 8-pollicari cylindracea longe acuminata demum 
fulva base subtruncata, spadice cylindraceo diam. pollicis, ovario pris- 
matio vertice truncato, stylo conico, stigmate disciforme. 
R. decursiva, Schott in Bonpland. vol. v. (1857), p. 45; Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 
p. 885 ; Engl. in DO. Monog. Phanerog. vol. ii. p. 247. 
R. grandis, Schott. in Cistr. Bot. Zeitschr. viii. (1858) p. 349; Prodr. Syst. 
‘Aroid. p. 386. 
R. eximia, Schott. in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 387. 
er hoe decursivus, Schott. & Endl. Meletem. vol.i. p. 21; Kunth. Enwm. 
Pl. vol. iii. p.62; Wight Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 779; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. 
iii. p. 186; Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeylan. p. 386 ; Ender. Ind. Aroid. p. 73. 
Monstera decursiva, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. vol. iv. (1830) p. 1028. 
M. multijuga & trijuga, C. Koch, ex Ender. Ind. Aroid. 73. 
Pothos decursiva, Rowb. Fl. Ind. vol. i. p. 486; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. vol. ii. p. 88, 
t. 192. 
The bole of a great tree in an Indian forest clothed for 
many feet upwards in this gigantic climber, is one of the 
most striking objects that the vegetable kingdom displays. 
Its great trunk, as thick as the arm, hidden by the leaves, 
sends out innumerable strong horizontal roots like whip- 
cords that adhere closely to the bark of its supports, and 
the glossy green leaves, from their abundance and pendulous 
position, often completely hide the latter. I shall never 
forget the first occasion on which I saw this noble Aroid. 
I was skirting the edge of the magnificent forest that then 
clothed the base of the Sikkim Himalaya (now, I believe, 
replaced by tea plantations); twilight had just commenced, 
and I had scarcely realized the scene, when the Cicadas 
burst into full cry (it is impossible to call it song) with 
Manca Ist, 1893. 
