Tas. 7325. 
HAPALINE Brownet. 
Native of the Malayan Peninsula, 
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Nat. Ord. Aroripe#.—Tribe Conocasiz&. 
Genus Hapatine, Schott; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 977.) 
Hapautne Brownei; foliis ovatis ovato-lanceolatisve attenuato-acuminatis 
profunde cordatis marginibus crispato-undulatis supra late viridibus 
bullatis subtus pallidis, lobis basalibus dimidiam partem laminw wquanti- 
bus rotundatis approximatis sinu angusto. 
H. Brownei, Hook. f..in Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. vi. p. 520. 
Hapaline is a very singular genus of Aroids, two species 
of which only are known, H. Benthami and H. Brownei. 
These closely resemble one another, differing chiefly in 
foliage, the leaf of H. Benthami, which is a native of Burma, 
and also of the Malay Peninsula, being hastate, whilst that 
of H. Brownei is deeply cordate. Minor differences appear 
to exist in the form of the blade of the spathe, that of 
Benthami being narrower, and more oblong; but the latter 
plant is only known from indifferent dried specimens, and 
as the spathe alters somewhat in shape as it opens, much 
stress cannot be laid on this character. 
The most peculiar characters of Hapaline are the male and 
female inflorescences, which though referable to the typical 
structures of these organs that prevail in the tribe Culo- 
casiex, present extreme forms of these. ‘The male flowers 
consist of oblong peltate scales scattered over the upper 
exposed part of the spadix, bearing on their under surface, 
close to the margin, six or eight most minute globose 
anthers. The female flowers consist of solitary ascending 
ovaries distantly inserted in the long lower part of the 
spadix, where it is adnate to the tube of the spathe which 
tightly encloses it. 
The species is named after Mr. N. E. Browne, A.L.S., 
Assistant in the Kew Herbarium, an officer distinguished 
for his knowledge of Aroids. 
Novemser Ist, 1893. 
