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594. Typhonium divaricatum, Blume, Schott, Syuop. Aroidearum, p. 18. Hongkong (Ilauce !). 
595. RriAPHiDopuoRA Honykongemis, Schott in Bonplandia, vol. v. p. 44. Hongkong (Hance !). 
" In order to be intelligible respecting WmpMJopJiora, it is necessary to state that this truly distinct 
genus has already been several times rectified by its author (Ilasskarl). Its type is Pothos pertm'm, Eoxb., 
Scindapsus pinnatus, pinnatifidus and decursivus, being considered identical are referred to it {vide Hasak. 
Phint. Jav. Ear. Berol. 1848), whilst those species of the group formerly referred by me (Meletem.) to Scin- 
dapsus, the ovary of which has several ovula, form the genus Scinda2mi.<i, Hassk. After an examination of 
the Hookerian Herbarium, I am able to state that the following species belong to it, viz. :— 1, Maplndophora 
angustifolia, Schott {Scindapsus angustifoUus, Hassk.) ; 2, B. linguJata, Schott {8. Ungulatus, Ilassk.) ; 3, li, 
PeepJa, Schott {S. Peepla, Schott, Melet.) ; 4, P. Lohhii, Schott (resembling in some measure the P. Petph 
from Java) ; 5, P. lancifoUa, Schott {Peepla from Khasia) ; 6, P. calophgllum, Schott {Peepla from Sik- 
kim) ; 7, P. Rooheri, Schott (from Khasia), all of which belong to Monstera, ^u\)^e\ms' Caioraphus, C. Koch ; 
8, P. caudata, Schott ; 9, P. pertusa, Schott (probably P. lacera, Hassk.) ; 10, P. glavca, Schott {S. glavcm, 
Schott, Melet.); 11, P. pinnatijida, Schott (.S^. decursivus, Zoll.) ; 12, P. pinnata, Schott {S. pinnafus. 
Schott, Melet.) ; 13, P. Hi^gelii, Schott (from Manilla) j 14, P. dcctirsha, Schott {S. decursims, Scbotl, 
Melet.) ; 15, P. affims, Schott (from Churra) ; IC, P. eximia, Schott (discovered by J. D. Hooker in Sik- 
kim). The latter nine species range themselves under C. Koch's subgenus Scindapsus and Seaphospaiha 
of his genus Monstera. Including P. Hongkongerms, which must be placed here until better materials 
have extended our knowledge of it, the genus Phaphidophora now counts seventeen species."— ^cAo// in 
Ponplandia, vol. v. p. 45. 
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ZINGIBERACE^. 
596. Alpinia Galanya, Sw. Bavines of Mount Victoria (Champion! Hance!). 
597. Alpinia nutans. Rose. Ravines of Mount Victoria (Champion ! Hance !). 
598. Hellenia Chinensis, Willd. Ravines of Mount Victoria (Chfimpion! Hance!). 
599. Co&TV^ speciosm, Smith. In ravines (Hance!), 
Canna Indica, L., is cultivated in the gardens, and sometimes met as a fugitive from there. 
MUSACE^. 
600. MusA sapientuMj Linn. Cultivated on account of its edible fruit. 
The wild Musa, found by Champion in ravines of Mount Parker (without flower or fruit), has not 
since been met with. 
ORCHIDE^. 
[Auctore H. G. Reichenhuch, fil.) 
601. Platanthera Galeandra, Rchb. fil., Linnaea, vol. xxv. p. 226. — Platanthtra Championi, 
Lindl. in Hook. Jonrn. Bot. 1855. p. 37. Hongkong (Seemann! Hance!). 
602. VLXTAtiTHEHA SusanntB, Lindl. Hongkong (Hance!). 
603. Habenaria linguella, Lindl. — Centrochilus gracilis, ScUauer. Hongkong (Seemann !). 
604. Glossaspis antennifera, Rchb. fil., Linncea, xxv. p. 225. Hongkong (Hance !). 
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