— 388 — 



magnus, subcompresso-mamilliformis; stigma minutum, breviter lineare, in 

 apice styli superficiale vel immersum. 

 Bornéo, 



Scindapsus hederaceus, Schott, in Bonpl., V, 45; Engl. & Krause, 

 Pflzrch, XXXVII (IV, 23 B), Arac.-Monster., 75, fig 32 E-N. 



Spécimens cultivated in tlie Buitenzorg Gardens are distinguished by 

 the following characters not mentioned in the diagnosis given by Engler 

 and Krause: Lamina rounded or sligthly cordate at the base; spathe decidu- 

 ous; spadix sessile, subcylindrical, the middle not much thici<er than the 

 base and apex; ovaries with the apex truncate, pale-brown-yellow, with 

 an elevated, pale-green margin, verruculose or rugulose between the margin 

 and the stigma; stigma shortly linear, slightly elevated, white, soon black. 



Scindapsus cuscuaria (Aubl.), PR-, Epim., 242; Engl., Pflzrch., XXXVII 

 (IV, 23 B). Arac.-Monst., 68, p.p. Cuscuaria Rumphii, Schott, in Ann. Mus. 

 Bot. L. B , I, 130; Pothos cuscuaria, Aubl., PI. Guian., Il, 840. 



Pétiole + 15—35 cm. long, sheathed to far beyond the middle, the 

 sheath narrowed gradually from a broad base to the apex; lamina more 

 or less coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, ± 20—40 X 10 — 20 cm,, 

 somewhat unequal-sided, the apex gradually shortly acuminate, the base 

 obliquely and unequally rotundate or rotundate-cuneate and then slightly 

 decurrent upon the pétiole; primary veins remote, separated by several 

 secondary ones, beneath stout in the lower part; secondary and tertiary 

 veins regularly alternate, parallel to the primary ones. Peduncle ± 2 — 3 cm. 

 long. Spathe navicular, x 13 cm. long, acuminate. Spadix sessile, cylindric, 

 ± 10 (afterwards to 15) cm. long, ± 2 cm. diam., blunt; ovaries com- 

 pressed at the base, the apex truncate, 4— 6-angular; stigma nearly round 

 or more or less elongated, sessile, the spadix therefore moderately smooth 



The description is taken from dried Amboinese and Javanese spéc- 

 imens determined by Engler, which are not quite identic but differ too 

 little to keep them separated, 



Scindapsus marantifolius, Miq., Flora N. I., III, 187; Se. cuscuaria, Pr. 

 Engl., Pflzrch, XXXVII (IV, 23 B), Arac.-Monst., 68, p.p.; Cuscuaria ma- 

 rantifolia, Schott, Gen. Aroid., tab. 80. 



Differs from Se. cuscuaria Pr. in having the primary veins similar to 

 the secondary ones, not stout in the lower half, and the stigma crowning 

 a short, but very distinct, conical style, the spadix therefore in aspect 

 rough, rasp-like. 



Scindapsus javanicus, v. A. v. R. 



Ramorum internodia ± 1 cm. longa. Foliorum petiolus ± 15 — 27'/2 

 cm. longus, saepe fere usque ad geniculum 1—2 cm. longum vaginatus; 

 vagina a basi lata apicem versus sensim angustata, proportione late scarioso- 

 marginata; lamina coriacea, falcato-lanceolata, ± 25-42x6—11 cm., ad 

 vel infra médium latissima, pauUo inaequilatera, uno latere usque ad IV4- 

 plo latiore, apice sensim acuminata, bas» inaequaliter rotundato-cuneata; 



