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lices longa, 2-4 pollices lata, subfalcato-ob- 



ionga 1. oblongo-lanceolata, basi rotunda- 



ta; oblusata 1. acutata, apice brevius 1. lon- 



gius cuspidata, venis et venastris plurimis 



subaequitenuibus, remotiusculis, parallels, 



paten tibus, marginem versus sursum arcua- 



lis, basi costae decurrentibus. Spatha vix 



Iripollicaris, acuminata, extus sordide-fla- 



vens, intus sordide ex rubelio luteola. Spa- 



dix spatha brevior, pallide ae sordide flavo 



tandem in violaceum vergens. — Silhet, 



Assam, Khasia. Hook. f. — v. s. et iconem 



Hooker i f. 



Synon. Scindapsus Peepla. S. Melet. 



Monstera Peepla. C. Kch. 

 Observ. Rami inferne et petioli (absque 

 vagina) violaseentes, novelli virides. Stig- 

 ma brevissime stylatum. 

 9. Hookeri. S. ^Bonpl. V. p. 45. 1857.) — 

 Petioli longi, varia extensione, vagina infra 

 geniculum desinente. Lamina fol. 15-17 

 pollices longa, 7-9 pollices lata; oblique ob- 

 longo-elliptica, basi rotundata; imo subcor- 

 dato, apice brevius 1. longius cuspidata, ve- 

 nis multis (ad 30) tenuibus, approximatis, 

 parallelis, aperte-patentibus, costae vix de- 

 currentibus, marginem versus parum arcua- 

 tis, venastris intervenium occupantibus sub- 

 solitariis. Spatha bipollicaris, oblongo-ovata, 

 cuspidata, extus viridis, intus lutea, dorso 

 aurantiaca. Spadix flavens.ultra-bipollicaris. 

 Stigma subsessile, rottindum, flavum, tan- 



