JRaphidophora.'] AracecS. 36 1 



wrist ; spathes 2 or more together, very stoutly peduncled, 

 6-12 in. long, odorous, tube 3-4 in., narrowly ellipsoid, limb 

 narrowly cymbiform, top hooded and cuspidate, pale green, 

 sometimes spotted or streaked with red ; spadix nearly as 

 long as the spathe, appendage nearly as long as the infl., 

 cylindric, obtuse, smooth or sinuously sulcate, pale yellow or 

 greenish; anth. as \r\ A . cucullata ; ov. incompletely 4-celled, 

 stigma subsessile, pulvinate, entire ; berries the size of a 

 cherry. 



In native gardens common, but generally cultivated, and probably 

 originally introduced. FI. Feb.; spathe pale green, fragrant. 



In all tropical countries. 



A. fornicata^ Schott. Specimens collected at Colombo by Ferguson 

 (C. P. 3764) are referred to this in Thw. Enum. 432 ; they are scarcely 

 sufificient for certain determination. Figured in Wight, Ic. t. 792. It 

 may be recognised by the greenish-yellow cymbiform spathe 3-4 in. long, 

 the ov. with a distinct style, and a 3-4-lobed stigma. — J. D. H. 



12. RAPKZDOPKORA, Schott. 



Lofty climbers, by means of aerial roots, which are free 



and often of great length, reaching the ground and rooting ; 



1. distichous, large, entire, lobed, perforate, or pinnatifid, 



petiole geniculate at the top; spathe axillary, ovate, acuminate, 



very thickly coriaceous or fleshy, tube o; spadix sessile, 



cylindric, densely clothed with closely packed bisexual fl. ; 



perianth o; appendage o; stam. 4-6, fil. flattened, anth. 



terminal ; ov. sessile, 4-6-angled, 1-2-celled, crown flat or 



conical, stigma sessile, pulvinate, ovules many, on parietal 



placentas; berries coherent or confluent, many-seeded; seeds 



cylindric or turbinate, testa thin, embryo straight, in copious 



endosperm. — Sp. 23 ; 20 \n Fl. B. Ind. 



L. entire or nearly so, perforate or not . . . i. R. pertusa. 

 L. pinnatisect 2. R. decursiva. 



I. R. pertusa, Schott in Bonplandia, v. 45 (1857). 



Dracontiu7n pertusuin, Willd., Moon, Cat. 30. Scindapsus Peepla., 

 Thw. Enum. 336 (.? Schott). C. P. 3667. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 546. Rheede, Hort. Mai. xii. tt. 20, 21. Wight, I c. t. 781 

 {^Scindapsus pertusus). 



Stem climbing the highest tree-trunks, cylindric, ih in. 

 •diam., green, smooth, leafy for the greater part of its length ; 

 1. 8-18 by 6-10 in., broadly ovate or ovate-cordate, cuspidate, 

 dark green, entire or sparingly lobed, primary veins 5-8 pairs, 

 connected by anastomosing veinlets, petiole about as long as 

 the blade, deeply channelled, young winged, wings not auricled 

 at the top, basal sheaths 4-5, oblong, obtuse, brown ; spathe 



