362 Aracecc. [Lasi'a.. 



shortly stoutly peduncled, 5-7 in., ovate-oblong or cylindric, 

 cymbiform, acuminate or cuspidate, yellow; spadix sessile, 

 shorter than the spathe, very stout, cylindric, | in. diam., top 

 rounded; fl, hexagonal; stam. 8 (Ic. Herb, Peraden.), fil. very 

 stout, sometimes bifid, anth. small ; ov. 6-gonous, stigma 

 linear, raised on a short stout style. 



Climbing on trunks of large trees in moist low country; rather rare. 

 Fl. March. 



Also in Peninsular India, and Malay Islands. 



Moon gives an S. name ' Nilwcella' for this. 



1 follow Fl. B. Ind. in referring this to A\ pef/nsa, but I have ne\er 

 seen leaves, young or old, with perforations or lobes. A closely allied 

 plant, commonly cultivated in gardens, always has them perforated. 



2. R. decursiva, Schott in Bonplandza, v. 45 (1857). I>ada- 

 ketael, J^. 



Dracontiiim pijtnatifidum, Moon, Cat. 30. Scindapsiis deciirsivus^ 

 Schott. Thw. Enum. 336. C. P. 2322. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 547. Wight, Ic. t. 779 {Scifid. decursivus, bad). Bot. 

 Mag. t. 7282. 



Stem climbing the loftiest trees, cylindric, up to i in. 

 diam., leafy almost throughout their length ; aerial roots 

 descending to the ground ; 1. 1-3 ft., broadly oblong, cordate, 

 pinnatiscct, coriaceous, segments 8-15 pairs, 6-18 by 1-2 in., 

 falcately ensiform, acuminate, costate and with several longi- 

 tudinal parallel veins and intermediate venules, petiole 1-2 ft., 

 as thick as the little finger ; spathe 5-8 in., thickly coriaceous 

 or fleshy, subcylindrically cymbiform, acuminate or beaked, 

 bright yellow, peduncle 3-6 in., h-'l in. diam.; spadix as long 

 as the spathe or shorter, stout, cylindric, up to i in. diam.; 

 stam. 4, fil. linear, flattened, anth. small, terminal, cells oblong; 

 ov. cuneiform, 4-angled, top suddenly narrowed into a short, 

 stout, conical style; stigma disciform. 



Climbing on trunks of large trees in montane zone ; very common. 

 Fl. March (.?). 



Also in Assam, Sikkim, Khasia, &;c., and Java, but not in Peninsular 

 India. 



This magnificent climber is a very familiar and conspicuous plant in 

 our hill-forests, its numerous spreading leaves completely draping the 

 trunks of old trees. 



13. ZiASZA, I.fli/r. 



A stout, tall, marsh plant; rootstock branched, and petiole,. 



peduncle, and leaf-veins beneath all armed with short straight 



spines ; 1. long-petioled, hastate, entire or pedately pinnatifid ; 



spathe very long, narrow, fleshy, twisted, base convolute, 



deciduous; spadix .short, cylindric, densely clothed with 



bisexual fl. ; sep. 4-6, short obovatc, tips truncate, incurved; 



stam. 4-6, fil. short, flat, anth.-cells parallel, slits introrse; 



