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Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



II. Pythonieae. Tuberous herbs, flow- 

 ering before lealing. Leaves piiiiiatifhl. 

 Spadix usually appendagcd. Ovules anatro- 

 pous. 



Appendage large 



III. CoLOCAsiEAE. Leaves undivided, 

 cordate, sagittate or peltate. Spadix appen- 

 daged or not. Anthers sessile, free or connate, 

 connective thick. 



Female portion of spadix adnatc to spathe . . 

 Spadix free to base. 



Ovules many parietal, fruit sub-capsular . . 

 Ovules few basal, fruit drupaceous . . 



IV. Philodendreae. Terrestrial herbs, 

 leaves entire. Spadix shorter than spathe, no 

 appendage. Fruit enclosed in the spathe tube. 

 Spathe eventually deciduous. Fruit a red 



drupe 

 Spathe persistent. Fj-uit very small 

 Upper portion of spathe deciduous in flower 



contracted in thuniiddle 

 Spathe not contracted in the middle . . 



5 . Aniorph oph alius. 



G. Ilapaline. 



7. Colocosia. 



8. Alocasia. 



9. Aglaonema. 



10. Homalomena. 



11. Srhismatogloiiis. 



12. Piptospatha. 



(B.) 

 Flowers bisexual, no perianth. 



V. Calleae. Climbers often woody. 

 Spadix with no appendage. Ovary truncate. 

 Stigma linear central. 

 Perianth usually present. Drupes distinct 



red 

 Periantli absent, fruits crowded. Ovary one 



celled . . . . ..... 



Ovary 2-3 celled, seed 2 or more 



:(c.) 



13. Anadcndrnm. 



II. S( iii(laiif>u!<. 

 15. Eapkidophora. 



Flowers bisexual. Periantli of four to 6 segments, 



\l. Orontieae. 

 Prickly herbs. 

 Spadix much ijhortcr than the long spathe, 



sessile 



16. Lasia. 



