6 llaierialfi for a Flora of the 'Malayan Peninsula. 



6. C. AFFIXTS,, X. E. Br. in Ilook. fil. Fl. Brit. Tnd. VI. 494. 

 Leaves lanceolate oblong siibcordatc obtuse buUate 2 to 3 inches long 

 by f inch to 1 inch wide gi"een above purple beneath. Peduncle ^ to 



1 inch long. Spathe tubular 3 inches long by | inch through, base 

 swollen, laminae narrow lanceolate 2 to 2^ long spirally twisted. 

 Spadix appendage ovoid. Carpels G to 7 very many ovuled. 



I'erak (Scortechini 586). Endemic. 



7. C. ELLTPTiCA, N. E. Br. I.e. p. 49,"). Leaves orbicular or 

 ovate cordate Ijlunt 1^ inch long 1 inch wide scabrid, petiole slender 



2 to 3 inches long or less; green above brown beneath. Spathe tube 

 1| inch-8 inches long slender, on a peduncle i inch long hardly 

 lengthening in I'ruit. Limb smooth not })apilIose, lanceolate black 

 ^-f inch long, twisted and I)ent liack at apex. Fruit 6-celled small 

 little over ] inch long. 



Perak: Larut (King's Collector 3160), Sungei Larut (Wray 

 2459). Allied to C. Griffith ii, but much smaller in all its jiarts. 

 Endemic. 



0. sp. Tjcavos narrow lanceolate acute bullate 3 inches long, by 

 ^-| inch wide margins undulate petioles slender 2 inches long. Stems 

 rather stout an inch long. 



Pahang: Tahan Eiver (Ridley 2386). I was unable to find any 

 flowers or fi'uits of this, but it is a very distinct looking plant. 



3. Arisaema, Mart. 



Tuberous herbs wiih one or two petioled trilobed or pedatisect 

 leaves. Spate tube convolute limb broad usually tailed. Spadix in- 

 cluded or exseited, with an appendage usually filiform and often very 

 long. Male flowers numerous stipitate, anthers 2 to 5. Females 

 densely crowded, ovary 1 celled. Ovules 2 or more orthotropous. 

 Style short or absent stigma discoid. Xeuters absent or on the ap- 

 pendage 01- above the males or females, sul)ulate. Berries one or 

 IV'W seeded. Seeds albuminous. 



The species of the Malay Peninsula are mostly dioecious. 



Species about 50. Asia temperate oi' tropical and Xorth America. 



Leaves trifoliate. 



Appendage shortei- than the limb. 



Spathe limb ovate lauceolate. 



Leaves 1 or 2. Leaflets broad at base . . . . 1. A. Boxhurghii. 



Leaves 1. Leaflets nnirowed at base . . . . 2. A. Kiinstleri. 



Spathe limb broadly ovate . . . . 3. .4. anonuiliini. 



Appendage long fimbriate . . . . . . 4. .4. fimhriatvm. 



