Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 9 



recurved, lamina ovate 1 huh long by ^ inch wide, yellow stripe and 

 tipped with green. Dioecious. Male spadix 2 inches long, appendix 

 liliform short barely projecting beyond the tube yellow. Stamens 

 scattered, 3 pink anthers connate on a short peduncle. Female 

 not seen. Drupes ^ inch long. 



Selangor: Bukit Hitam, Pahang Track at the 15th mile (Rid- 

 ley) ; Perak (Scortechini), (King's Collector), Bujong Malacca 

 (Kidley) ; Penang: Government Hill (Curtis 143). Endemic, in 

 forests. 



A. sp. Leaves 2, petioles 6 to 8 inches long slender leaflets 5, 

 the two laterals lanceolate acuminate acute, inacquilateral -t inches 

 long by 1^ wide, the others ovate lanceolate, the central one 5 inches 

 long by 3 inches wide cuspidate, petiolules very short ^ inch except 

 central one 4 inch long. Scape slender G inches tube or spatlie stout, 

 over 1 inch long, limb gone. 



Perak: Bujong Malacca (Ridley). Apparently a distinct species 

 but the materials are insufiicient for description. 



4. Typhonium, Schott. 



Herbs tuberous. Leaves iew entire 3 to 5 lobed or pedatisect. 

 Spathe base tubular short constricted above persistent. Limb ovate 

 or lanceolate or linear deciduous, spadix exserted. Female flowers 

 crowded, above some elongate neuter. Males above numerous, ap- 

 pendage long exsert. Anthers oblong sessile. Ovaries 1 celled, ovules 

 1-2 basal erect. Beri-ies oblong 1-2 seeded. Seed globose or oblong. 



Species 15. Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia. 

 Limb of spathe broadly ovate acuminate. 

 Stem subterranean tuberous. 



Appendage short and thick, tip of spathe 



not coiled . . . . . . . . . . 1. T. trilohatum. 



Appendage long slender, tip of spathe coiled 2. T. Roxburghii. 

 Stem epigeal, supported on the roots . . 3. T. fultum. 

 Limb linear, stem tuberous. 



Very small plant. Inflorescence 3 inches 



long . . . . . . . . . . 4. r. fiUforme. 



Large plant. Inflorescence 6 inches long 5. T. cuspidatum. 



1. T. TRILOBATUM, Schott. Wien. Zeitschr. III. 72. Tuber ^ 

 inch across. Leaves 3 or 4, three lobed, midlobe ovate acuminate 6 

 inches long, 3 inches wide, laterals shorter l)lunter sub-bilobed at base, 

 inaequilateral, petiole 15 inches long sheathing for 2 inches, grey 

 green. Peduncle 1 inch long green mottled with rod. Spathe large 

 tube broad 2 inches long, 1 inch through olivaceous, blade ovate 

 acuminate deep red 5-7 inches long 3 inches wide. Spadix nearly 



