10 Materials for a Flora of Ike Malayan Peninsula. 



6 inclien long. Appendage cylindiic Ijlimt red, base dilated and in- 

 tnulod beneath 3 inches long § inch Ihiek, below a nude portion nearly 

 ^ inch long, male ])ortion cylindric i, inch long rose pink. Anthers 

 4 lobed, below a white nude portion -J inch long, neuters filiform 

 white very numerous slender curled and matted g inch long. Female 

 portion conic |^ inch long. Stigmas deep crimson discoid, ovaries 

 connate. Fruit oblong 1 seeded. Seeds oblong elliptic brown dotted 

 ^\ inch long with a white cup-shaped aril at the base. Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. IV. 353. Hook. til. Fl. Biit. Ind. \U. 509, (in part). T. 

 orixense, Schott. Wien. Zeitschr. III. '^2. Arisaeuia orircnse, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. III. 503. Wight. Ic. t. 801. (probably). 



Pahang: Pekan and Pulau Jollam (Ridley). In waste ground 

 in villages. Disti-il). India and Malaya. I am very doubtful as to 

 the synonymy of this plant. 



2. T. EoxBURGHii, Schott. Aroid. I. 131, (e\d. fig. IT). Tuber 

 sul)globose. Leaves young ovate cordate. Adult 3 lobed, side lobes 

 lanceolate dai«k green very inaequilateral base auricled on the outer 

 side 3i- inches long 1^ inch wide, midlobe ovate acuminate 5 inches 

 long 3~ inches Avide, petiole 6 inches long. Peduncle very short 1 

 inch long. Spathe base dilated 1^ inch long greenish streaked 

 brownisli red, limb 2 inches across broadly ovate acuminate dark 

 ))r()wnish red, apex greenish, convolute. Sjiadi.x 8 inches long, ap- 

 pendage (J inches long cylindric acuminate deep purple, below a short 

 nude portion. Male inflorescence § inch long. Stamens in 8 or 

 9 whorls, yellow, pollen pink; below a nude poi'tion bent i inch long. 

 Xeuters cylindric yellow numerous decurved. Female portion short. 

 Pistils dilated in the middle, white spotted pink. Stis^ma flat or- 

 bicular. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 1\\ 353. T. iridic. Griff. Notul. III. 145. 

 3'. javanuiiittj W\i.\. Fl. Ind. Bat. HI. 193. Anmi Irilohaiuiii, Poxb. 

 Fl. Ind. III. 505. Wight. Ic. t. 803. 



Singapore, Botanic (Jardens (Pidley 1015) : Penang (Curtis) ; 

 ^lalacca (Cantlcy's Coll.). Disfrib. India, Siam, Malaya. There 

 has ))een a great amount of confusion raised about this and the allied 

 species. The plant referred to T. Molloijauinn , vScbott. in Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. p. 51U, are doubtless to be referred to the i)Iant descriljed above. 



3. T. FiLTUM, Eidl. Journ. Hoy. As. Soc. S. Br. Vol. XLI. p. 

 45. A small herb not tuberous. Stem short emitting strong roots 

 which raise it above the ground. Leaves about 5 or 6 ovate or deltoid 

 hastate 2-3 inches long 2 inches wide deeply cordate apex acute, lobes 

 rounded, jx-tiole 2i inch long. Peduncle | inch long. Spathe base 

 green dilate J-i inch long limb 1-2 inches long \ inch broad subacute 

 ])uii)li' veined, tip gi'cen. Spadix about as long, ai)])endage orange 

 l)ro\vii cylindric from a thick base ta})ering upwards, below a short 

 nude portion, male |)ortion nf about (! I'ows of oblong yellowish 



