18 Mnterial^ for a Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsitla. '■. 



I have not soon tlio flnwors but as the petiole is clouded, it is doubt- 

 less .4. denudaia. 



3. A. Lowii, Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 53 TG. Stem tliick short 

 covered with fibrous sheaths. Leaves 1 or 2, petiole 1| to 2 feet tall 

 greyisli green with small blackish nuirkings, lamina ovate cordate to 

 hastate cuspidate 1^ feet long 1-12 inches across dark green veins 

 elevated white margin white, back purpje. Peduncle S'-14 inches 

 long pale green. Spathe 5 inches, tubular portion 1 inch long and 

 through, limb arched 4 inches long by ^-1| wide, boat-shaped pale 

 green. Spadix 3^ inches long slender, l)ase nude. Appendage cylin- 

 dric acute curved, 1^-3 inches long | inch thick, cream colour. Male 

 portion ^ of its length white, flowers rhomboid cronulate. Female 

 portion 1 inch long. Pistils in about (5 whorls. Ovaries green sul)- 

 globose. Style thick rounded with two or four mammillary points 

 white. Flore de Serres XXI. t. 2204. Engler. Arac. 5()8. CaJadium 

 Lowii, Lem. 111. Hort. t. 360. 



Selangor: Kwala Lumpur Caves (Eidley) ; Perak : Kwala Dipaug 

 (Ridley, Curtis). Among limestone rocks. Distrib. Borneo, Java. 



This plant often approaches A. demtdnta, Engl, very closely in 

 appearance but the veins of the leaf are more conspicuously white, the 

 petiole and ])eduncle pale green never marbled, the spathe more boat- 

 shaped, sterile flowers between the male and fenuile fewer and white, 

 and the style broad and thick. 



5. A. OVALIFOLIA, Ridl. Journ. Roy. As, Soc. S. Br. Yol. XLT. 

 p. 47. Stem about a foot tall. Leaves ovate cordate acute lobes 

 dark green 1 to 2 feet long 5 to 12 inches wide, with 20 pairs of 

 nerves petiole stout over a foot long. Peduncle 6 inches long or less. 

 Spathe 3 to 6 inches long, tubular portion 1^ inch long, limb 3 

 inches long ^ inch wide oblong obtuse. S])adix slender appendage 

 cylindric, 4-2 inches long. Male portion 1 inch long, flowers oblong 

 crowded below this a nude portion. Female portion 1 inch long. 



Johor: base of Gunong Panti ; Selangor: Pahang Track l^tli 

 mile (Ridley 8487), Ginling Peras, Bukit Kutu (Ridley); Perak: 

 Sungei Larut (Wray 245'*), Larut Hills (Ridley) ; Penang: Moniot's 

 Road (Curtis). Endemic. 



A. iNDiCA, Schott. and A. MACROinniiZA, Schott. are cultivated 

 for food and nuiy often be seen in and round villages. 



A. CUCULLATA, Schott. A native of India occasionally (U-curs 

 also as an escape from cultivation. 



9. AOLAONEMA, Scliott. 



Herbs with an erect or creeping stem. Leaves ovate or oblong 

 petioled entire. Spathes peduncled boat-shaped gaping, base shortly 

 convolute deciduous. Spadix shorter than the spathe or as long. 



