20 Maierials for a Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsula. 



* var. immaculatum. Leaves more scattered, petioles longer as 

 mncli as nine inches long blade deep blackish green with the midrib 

 only white. Grows with the other form and is commoner. 



3. A. OBLOXGIFOLIUM, Schott. Wien. Zeitschr III. 1829, 893. 

 Stem stout erect about 3 J'eet tall. Leaves linear ol)long narrowed at 

 base coriaceous dark green usually with white splashes, nerves very 

 close, 12 inches long 3^ inches wide or larger, petiole 4 to 6 inches 

 long, sheathing for f of its length. Spadices numerous, peduncles 

 rather stout erect green 4 to 5 inches long. Spathe oblong mucronate, 

 light polished green about 2 inches long. Spadix longer, base nude, 

 male portion 1^ inch long cylindric blunt, flowers white very irregular. 

 Female portion 4 inch long. Ovaries about 3 whorls, green, stigmas 

 discoid yellow -J inch across. Drupes oblong £ inch long red, seed 

 elliptic oblong green § inch long soft, channelled on one side. Kunth. 

 Enum. ILL 55. Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 528. .4. integrtfolium, 

 Schott. Melet. 20. A. nitidum, Kunth. Enum. IlL 5(5. Schott. 

 Syn. 122. Prodr. 302. Engl. Arac. 438. Calla. ohlongifolin, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. III. 51G. Wight. Ic. t. 806. C. nitida. Jack. Mai. I. Xo. 

 1. 24, Arum, integrifoliuin, Link. Enum. Ilort. Berol. II. 394. 



Singapore (Wallich 89()5 B), Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai 

 (Eidley) ; Selangor: Kuala Lumpur Caves (Ridley) ; Sungei Ujong: 

 Bukit Sulu (Herb. H. B. Singap.) ; Pahang: Kuala Tenok, Tahan 

 Kiver (Eidley) ; Perak: Chanderiang (King's Coll. 5652, Hermitage 

 (Curtis 1326) ; Penang Waterfall (Curtis 1881). 



var. Curiisii, N. E. Br. Card. Chron. 1897. Vol. 21. p. 70. 

 Leaves striped with white at an angle with the midrib. 



Penang: Penara Bukit (Curtis). Common in woods in the 

 low country. Native name " Daun Lidah Gajali." Distrib. Lingga, 

 Borneo. 



4. A. ScTTOTTTAXUM, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 316. Stem stout 

 erect 1-12 feet tall. Leaves scattered, petiole 4 inches long sheathing 

 for ^ length, blade oblong cusjiidate inae(|uilateral, base broad une<|ual 

 nei'ves 7 to 10 ])airs conspicuous 9 to 10 inches long 2^ inches wide. 

 Peduncles IJ inch long. Spathe oblong cuspidate 1 inch long broad. 

 Spadix shortly projecting white. Schott. Prodr, 303. Engler Arac. 

 440. Hook. til. Fl. Brit. Jnd. VI. 530. A. longe-cuspidatum, Schott. 

 I.e. 304. A. malacccnae, Schott. Bonplandia 30. Prodr. 302. 



Singapore: Piilau Ubin, Chan Chu Kang (Kidley) ; Malacca: 

 Chabau (Crififith) ; Perak: Larut Hills (King's Coll. (;023), (Wray 

 2828); Penang: Pulau Betong, Waterfall (Curtis 1^21, 1881); 

 Lankawi (Curtis 2679, 2636). Distrib. Burmali, Java, Borneo. 



5. A. AXGUSTiFOLiUM, N. E. Br. Kew Bulletin 1895, 19. Stem 

 2 feet (all, 1 inch through. Ijcaves numerous erect, petiole 3 inches 



