44 Materials fur a Flora of the Malayan Peninsular 



11. 1\. gk;axti;u:m. Slcni 40 to GO feet long and over an inuli 

 ilu'ougli green. J>cavcs 12 to 'Mj inches long G to 8 wide entire oblong 

 very coriaceous dark green nerves very numerous line and close apex 

 blunt base rounded, petiole 8-15 inches long, sheathing for its whole 

 length, rcduuclc an inch long stout. Spathe G to 15 inches long 

 nearly 2 inches tlirougli dull green cylindric cuspidate. fSpadix 

 yellowish white 10 inches long. Flowers -J inch across very narrow 

 rhomboid longer than broad. Stamens white filament l)road. Stigma 

 linear depressed grey. Epipremnum giganicunt, Schott. Bonplandia 

 V. 1857, 45. Prodr. 389. Hook. fil. Fl'. Brit. Ind. \[. 548. Engler 

 Arac. 249. Bot. Mag. tycindapsus gigaiiieus, Scliott. Meletem I. 21 " 

 Kunth. Enum. III. G3. Munsiem giganica, Schott. Wicn. Zeit. Schr 

 1829. Linnaca 1831. Litter. Ber. 53. Polhos gifjanicus, Koxb. FL 

 Ind. 1, 434. 



Singapore (Wallich 4442), Bukit 'J'imah, Siglap (Kidley 9200) : 

 ]\[alacca; Perak (Scortechini 111), Larut (King's Coll. 6G81) ; Din- 

 dings: Lumut (liidley) ; I'enang (Boxbiirgh), (Jovernment Hill (Cur- 

 tis 2889). Endemic. Common probably over the whole peninsula. 

 Xativc name '" Bingut.'' The spadiees mixed with the dart-poison 

 of the Sakais. 



12. E. Bkccarii, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1, 181. Malesia. I. 2;i. 

 t. 19. fig. 6-9. Stem short and stout creeping, 15 to 20 feet (King's 

 Collector) nearly half an inch through. Leaves lanceolate base cune- 

 atc entire wiien young, acuminate pinnatifid when old inaequilateral 

 about 3 lobed, lobes falcate acuminate many nerved, reticulating 

 nerves distinct when dry, deep green thinly coriaceous, 9-24 inches 

 long, 3-7 inches wide, petiole rather slender G to 8 inches long knee 

 short and distinct. Peduncle G inches long. Spathc cylindric 

 cuspidate 3 inches long l inch through cream colour. Spadix shorter 

 cylindric blunt A\"liite, Flowers at tlic top rounded oljscurely hexa- 

 gonal. Stigma elevated circular. Hook. lil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 54G. 

 Epipronnum Bcfcarll, Engler. Bull. Soc. Xosc, Ort. 18^9, 2G9. 



Selangor: Eawang (Bidley '(GGl), Ginting Bidai (^GG4); 

 I'ahang: Tahan Iiiver (Ridley 2387); Perak: Ulu Bubong (King's 

 Coll. 10155); Pcnang: Penara Bukit (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo, 

 Siam. On rocks in streams. 



13. R. TETRASPKRMA, llook. lil. l.c. 548. Stem ilexuous terete, 

 internodes 3-4 inches long. Leaves broadly ovate or orlncular cordate 

 often very unequal sided, lol)es 1-2 broad acute cuspidate or acuminate 

 1-2 ribbed, petiole 3 inches or more long clianneiled up to the knee. 

 J'cduncle very stout 1-2 indies long. Spathe 1^-2 indies long tur- 

 gidly cymbiform acute wliile. Spadix siibda\ale. Stigma a raised 

 furrow. Beiries 2 celled, ovules 2 in each cell. 



