Rhektopfiyllum . 



€L. AROIDEiE (bROWn). 



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habit unci put forth tlie adult form of leaf, demonstrates that it is merely tho juvenile 

 state of Rhektophyllum mirahile, which with increasing' a<j:e loses its rcmark:ible 

 varieg ition and develops the 1 irge slit-like perforations between the lateral veins of 

 the leaves so cliaracteristic of the latter plant. 



14. CULCASIA, Beauv. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 980. 



Spathe convolute to half way up or at the base only, after flowering 

 convolute to the apex and persistent for a while, or at once falling off, 

 Spadix longer or shorter than the spathe, free, monoicious, without an 

 appendix ; male and female parts contiguous ; lowest stamens often 

 abortive. Perianth none. Ovaries crowded or scattered, l-:^-celIed; 

 stigma sessile, discoid or cushion-like, large or small. Ovules solitar}' 

 in each cell, basal, anatropous. Anthers free, sessile, crowded, trigonous 

 or angular, 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, opening by a small pore just 

 below the apex. Berries globose or ellipsoid, 1-2-seeded. Seed ellipsoid ; 

 testa very thin; albumen copious; embryo very small, seated in a 

 cavity at the base of the albumen. — Stems climbing or erect, rooting. 

 Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire, reticulately veined, usually with 

 immersed linear or dot-like glands, and often with sessile superficial 

 glands ; petiole sheathing. Peduncles terminal, 2 -several fascicled or 

 in a short raceme, or solitary. 



An endemic genus of about 14 species. 



-'=Stem climbing or creeping. 



Spadix longer than the spathe. 



Leaves obliquely oblong, oblong-lanceolate or 

 elliptic-oblong, seldom less than If in. broad; 

 spathe l:f-l| in. long . . . . 1. C scandens. 



Leaves narrowly lanceolate, §-1 in. broad; spathe 



|-1 in. long 2. C. lancifolia. 



Spadix shorter than the spathe. 



Leaves acute or obtU!>e at the base, but not cordate. 

 Leaves tapering to a long acuminate point. 

 Leaves obliquely lanceolate, 2^-5 1 in. long. 

 Peduncle lf-2 in. long ; spathe about 



1:^ in. long . . . . . 3. C. insulatia. 



Peduncle about 4 in. long; spathe If in. 



long . . . . . .4. C.falcifoUa. 



Peduncle about 5 lin. long ; spathe 7 lin. 



long . . . . . . 5. C lanceolata. 



Leaves oblong-elliptic, 4—12 in. long ; pedun- 

 cles 3-4 together, ^-1 j in. long ; sjiathe 

 2 in. long . . . . . . 7. C iennifolia. 



Leaves shortly excavated at the apex ; berries 



very large 8. C Dinklayei. 



Leaves rather abruptly short-pointed (ai)ex not 

 described in 9, C. obliquifolia). 

 Leaves obliquely-oblong, acute at the base, 



4 in. or more broad; peduncles 2 in. long 9. C. ohliquifolia. 

 Leaves obliquely-obloiig, obtuse at the base, 



2-3^ in. broad; peduncles 1-1 1 in. long 10. C. barumlentis. 



