Aytaonetna.] CLXVI. AROIDEA:. (J. D. Hooker.) 529 



minate base acute, petiole 4-6 in. sheathing to near the top, spathe 2-4 in. 

 oblong cuspidate. Kunili Enum iii. 55. A. integrifolium, Schott Melet. 

 20. A. nitidum, Kunth I c. 56 ; Srholt Syn. 122 ; Prodr. 302 ; JSnal. Arac. 

 438. Calla oblongifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 516; Wight Ic. t. 806. C. 

 nitida, Jack, in Mai. Misc. i., No. 1, 24. Arum integrifolium, Link. Enum. 

 Hort. Berol. ii. 394. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8965. 



PENANG, PERAK, and SINGAPORE, Wallich, &c. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Caudex 1-3 ft. Leaves coriaceous, dark green, shining. Ptduncles 4-8 in. 

 Spathe green, margins white. Spadix stout, nearly as long as the spathe ; male 

 infl. subacute. Ovary 1-celled ; stigma tabular, much broader than the ovary 



(ex Ic, Scortechini). 



3. A. Heifer i, Hook.f.- leaves 6-10 by 2-2 in. oblong-lanceolate 

 caudate-acuminate base acute, petiole 5-6 in. sheathing for the lower 

 third, peduncles 2-3 in., spathe 1 in. oblong-lanceolate acute. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 5994). 



Caudex 6 in. and upwards, branched, as thick as a swan's quill, leafy upwards. 

 Leaves thin, costa not very stout, nerves very slender. Spadix with the stipes 

 nearly equal the infl. Ovary 1-ovuled, stigma disciform. 



4. A. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; scandent, leaves 7-9 by 2-3 in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate base acute, petiole 8-9 in. slender sheathing 

 at the base only, peduncle 5-6 in., seeds f-1 in., fusiform. 



CHITTAGONG ; at Kasalong, Clarke. 



Near Helferi, but the petioles are much longer and more slender, the leaves of a 

 firmer texture with stronger costa and nerves. 



** Primary nerves much stronger than the intermediate or secondary, 

 t Leaves 8-12 in. 



5. A. Hookerianum, Schott in Bonpland. vii. (1859) 30; Prodr. 

 301 ; leaves 8-11 by 3^-4| in. elliptic-ovate or -oblong acuminate, base 

 rounded or cuneate and unequal- sided, primary nerves 6-8 pairs arching, 

 petiole 6-8 in. stout sheathing to about the middle or beyond it, snathe 

 1^-2 in. oblong cuspidate. Engler Arac. 438 ; N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 

 (1882) iii. 333. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2-3000 ft., Griffith, &c. CACHAR, Keenan. CHITTAGONG, 

 at Seetakooud, H.f. fy T., Lister. ARRAKAN ; Kurz. 



Caudex elongate, in. thick, nodose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, dark green 

 above ; nerves very slender. Spathe cymbiform, dark green. Spadix long-stipitute. 

 Ovaries few, flagon-shaped, narrowed into a conical style. Seeds -aI in. long, 

 cylindric. 



6. A. birmanicum, Hook. f. leaves 8-10 by 2-3| in. elliptic- 

 oblong or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base rounded, primary nerves 

 about 10 pairs erecto-patent slightly curved, petiole 2-5 in. sheathing 

 to about the middle, peduncle very short, spathe 1^ in. linear-oblong 

 caudate-acuminate. 



UPPER BURMA ; in low woods towards Nempean, Griffith. 



Caudex 2 ft., erect, probably as thick as the little finger, leafy at the top only ; 

 sheaths 1-2 in., red. Leaves thinly coriaceous, primary nerves distinct. Peduncle 

 ^-1 in. Spathe greenish. Spadix white. The less curved nerves and narrow cau- 

 date spathe are quite unlike any allied species. 



7. A. Schottianum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 316 ; in Bot. Zeit. (1856), 

 VUL. vi. M m 



