540 CLXVI. ABOIDB^S. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Anadendrum. 



* Leaves entire. 



1. A. montanum, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857); Prodr. 371; 

 leaves drying black ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole slender, 

 sheath very narrow. Engler Arac. 97 ; Ic. ined. No. 83. Scindapsus inon- 

 tanns, Kanth Emcm. iii. 64; Miql PL Ind. Sat. 184. Pothos malayanus, 

 Miq. L. c. Suppl. 596. P. elegans, Wall. Cat. 4444. Calla montana, Blume 

 Cat. Ilort. Buit. et in Flora (1825), 147. 



TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Heifer. PENANG, Walllch. PERAK, Scortechini- 

 King's Collector. MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



Stem as thick as a goose-quill, terete, smooth. Lewes 6-12 by 2^-4: in., coria- 

 ceous, ba>e cuueate rounded or subcordate often unequal -sided ; nerves very many, 

 spreading; petiole 3-9 in., sheathed to the knee in young leaves, to a variable 

 height in older ; knee \\ in. Peduncles 2-4 in., slender, rigid. Spathe \\ 2 in., 

 beak long straight. Spadix 12 in. ; stipes slender. Perianth cupular, nearly as 

 high as the ovary. Berries pisiform. 



Var. longirostris ; beak ofspathe as long as the body. Perak, Wray, Borneo. 



2. A. marginatum, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Woclienbl. (1857), 117; 

 Prodr. 390; leaves drying green oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, 

 petiole very broadly sheathing up to the knee. Engler Arac. 96. Pothos 

 marginatus, Wall. Cat. 4443. 



PENANG, Porter. PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Stem stout. Leaves 6-12 by 2-3 in., base acute acuminate cuneate or rounded, 

 usmilly unequal-sided ; nerves very many, suberect or spreading ; petiole 4-6 in., 

 sheath ^ \ in. broad, 2-auricled at the tip ; knee short. Peduncles 35 in. Spathe 

 l-2f in. long, as in A. montanum, white on pale yellow. Perianth, annular. 



3. A. latifolium, Hook. f. leaves drying greenish broadly oblong 

 cuspidately acuminate base acute, petiole rather slender, sheath very 

 narrow. 



PERAK ; Scortechini, King's Collector. 



Stem as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 10-13 by 4^-5| in., coriaceous; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, strong, spreading and arched ; petiole 7-10 in., narrowly sheathing 

 for -f its length. Peduncle 3-5 in. Spathe 2-3 in., white within, greenish without ; 

 beak - the length of the body. Spadix 1-2 in., shortly stipitate. Perianth 

 annular. 



** Leaves pinnatifid. 



4. A. medium, ScJiott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 392; Rha- 

 phidophora Huegeliana, Schott II. cc. 45, 384. Scindapsus medius, Zoll. 

 and Moritz Syst. Verz. n. 82 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. iii. 186. Epipremnum 

 medium, Engler Arac. 250. Pothos pinnatus, Wall. Cat. 4438. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, Wallich, Maingay. DIS- 

 TRIB. Malay Islands. 



Stem 20' ft., less than 1 in. diam. Leaves 6-14 in. long and broad, or broader 

 than long, membranous, deeply pinnatitid or pinnatisect, often perforate towards 

 the costa ; lobes 2-4 pairs, obliquely truncate, upper angle acute, basal lobes dimi- 

 diate-ovate; petiole channelled, sheathing towards the base. Peduncle 4-6 in. 

 tSpathe 2-3 in,, cymbiform, pale green without, white or cream -colrd. within. 

 Soadix shorter than the spathe, yellow, stipes ^ in. Ova/ry 2-celled, according to 

 Maingay, but Mr. Brown and I find but one cell with 2 erect basal ovules, and so it 

 is represented in a drawing by Scortechini. Berry turbinate. Seed (judging by a 

 figure of Scortechini) with a macropodal embryo. bugler has referred this rather 

 anomalous plant to Epipremnum, but the etipitate spadix, ovules, the want of 



