546 CLXVI. AHOIDEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Rhapliidophora. 



grooved channelled np to the limb, spathe 3-4 in. cylindric long-beaked, 

 stigmas raised pulvinate. 



PERAK ; Larut, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



(Stem 20-40 ft. by 1-1$ in. diam., branches in. diam., King's Collector). 

 Leaves pale greenish or yellowish-brown and undulate when dry ; petiole pale. 

 Peduncle 1-2| in. Spathe yellow, cream-colrd., or tinged with pink within. Spadix 

 shorter than the spathe. Ovaries J^ in. diam. ; stigmas orbicular. In form the leaves 

 closely resemble R. Peepla, but their texture and nervature are very different. 



11. R. HLunstleri* Hook. f. ; leaves 10-16 by 2|-5 in. oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate rather membranous, base acute or cuneate, 

 primary nerves many spreading and arched prominent beneath, petiole 

 10-15 in. grooved channelled up to the blade, spathe 6-8 in. cylindric 

 with a long stout beak, stigmas raised. 



PERAK, at LARUT, Kunstler (King's Collector). 



(Stem 40-60 ft., 3-4 in. diam. K/unstler) , branches 5 in. diara. Leaves rigidly 

 undulate, opaque and dirty-brown when dry, sometimes very unequal-sided at the 

 base, deep green when fresh, crowded at the tips of the branches ; nervules oblique ; 

 petiole slender, pale. Peduncle 1-3 in., very stout. Spathe white, thick walled. 

 Ovaries -^ in. diam., stigma minute. The spathe is one of the longest in the genus. 



12. R. Hookeri, ScJiott in Bonpland. (1857), 45 ; leaves 7-24 by 

 2^-12 in. membranous oblong cuspidately caudate-acuminate, base unequal- 

 sided cuneate rounded or cordate, primary nerves very many spreading 

 and arched, petiole 3-12 in. channelled up to the knee, spathe 2|-3^ in. 

 ovoid-oblong turgid, beak long slender, stigmas very broad orbicular pulvi- 

 nate. Pothos Peepla, Wall. Cat. 4444 (in part). 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-4000 ft., J. L>. H. UPPER ASSAM, Griffith. SILHKT 

 and KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2-3000 ft., Wallich, &c. MUNNIPORE, alt. 6000 ft., 

 Watt. 



A lofty climber; stem as thick as the thumb. Leaves the largest of the entire, 

 leaved species, very thin in texture, dark green, drying a dull grey-brown, with a 

 rather shining surface. Petiole pale, not deeply channelled. Spatke green, yellow 

 within and along the outer margins, walls very thick, base rounded. Spadix short, 

 stout. Ovaries % in. diam. ; stigmas remarkably large for the genus. 



** Leaves perforated, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect. 



13. R. Beccarii, Engler Bot. Jahrb. i. 181 ; in Beccari Males, i. 271, 

 t. 19, F. 6-9 ; leaves narrowed from the middle to an acute base entire or 

 pinnatifid with falcate caudate-acuminate 1-many-nerved lobes, petiole 

 6-10 in. of young leaves broadly winged, peduncle 4-8 in., spathe 3-4 in. 

 cylindric acuminate, stigmas orbicular or oblong raised. Epipremnum 

 Beccarii, Engler in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 1879, 269. Wall. Cat. 4438 B. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. DISTRIB. Siam, Borneo. 



Rootstock short, tufted, as thick as the little finger, creeping and rooting (or 

 15-20 ft., King's Collector). Leaves 10-15 by 4-8 in., unequal-sided, pale beneath ; 

 lobes very variable in breadth ; petiole channelled up to the limb. Spatke dull 

 cream-coloured. The stigmas in a drawing by Scortechini are sessile, very small and 

 oblong, but in his and other dried specimens they are large oblong or orbicular and 

 often cupped. Engler figures them as oblong raised and cupped. 



14. R. pertusa, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 382; leaves 

 8-18 in. long and 6-10 in. broad, young small ovate entire, old pinnatifid 

 to below the middle or perforate, base truncate or subcordate, lobes few 



