RhaphidophoraJ] CLXVI. AROIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 547 



broad falcate acuminate, primary nerves 5-8 pairs, spathe 5-7 in. ovate- 

 oblong beaked. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 185 ; Engler Arac. 244. Scindap- 

 sus pertusus, Schott. Melet. i. 21 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 62. S. Peepla, Thiv. 

 Enum. 336. Pothos pertusas, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 434, Wight Ic. t. 781. P. 

 officinalis, Wall. Cat. 4436 Gr.Rheede Hort. Mai. xii. t. 20, 21. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; Coromandel, Malabar, and southward to CEYLON. 

 DISTRIB. Malay Islands. 



A tall climber. Leaves usually with oblong holes on one side ; petiole about as 

 long as the blade, deeply channelled, young winged, wings not auricled at the top. 

 Spathe shortly peduncled. Spathe yellow. Ovaries 4-angled ; stigma sessile, 

 pulvinate. 



15. R. glauca, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45 ; Prodr. 382 ; leaves 

 6-10 in. long and broad glaucous beneath pinnatisect, segments falcate 

 linear or broader caudate-acuminate 2-7-nerved, petiole as long as the 

 blade slender channelled up to the blade, spathe 4r-6 in. oblong or lanceo- 

 late cuspidate. Engler Arac. 245 ; Ic. ined. 101. Scindapsus glaucus, 

 Schott Melet. i. 121 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 61. Monstera glauca, C. Koch ex 

 Schott. Pothos glaucus, Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 45, t. 156 ; Gat. 4440. 



TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Nepal, Wallich, eastwards to 

 the KIIASIA, NAGA, and MUNNIPORK HILLS, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Stem as thick as the thumb, climbing lofty trees. Leaves of a fine glaucous blue 

 beneath ; young elliptic-ovate ; segments 2-4 pairs, narrowed towards the base, 

 2-5-nerved ; petiole 6-10 in. Peduncle 3-7 in. Spathe very variable in size, 

 longer than the spadix, yellow on both surfaces. Spadix pale yellow. Stigma 

 of fresh ovary a longitudinal slit, of the dried pulvinate and raised. 



Var. ? khasiana ; leaves 12-14 in., segments 3-7, 7-9 in. long. Khasia Hills at 

 Churra and Pomrang, J.D.H. $ T. T. Referred by Schott to R. glauca, with which 

 it agrees in form of segments of leaf, and spathe and spadix, but the leaves are longer 

 with more numerous and longer segments. 



16. R. eximia, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45 ; Prodr. 387 ; leaves 

 1-2 ft. longer than broad oblong pinnatisect with 4-7 pairs of obliquely 

 truncate acute 1-costate and many-nerved segments, petiole very stout, 

 spathe a foot long oblong cuspidate, stigma raised on the conical top of 

 the ovary. R. grandis, Schott in (Estr. Bot. Zeit. 1858, 394; Prodr. 

 386. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 4000ft., Strachey $ Winterbottom ; Sikkim, 

 alt. 2-5000 ft., and KHASIA HILLS, alt. 0-4000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A lofty climber ; stem as thick as a child's wrist. Leaves bright green on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle 6-10 in., as thick as the thumb. Spathe orange -yellow, out- 

 side and in. Spadix shorter than the spathe, white. 



17. R. decursiva, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 385; 

 leaves 1-3 ft. longer than broad oblong pinnatisect base, broadly cordate, 

 segments 8-15 pairs falcately ensiform acuminate costate and with several 

 lateral nerves, petiole very stout, spathe 5-7 in. subcylindrically cymbi- 

 form yellow beaked, stigma raised on the conical top of the ovary. Engler 

 Arac. 246 (excl. many si/ns.) ; Bot. Mag. t. 7282. Scindapsus decursivus, 

 Schott Meletem. i. 21 ; Kunili Enum. iii. 62 ; Wight Ic. t. 779 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. iii. 186 ; Thw. Enum. 336 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7282. Monstera de- 

 cursiva, Schott in Wien. Zeitschr. 1829 (Unnaa (1831) Literal. Ber. 52). 

 Pothos decursiva, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 436 ; Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 83, excl. 

 the Attran plant). P. decurrens (error for decursivus), Wall. Cat. 4437 A, 

 in part. 



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