548 CLXVI. AROIDBJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rhaphidophora. 



SIZKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2-5000 ft., J.D.H. KHASIA HILLS, alt. 0-4000 ft. 



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

 surfaces, segments 6-18 by 1-2 in., tip sometimes almost truncate but always more 

 acuminate than in It. eximia; petiole 1-2 ft., as thick as the little finger. Peduncle 

 3-6 in. Spathe bright yellow on both surfaces. 



18. R. affinis, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 385; leaves 

 1-2 ft. longer than broad oblong base broadly cordate pinnatisect or 

 pinnate, segments many pairs falcately ensiform acuminate narrowed at 

 the base 1-costate with very slender lateral nerves, spathe 5-6 in. oblong 

 cymbiform purple cuspidate, stigma raised on the conical top of the ovary. 

 Enyler Arac. 247. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5952), &c. 



Habit and characters of R. decursiva, and as robust, differing as far as my 

 specimens and drawing tell, in the beautiful violet-purple spathe, and very slender 

 lateral nerves of the narrower unicostate leaflets. 



19. R. Korthalsii, Schott in Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 129 ; 

 leaves oblong l-2 ft. by 6-15 in. pinnatisect longer than their petioles, 

 segments many pairs linear falcate truncate acute 2-4-costate and many- 

 nerved, spathes crowded 6-8 in., stigmas slightly raised. Engler Arac. 

 247. 



PENANG, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1555). PEBAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 

 DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem 30-40 ft., 2-3 in. diam., branching above, densely crinite below the upper- 

 most leaves and inflorescences. Leaves dark green ; segments 3-8 in., base not 

 contracted; petiole as thick as the little finger, sheathed up to the knee. Peduncles 

 3-8 in., very stout. Spadix 6-7 in. cylindric. Ovaries very small. 



20. R- tetrasperma, Hook.f. ; leaves 5-7 in. long and broad broadly 

 ovate or orbicular cordate sparingly pinnatifid lobes cuspidate or acuminate, 

 petiole rather shorter than the blade, spathe 1^-2 in. turgidly cymbiform 

 acute, placentas each 2-ovuled. 



PEBAK, Scortechini. 



Stem -% in. diam., flexuous, terete, rooting at the nodes, which are 3-1 in. 

 apart. Leaves often very unequal-sided ; lobes 1-2, broad, acute, 1-2-costate ; petiole 

 channelled up to the knee. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout. Spathe white. Spadix 

 subclavate. Stigma a raised furrow on the top of the ovary. Berries full of inter- 

 cellular needles. Scortechini figures and describes the ovary as 2-celled, with an 

 erect ovule in each cell ; but Mr. Brown and 1 find 1 cell and 2 ovules on each 

 placenta. 



26. EFXPREBXNUIK, Sclioit. 



Characters of Rkaphidopkora, but the ovules are 1-3 anatropous on a 

 nearly basal placenta, and the berries are not confluent. Species about 8, 

 Malayan and Polynesian. 



This genus had better be merged in Rhaphidophora. 



1. E. g-ig-anteum, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. 389; 

 leaves entire oblong obtuse base cordate, nerves very many and close 

 horizontal, spathe 6-10 in. subsessile fusiform falcate woody. Engler 

 Arac. 249. Scindapsus giganteus, Scliott Meletem. i. 21; Kuntli Enum. 

 iii. 63. Monstera gigantea, Schott in Wien. Zeitsch. (1829), ex Linnsea, 

 1831, Litter. Ber. 53. Pothos giganteus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 434. 



PENANO, Roxburgh. PEBAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. 



