Pathos.] CLXVI. AROIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 553 



CEYLON, Walker. 



Stem and foliage as in the common state of P. scandens and Vriesianus. 

 Peduncle often longer than the petiole. Spathe i-f in. Spadix - in., its stipes 

 about as long. 



6. P. macrocephalus, Scort. mss. ; leaves lanceolate apiculate, 

 petiole as long as the blade, peduncle 1^-2 in. decurved, spathe ovate- 

 cordate or orbicular cuspidate, spadix globose or shortly pyriform. 



PEEAK, Scortecliini, King's Collector. 



Climbing 60-80 ft.; branches as thick as a crow-quill, internodes -f in. 

 Leaves 2-3 by |-| in. ; rather . broader than the petiole. Peduncle rather stout ; 

 bracts very variable, sometimes few with the longest only 5 in., at others many, and 

 | in. long. Spathe - in. diaru., white j occasionally a second small er^uperior spathe 

 occm-s. Spadix $ in. diam., or less, yellow. This differs from P. Junghunianus 

 and macrophyllus, de Vriese (in Plant. Jungh . i. 103, 104) of Java and Sumatra 

 solely in the narrower leaves and great length of the petiole. I suspect that all 

 there may prove forms of one. 



B. Petiole (knee only) very short ; sheath very long, split to the base. 

 Spadix long, sessile or stipitate. 



* Spadix cylindric, dense-fid. ; flowers not in clusters. 



7. P. King-ii, HooJc.f. ; stout, leaves 6-10 by 3-4 in. oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base narrowed rounded, bracts 1^-2 in., 

 spathe 4-6 in. ovate-lanceolate. 



PERAK; Scortechini, King's Collector; alt. 2-3000 ft. 



Stem 6-10 ft., as thick as a swan's quill, branches 2-3 ft., pale. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, often unequal-sided, shining on both surfaces; petiole in.; sheath 3-4 in., 

 margins membranous, at length fibrous, tip 2-auricled. Spathe dark purple within, 

 pale without. Spadix half as long. Ovary oblong; style very short, stigma 

 penicillate. 



8. B. Barberianus, Schott Aroid. 24, t. 53 ; Prodr. 573 ; leaves 3-5 

 bv 1^-lf in. oblong- or ovate-lanceolate acuminate base rounded, sheath 

 clasping the branch, peduncles terminal and axillary, spathe linear- 

 lanceolate. Engler Arac. 90. 



PEEAK; on rocks, Scortechini, King's Collector. DISTEIB. Borneo. 



Stem slender, branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, tip 

 sometimes caudate; petiole in., sheath 2-3 in., by _ in. broad, biauricled. 

 Peduncle deflexed, 1-1^ in. Spathe f-1 in., acuminate. Spadix as long, sessile. 

 Stigmas pulvinate, sessile. 



9. P. Wallichii, Hook. f. ; leaves 3|-4 in. oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, base cuneate or rounded, sheath divergent from the branch, peduncles 

 axillary and terminal, spathe linear-lanceolate acuminate. P. tenera, 

 Wall. Gat. 4439, B. (not Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey}. P. gracilis, 

 Schott Prodr. 572. Engler Arac. 91 (not of Roxb.) 



PENANG, Porter, Curtis ; PEEAK, Scortechini. 



Very similar to _B. Barberianus in foliage, bub a more slender plant, with the 

 spreading leaf-sheaths not | In. broad, the peduncle 1^-3 in. long much more slender, 

 a shortly stipitate spadix, and a slender minute style with a very inconspicuous 

 stigma. In Carey's Edition of Roxburgh's Flora Indica, Wallich proposed the name 

 of P. tenera for an Ainboyna plant cultivated in the Calcutta Garden, named P. 

 gracilis by Roxburgh in mss. 



