554 OLXVI. AROIDEJ;. (J, D. Hooker.) \_Pothos. 



10. P. lancifolius, Hook. f. ; leaves 4-7 by 1-1| in. narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate candate-acuminate base cuneate sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncle terminal, bracts 0, spathe ovate-lanceolate acuminate. 



PEBAK ; Scortechini. 



A large climber, branches as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 pale when dry, and undulate within the margin, tip slender ; nerves erecto-patent ; 

 petiole | j in., sheath slender, tip bifid. Peduncle 1-H in., spreading or deflexed. 

 Spathe 1^ in., lurid purple, striate. Spadix 1-1^ in., subsessile, cylindric, obtuse, 

 4 in. diam. Sepals and stamens 6 each ; filaments linear-oblong. Stigma minute. 



** Spadix slender ; flowers in small spirally disposed or whorled clusters. 



11. P. latifolius, HooJc.f. ; leaves 5-7 by 2^-4 in. oblong or obovate- 

 oblong acute or obtuse base rounded or cuneate, sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncle terminal, bracts 0, spathe linear from a rounded base, 

 tip emarginate mucronate in the sinus much shorter than the stipitate 

 spadix. 



PEEAZ ; Larut, alt. 2-3000 ft., King's Collector. 



Stem climbing, 10-15 ft. ; branches rather stout, internodes 1-1^ in. Leaves 

 coriaceous, nerves nearly horizontal, slightly arching; petiole \-\ in., sheath 3-4 in. 

 Peduncle deflexed or sigmoid. Spathe 2 in., pale green, reflexed, 5-nerved, mucro 

 i in. long. Spadix 3-5 in. , yellow, flowers in approximate equidistant whorls or 

 spirally disposed. 



12. P. DXaing-ayi, Hook.f. ; leaves 4-5 by 1-1^ in. narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate base cuneate or rounded, sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncles terminal, spathe linear oblong ? much shorter than the 

 slender stipitate spadix, flowers very minute laxly distantly whorled. 



MALACCA, Maingay. (Kew Distrib. 1538, P. gradUs). 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill, internodes ^-1 in. Leaves coriaceous, drying 

 brown ; nerves widely spreading, slightly arched ; petiole i in. ; sheath 2^-3 in. 

 Peduncle 1^-2 in., usually tortuous. Spathe imperfect. Spadix 3 in., stipes in. 

 Stamens very short. 



13. P. Curtisii, Hook. f. ; leaves 5-7 by l-2 in. oblong-lanceolate 

 or linear-oblong acuminate base cuneate or rounded, sheath divergent from 

 the branch, peduncles terminal, spathe narrowly linear from a dilated 

 rounded base shorter than the slender stipitate spadix, flowers in crowded 

 spirals. 



PEEAK ; Scortechini ; King's Collector. PENANG j Curtis. 



Resembles P. Maingayi so closely that I hesitate to describe it as specifically 

 different, but the flowers are more than twice as large as in that plant, and densely 

 clustered on the much longer (often 6 in.) spadix; and the stamens are much longer. 

 The narrow reflexed spathe is 2-2| in. long. 



14. P. KLunstleri, Hook. f. ; leaves 8-12 by 2-3^ in. unequal-sided 

 oblong or subfalcately oblanceolate caudate-acuminate, base cuneate or 

 rounded, sheath divergent from the branch, peduncle terminal, spathe 

 linear apiculate, spadix very slender, flowers spirally whorled. 



PEEAK ; King's Collector. 



Stem climbing 10-15 ft. Leaves coriaceous, very variable, the older or lower 

 (like those of P. latifolius) are up to 3 in. broad, acuminate, base rounded, the 

 yoxinger are as long but only 2-2 in. broad, with very long pointed tips and acute 

 bases ; nerves spreading and arching, much more close in the older leaves ; sheaths 



