1898.] H. N. Ridley — New species of Entada. 305 



limbo basi tantum intus rubescente supra puniceo-maculata extus con- 

 colore pallide viridi ; inflorescentia foeminea fertili quam mascula multo 

 breviore, pistillodiis numerosissimis varie flexis ; spadicis appendice 

 tereti anguste conoidea breviter stipitata reliquam spadicis partem 

 magnopere excedente. 



In montibus Kachin, prope Myitkyina, Kingii mercenar, ! 



Foliorum petioli 2-2*5 dm., pars vaginalis 2*5-3 cm., laminae parti- 

 tiones *8-l*2 dm. longae "75-1 dm. latae, lobi lateralium basales 4-6 

 cm. longi, 3-4 cm. lati. Pedunculus 1-1*5 cm. longus ; spathae tubus 

 3 cm. longus, 2*5 cm. latus limbi pars triens inferior 7 cm. longa, 9 cm. 

 lata pars summa caudata reflexa basi 3*5 cm. lata, 1*4 dm. longa, sen- 

 sim apice longe acuminata attenuata. Inflorescentia mascula cylindrica 

 rubra 1 cm. longa '7 cm. lata antherarum thecae rimis porosis apertae ; 

 pars foeminea alba '5 cm. longa, *85 cm. lata, pistillodiis albis expla- 

 natis 1 '2-1*5 cm. longis. Inflorescentia tota 4 dm. longa, appendice 

 sterili 16 dm. longa. 



In addition to the forgoing Aroidese, an undescribed Amorphophallus, 

 which has been included in a List of KacTiin Plants, published in the 

 Records of the Botanical Survey of India as A. Cruddasianus, should be 

 here alluded to. Complete material has been sent by our Garden 

 Collector, but for the moment we prefer to withhold a detailed descrip- 

 tion till living flowers are available, when an accurate account of the 

 coloration can be given. Our collector has sent also a number of living 

 tubers, but during the past season these have sent up leaves only. The 

 tubers alone, however, furnish characters that are sufficiently 

 diagnostic ; in place of being oval or depressed, as in other Amor- 

 phophalli hitherto described, these in A. Cruddasianus are long and 

 parsnip-shaped, 6-10 in. long, 2-3 in. across the top. 



New species of Entada from Singapore and Borneo. — By H. N. Ridley, 

 Esq., M.A., F.L.S., Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Com- 

 municated by Surgeon-Major D. Prain. 



The genus Entada is represented in the Malay Peninsula by the 

 well-known E. pursaetha, and a species very common in Singapore 

 which seems to have been entirely overlooked, although it is very con- 

 spicuous here from its very remarkable fruit. To this plant I propose 

 to give the name Entada spiralis. 



E. spiralis, n. sp. A woody climber with twisted somewhat 

 flattened spiral stems about 8 in. wide and 1-2 in. thick in the thickest 

 part in large specimens ; thinner on the outer edge of the curve 

 Leaves alternate three inches long (excluding the tendril), petiole one 



