1893.] D. Prain — Flora of Narcondam and Barren Island. 79 



some craft lying off this beach, than that they have been brought by the sea from 

 the Nicobars, or that they have been deliberately introduced by man. 



xliii. PANDANACE^E. xxxm. 



131. Pakdanus odoratissimus Linn. f. Narcondam (110), common at 

 Coco Bay and elsewhere ; Barren Island (59), at Anchorage Bay. 



India, Indo- China, Malaya. 



xliv. AROIDE^. — . 



132. Amorphophallus (Oandarum) rex Prain, sp. nov. tubere magno 

 depresso-globoso ; cataphyllis 4, oblongo-lanceolatis ; folii petiolo parum 

 asperato vixmaculato, lamina trisecta segmentis irregnlariter dichotomis 

 iterumque pinnatisectis, pimmlis (imis nonnunquam exceptis) ad cosfculas 

 decurrentibus, ovato-oblongis, caudato-acuminatis, nervis supra impressis, 

 subtus prominentibns, sinnbus angustis ; pedunculo crasso florifero brevi, 

 fructigero elongato ; spatha juniore cataphyllis obtecta, matura tnbo 

 infundibnlari crasso in laminam late campanulatam margine tandem 

 reflexa nndalato-plicatam postice acuminatam expanso ; spadice spatha 

 snbduplo longiore, erecto, stricto, crasso ; inflorescentiis tnbo spatha? 

 subinclusis, fosminea snrsnm parum angnstata quam masculam parum 

 obconicam dimidio longiore, appendice crassa conico-pyramidali inflore- 

 scentiis dimidio longiore et, saltern prope basin, quam eas triplo latiore. 

 Karcondam (111), very common. 



Tubere diam. 9-18-poll. ; cataphyllis spiraliter dispositis, imo exteriore 3 poll., 

 altero 9 poll., tertio 12 poll , sumnio interiore 19 poll, longis, omnibus 2 poll, latis, 

 pallide viridibus maculis olivaceis, demumtamen subconcoloribus luteis ; petiolo 25- 

 6-pedali basi ipsa 4"5 poll, crasso, sursum spatio brevi ita incrassato ut loco 

 supra solum 4 poll, alto crassitudinis 5-pollicaris, deinde paullatim se coartante et 

 apud trifurcationem diam. 35 poll, tantum, pallide viridi, maculis olivaceis, demum 

 subconcolore olivaceo; lamina diam. 5"5-ped., supra olivacea subtus prasina, segmen- 

 tis singulis 36 poll, longis, pinnulis ultimis 8-10 poll, longis, his 3-3'25 poll, latis ; 

 pedunculo florifero brevi, 2 - 5 poll, tantum longo, fructigero ad 30 poll, elongato, 

 T5-2 poll, crasso, juniore pallide viridi maturo purpurascente ; spatha a latere 

 16 poll., a basi ad apicem versus 19 poll, longa, infra substantiee carnosee sursum 

 tenuescente, extus concolore pallide viridi, intus ad basin verruculosam lutea, 

 supra pallide viridi ibi tarn en margine excepto cito flavescente ; spadice tota 21 5 

 poll, longa, parte fceminea 45 poll, longa, basi 2 - 25 poll, apice l - 75 poll, crassa, 

 (fructigera 7 poll, longa et 3'5 poll, crassa) ex ovariis globosis - 2 poll. diam. 

 viridibus, 2-(rarissime 3-jlocularibus, sessilibus, subcontiguis, in stylos 0'3 poll, 

 longos, luteos contractis, stigmatibus plicatim 2-3-lobis, loculis 1-ovulatis, ovulis 

 semianatropis decurvis, funiculo elongato angulo interiore parum supra basin 

 amxis, in ala placentali circa basin funiculo exorieute et loculum fere totum 

 complente innixis eademque amplexis ; parte mascula 3 poll, longa, basi 175 poll., 

 apice 2'5 poll, crassa, e floribus 4-5-anthcris spiraliter dispositis, antheris singulis 

 subsessilibus connectivo sursum parum producto, ellipsoideis sursum angustatis 

 apice rimis lunulatis 2-porosis ; appendice 14 poll, longa, hac basi 6 pull, crassa* 

 J. II. 11 



