516 OLXvi. ABO^DBiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Amorphophallus. 



striate ; wrapped at the base by short sheaths. Spathe (perhaps immature) 3 in., 

 dark green, blue at the sides with red margins. Spadiai 3 in. ; infl. cylindrie, stout, 

 male the longest; appendage nearly 2 in., not contracted at the base, white. 

 Anthers very short. Stigma sessile, disciform, lobnlate. 



8. A. chlorospathus, Kurz mss. ; leaflets linear, spathe cymbiform 

 erect base shortly convolute, spadix shorter than the spathe stont, apjien- 

 dage rather longer but not broader than the infl. stout elongate conoidal 

 tip rounded. 



Psau, the Ieawabt and SiTASa Vamets, Kure. 



Tuber a. depressed sphere or hemisphere, 2 in. diam., not bulbilliferous. Leaf 

 2 ft. diam., trisect, segments winged and pinnatifidly cut into finely acuminate 

 leaflets 5-8 by i-J in. ; petiole 18-20 in., green. Peduncle 16 in., stout, green, 

 pale reddish-brown below; sheaths not long. Spathe i in., green, paler within. 

 Spadix 2^3 in., infl. cylindrie, male longest ; appendage not contracted at the base, 

 white. Anthers very short. Stigma sessile, discoid. 



9. A. sparsiflorus, Eoolc. f. ; spathe with an ovate-oblong snberect 

 acute limb the basal margins revolute round the mouth of the infundibular 

 tube, spadix much shorter than the spathe, appendage fnsitormly conoid 

 as long as the infl., male and fern. fl. scattered. 



Peeak ; Maxwell's Hill, Wray (No. Ill), Kunstler. 



Tuber orange-shaped. Leaf bnlbiferous at top of petiole, green, shaded 

 with red or brown; leaflets 7, shortly petiolulate, 6-8 by IJ in., oblanceolate, 

 acuminate. Peduncle 1-2^ in., sheaths longer, linear. Spathe 5 in. ; tube IJ in., 

 pale red-brown spotted with purplish-brown. Spadix 3i in. Anthers minute, very 

 short. Ovwries small, globose, style very short, stigma capitate. 



tt Spadix much longer than the spathe. 



10. A. oncophyllus, Prain mss.; spathe long-peduncled tube ovoid 

 dilating into a large orbicular-ovate limb the lower margins of which are 

 revolute round the open mouth of the tube, spadix farexserted, appendage 

 as long as the infl. elongate conoid. 



Andaman Islx>S. ; on Cocos Islets, Prain. 



Tuber depressed, 5-9 in., diam., bulbilliferous. Leaf Si ft. broad ; leaflets 6-8 in. ; 

 petiole 2-3 ft., dull green, blotched with greenish white. Peduncle 12-15 in., fruiting 

 longer, very stout ; sheaths 2-7 in. Tube of spathe 3 in. long and broad, whitish, 

 obliquely streaked with green and spotted with dull green ; Jimb 8 in. long by 

 5 broad, inclined, duU red-purple blotched with yellow. Spadix 8-18 in., sessile; 

 male infl. about equalling the fem. ; appendage creamy-yellmv. Anthers shcrt. 

 Stigma 2-lobed. — A superb species, described from a drawing, dried specimen and a 

 living plant at Kew. 



11. A. Prainii, Soolc. f. ; spathe obliquely campannlate tube very 

 broad subcylindric base truncate, limb short orbicnlar-ovate margins 

 waved, spadix very stout, exserted appendage very large conoid smooth 

 much longer and broader than the infl. 



Pekak; Lnrut, ScortecMni, Kunstler. PKNANa (7c. in Serb. Kew). 



Tuber 6-10 in. diam., not bulbilliferous. Leaves 4 ft. broad, leaflets 4-8, lanceo- 

 late, caudate-acuminate ; petiole 3-5 ft., green mottled with grey, or white and red. 

 Pedmnele 3-5 in. ; sheaths very large, 8-12 by 4 in., pinkish. Tube (or rather con- 

 volute parts) of spathe 2 in. long and as broad, pale green spotted with white; 

 limb 6-S in. diam., yellow, base within rough purple-brown. Male infl.^ sub- 

 turbinaie, fem. about as long, appendage 6-8 in. by 2-3 diam. cream-colrd. smooth. 

 - Anthtrs linear. Stigma 2.1obed. — Spathe and spadix more like A. campanulatus 

 than are others w ith short styles. 



