540 OLXvi. AROIDEJR. (J. D. Hooker.) [Anadendrum. 



* Leaves entire. 



1. A. montanum, Schott in Banpland. v. (1857); Prodr. 371 j 

 leaves drying black ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole slender, 

 sheath very narrow. Engler Arac. 97 ; Ic. ined. No. 83. Soindapsus mon- 

 tanus, Kuntk Enum. iii. 64 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 184. Pothos malayanua, 

 Miq. I. c. 8uppl. 696. P. elegans, Wall. Cat. 4444. Oalla montana, Blume 

 Cat. Sort. Buit. et in Flora (1825), .147. 



Tenassbrim ; at Mergui, HeZ/er; Pbnang, WalUch. Pbbak, Scorteehini- 

 King's Collector. Malacca, Griffith, Maimgay. — Disteib. Malay Islands. 



Stem as thick as a goose-quill, terete, smooth. Leaves 6-12 by 2^-4 in., coria-. 

 ceous, base cuneate rounded or subcordate often unequal-sided ; nerves very many, 

 spreading; petiole 3-9 in., sheathed to the knee in young leaves, to a variable 

 height in older ; knee ^-J In. Peduncles 2-4 in., slender, rigid. Spathe lJ-2 in., 

 beak long straight. Spadix 1-2 in. ; stipes slender. Ferianth cupular, nearly as 

 high as the ovary. Berries pisiform. 



Var. longirosiris ; beak of spathe as long as the body. — Perak, Wrwy, — Borneo. 



2. A. marg'inatum, Schott in (Estr. Bat. Wochenbl. (1857), 117; 

 Prodr. 390; leaves drying green oblong-lanceolate acute or aoumiaate, 

 petiole very broadly sheathing up to the knee. Engler Arac. 96. Pothos 

 marginatua, Wall. Cat. 4443. , . 



PuNANa, Porter. Pekak, Scoriechini, King's Collector. — Distkib. Sumatra. 



Stem stout. Leaves 6-12 by 2-3i in., base acute acuminate cuneate or rounded, 

 usually unequal-sided ; nerves very many, snberect or spreading ; petiole 4-6 in., 

 sheath ^J in. broad, 2.anricled at the tip ; knee short. Fedancles 3-5 in. Spathe 

 1^2J in. long, as in A. montanum, white on pale yellow. Perianth annular. 



3. A. latifolium, Sooh. f. ; leaves drying greenish broadly oblong 

 cuspidately aoumi'nate base acute, petiole rather slender, sheath very 

 narrow. 



Perai ; ScortecMni, King's Collector. 



Stem as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 10-13 by 4J-5i in., coriaceous ; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, strong, spreading and arched ; petiole 7-10 in., narrowly sheathing 

 for f its length. Peduncle 3-5 in. Spathe 2-3 in., white within, greenish without ; 

 beak i-i the length of the body. Spadix 1-2 in., shortly stipitate. Perianth 

 annular. 



** Leaves pinnatifid. 



4. A. medium, Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857) 45; Prodr. B92; Eha- 

 phidophora Hnegeliana, Schott II. cc. 45, 384. Scindapsus medius, Zoll. 

 and Moritz Syst. Verz. n. 82 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 186. Epipremnum 

 medium, Engler Arac. 250. Pothos pinnatus, Wall. Cat. 4438. 



Perak, ScortecMni, King's Collector. Siit&apobe, Wallich, Maingay. — Dis- 

 TBIB. Malay Islands. 



Stem 20 ft., less than 1 in. diam. Leaves 6-14 in. long and broad, or broader 

 than long, membranous, deeply pinnatifid or pinnatisect, often perforate towards 

 the costa ; lobes 2-4 pairs, obliquely truncate, upper angle acute, basal lobes dimi- 

 diate-ovate; petiole channelled, sheathing towards the base. Peduncle 4-6 in. 

 Spathe 2-3 in., cymbiform, pale green without, white or cream -colrd. within. 

 Spadix shorter than the spathe, yellow, stipes J in. Ovary 2-celled, according to 

 Maingay, but Mr. Brown and I find but one cell with 2 erect basal ovules, and so it 

 is represented in a drawing by Scortechini. Berry turbinate. Seed (judging by a 

 figure of Scortechini) with a macropodal embryo. — Engler has referred this rather 

 anomalous plant to Hpipremmam, but the stipitate spadix, ovules, the want of 



