542 CLXvi. AEoiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Seindapsus. 



4 S. hederacea, Schott m Bonpland. v. (1857), 45; Prodr. 395; 

 branches terete smboth, leaves 5-8 by l-2i in. falcately lanceolate 

 acuminate base acute, primary nerves indistinct, petiole 2-4 m. broadly 

 winged up to the knee, spathe 2-2^ in. narrow long-beaked. EngW Arac. 

 253 ; le. med. No. 13 (young plant). S. pothoides, Mtq. Fl. Ind. Sat. ni. 

 184 (not of Schott). S. inqninatus, Schott in Miq. Arm. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 

 283. 



Perakj ScorteeUm, King's Collector. MaiaooA; Griffith, Ka%o!/.— Disteib. 



Java, -r j-i 



stem climbing, 30-40 ft., as thick as a goose-quill or more. Leaves rather 

 thinly coriaceous ; petiole with pale sheaths. Feduncle 1-2 in;, stout. AynSAe 

 much narrower than in any of the previous species, terete, slightly curved, pale 

 yellow. Fruiting spadix 3-4 ia., white. Semes about i in. diam. across tne 

 crown. — Leaves broadly ovate cordate in young plants. 



5. S. peralcensis« EooA.f.; branches stout terete smooth, leaves 

 8-12 by 2-3 in. oblong-lanceolate or falcately lanceolate acuminate thinly 

 coriaceous, base acute or rounded, primary nerves distinct beneath, petiole 

 4-7 in. broadly winged up to the knee, peduncle 3-6 m. very stout, spadix 

 (alter flowering) 3-5 in. cylindrio or subolavate. 



Pekak ; ScortecUni, King's Oollector. 



Stem 30-40 ft., 2-3 in. diam. (King's Coll.), pale when dry. Leaves coriaceous, 

 costa rather slender; primary and secondary nerves undistinguishable above nervules 

 trabeculate: petiole sometimes 1 in. across the opened sheath. Peduncle d^ m. 

 Spathe not seen. Fruiimg spadix nearly 14 in. diam. j carpels slatey blue, i diam. 

 across the crown. Seeds lenticular, J in. diam., black. 



** Leaves broadly or narrowly oblong, rarely ovate or sublanceolate. 



6 S. crassipes ? Engler in Bot. Jahrb. i. 182 ; in Beccari Males, i. 4 ; 

 Ic i'ned No. 1 ; branches as thick as the thumb terete smooth, leaves 8-10 

 bv 2-3 in. oblong acute base rounded densely coriaceous, costa very 

 thick, primary nerves obscure, petiole 1-2 in. broadly thickly winged, 

 peduncle very stout. 



PebAK, .ScorfeoMm.—DisTKlB. Borneo ? ^ , . . . u- i. n,„ 



I have seen only an imperfect specimen and drawing by Scorteohini, in which the 

 leaves are narrower and petiole shorter than in Englers figure. In Scortechin. s 

 drawing and specimen the stem is very stout; petiole 1 in. across the thick 

 corilcefus wingf ; peduncle 2 in. ; young fruit 6 in. by 1 diam. Berries 4 in. diam. 

 across the crown. 



7 S. Beccarii ? Bnglev Bot. Jahrb. i. 182 ; in Beccari Males, i. 277 ; 

 branches very stout, leaves 12-18 by 4^5i in. oblong or linear-oblong acumi- 

 nate-coriaceous, base acute, petiole 6-12 m. winged to the knee, pnmary 

 nerves distinct beneath, peduncle included m the leaf sheath, spathe 3-3^ 

 in. oblong terete acute. 



PENAN& and Pebak, ScoHechvni, King's CoZIecfor.-DiSTBiB. Sumatra. 



Differs from Engler's figures of S. Beccarii, in the petiole sheathing to the knee, 

 and in the spathe emerging from the middle of the leaf sheath and not from its apex 

 KinK^sCoZtor describes the 'stem as 15-20 ft. and H-2 in. diam. ; leaves dark 

 glosfy green ; spathe waxy white ; spadix cream-colrd. The ovaries are very narrow 

 and laterally compressed, not -^ in. across the crown. 



8 S. cuscuaria, PresZ. Epimel. 242? stemless, leaves 12-18 by 4-7 

 in. caudate-acuminate, base acute or rounded, nerves very many and close 



