544 CLxvi. AROiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [RhapMdophora. 



very obscure. Spathe remarkably tbick-walled (at least J in. thick). Ovaries 

 narrow, -J^ in. across the crown. 



3. R. Wrayl, Soolc.f.; leaves 7-12 by 1^-2 in. narrowly lanceolate 

 candate-aouminate snbmembranoTis, base narrowed acute or rounded, 

 nerves Capillary on both surfaces, petiole 2-3 in. slender channelled np 

 to the blade, spathe W-1\ in. pednnoled cylindric or ovoid beaked spadii 

 as long as the spathe, stigma raised pulvinate. 



Febak; Wray (with No. 662), Scortechini, King's Collector. 



Stem 30-40 ft., woody, as thick as a goose-quill or less, internodes |— 1 in., sur- 

 face striate. Leaves drying greenish-brown and quite opaque ; nerves crecto-patent, 

 Yo~i ™- apart with anastomosing nervulesj petiole slender, stiff. Fedtmcle^H in. 

 Spathe terete, walla very thick, green, cream-colrd. within. Fruiting spadia oblong, 

 2i in. long by 1 in. diam. Stamens 2. Berriet | in. across the crown. 



4. R. IiObbii, Schott in Bowplcmd. v. (1857), 45,; Frodr. 379 ; leaves 

 3-8 by li-3 in. ovate oblong linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate or cau- 

 date thinly coriaceous, base acute or rounded, primary nerves distant and 

 usually well marked beneath all spreading and arched, petiole l-2i in. 

 channelled up to the knee or limb, spathe small (1-li) peduncled oblong 

 beaked, stigma raised. Engler Arao. 241. 



Peeak ; ScortecMni, King's Collector. Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay. SlNGA- 

 FOEE ; Lohb. — DiSTKlB. Borneo, Java. 



Stem 20-30 ft. much branched, as thick as a goose-quill or less. Leaves greenish 

 . brown and opaque when dry ; 8-10 primary nerves very indistinct above, undersur- 

 face very smooth. Peduncle 1 in. Spathe turgid. Spadix oblong. Ovaries Jj in. 

 diam. across the crown. — Stamens 6-8 and ovary 2-3-celled. Maingay, mss. 



, 5. R> minor, Sooh. f. ; leaves 3-5 by IJ-li in. elKptic-lanceolate 

 acute or acuminate base acute or cuneate, primary nerves many slender 

 erecto-patent raised on both surfaces, petiole 1-2 in. broadly channelled up 

 to the blade, spathe peduncled 2-3 in. beak long slender, stigma raised 

 pulvinate. 



Peeak; Scortechini. Malacca ; Griffith (Kem DistHb. 5988), Maingay. 



branches as thick as a goose-quill or less, soft, striate, and foliage pale yellowish 

 brown, not shining when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous ; nerves slightly arching. 

 Peduncle l-l-^- in., yellowish. Spathe coriaceous, apparently red, beak ending in a 

 very slender point. Spadix cylindric. Ovaries J, in. diam. across the crown. 

 Berries ^ in. diam. 



6. R. Schottii, HooJc.f.; leaves 8-14 by 2-4|In. falcately lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate coriaceous, base 

 acute, nerves very many and slender uniform erecto-patent raised on both 

 surfaces, petiole 1^8 'in. stout channelled to the middle of the knee, 

 spathe 3 in. ovoid acuminate, spadix peduncled very stout, stigma 

 raised pulvinate. R. Peepla (in part), Schott in Bonpland. v. (1857), 45. 

 Engler Arac. 242. 



Assam ; Masters. Khasia Hills ; alt. O^OOO ft., J. D. S. ^ T. T. 



Stem as thick as the little finger, smooth, terete, purple except the young 

 branches. Leaves thinly coriaceous, in young plants distichous 3-4 in. ovate acute, 

 base very oblique. Pe&u,ncle 1-4 in. Spathe yellow inside and out. Spadix reddish, 

 when advancing to fruit 3 in. by 1 in. diam. Ovaries transversely elongate, ^ in diam. 

 • — In the dried spadix (Assam) advancing to fruit, the pulvinate stigmas are raised on a 

 very short conical style ; but in my drawing of the ovary, made in the Khasia Hills, 

 it is a depressed areole in the centre of the flat crown of the ovary. The petioles 



