554 CLXvi. AROiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [^Pothos. 



10. P. lancifollus, Hooh.f. ; leaves 4-7 by 1-lf in. narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate caudate-acuminate base cuneate sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncle terminal, bracts 0, spathe ovate-lanceolate acuminate. 



PsKAE ; Scorlechini. 



A large climber, branches as thick as a crow-qnill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 pale vrheu dry, and undalate within the margin, tip slender; nerves erecto-patent ; 

 petiole ^-i in., sheath slender, tip bifid. Peduncle 1-1^ in., spreading.or deflexed. 

 Spathe 14 in., lurid purple, striate. Spadix 1-1^ in., subsessile, cylindric, obtuse, 

 ^ in. diam. Sepals and stamens 6 each ; filaments linear-oblong. Stigma minute. 



** SpaAix slender ; flowers in small spirally/ disposed or whorled clusters. 



11. P. latifolius, Hooh.f. ; leaves 5-7 by 25-4 in. oblong or obovate- 

 oblong acute or obtuse base rounded or cuneate, sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncle terminal, bracts 0, spathe linear from a rounded base, 

 tip emarginate mucronate in the sinus much shorter than the stipitate 

 spadix. 



Peeak ; Larnt, alt. 2-3000 ft.. King's Collector. 



Stem climbing, 10-15 ft. ; branches rather stout, internodes 1-1^ in. Leaves 

 coriaceous, nerves nearly horizontal, slightly arching; petiole J-J in., sheath 3-4 in. 

 Pedumole deflexed or sigmoid. Spathe 2J in., pale green, refleied, 5-uerved, mucro 

 ■J in. long. Spadix 3-5 in. , yellow, flowers in approximate equidistant whorls or 

 spirally disposed. 



12. P. nXaing'ayi, Sooh.f.; leaves 4-5 by \-\\ in. narrowly. oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate base cuneate or rounded, sheath divergent from the 

 branch, peduncles terminal, spathe linear oblong? much shorter than the 

 slender stipitate spadix, flowers very minute laxly distantly whorled. 



Malacca, Maingay. (Kew Distrib. 1538, P. graoilis). 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill, internodes ^-1 in. Leaves coriaceous, drying 

 brown ; nerves widely spreading, slightly arched ; petiole ^ in. ; sheath 2^3 in. 

 Peduncle 1^-2 in., usually tortuous. Spathe imperfect. Spadix 3 in., stipes i in. 

 Stamens very short. 



13. P. Curtisii, Hook. f. ; leaves 6-7 by 1^2 in. oblong-lanceolate 

 or linear-oblong acuminate base cuneate or rounded, sheath divergent from 

 the branch, peduncles terminal, spathe narrowly linear from a dilated 

 rounded base shorter than the slender stipitate spadix, flowers in crowded 

 spirals. 



Pebak ; Scortechini ; King's Collector. Pehano ; Curtis. 



Resembles P. Maingayi so closely that 1 hesitate to describe it as specifically 

 difierent, but the flowers are more than twice as large as in that plant, and densely 

 clustered on the much longer (often 6 in.) spadix; and the stamens are much longer. 

 The narrow reflexed spathe is 2-24 in. long- 



14. P. Kunstleri, Hooh. f. ; leaves 8-12 by 2-3^ in. unequal-sided 

 oblong or subfaloately oblanceolate caudate-acuminate, base cuneate or 

 rounded, sheath divergent from the branch, peduncle terminal, spathe 

 linear apiculate, spadix very slender, flowers spirally whorled. 



Pbeak ; King's Collector. 



Stem climbing 10-15 ft. Leaves coriaceous, very variable, the older or lower 

 (like those of P. latifolius) are up to 3 in. broad, acuminate, base rounded, the 

 younger are as long but only 2-2J in. broad, with very long pointed tips and acute 

 bases ; nerves spreading and arching, much more close in the older leaves ; sheaths 



