Cryptocoryne^ 
CLVIII. AROIDEiE. 
87 
yellow bodies (sterile females) above the pistils. Hah. Streams in 
forests. Malacca (Griffith); Jus (Goodenoiigh); Bukit Sadanen 
and Sungei Hudang (Derry). Distrib. Borneo, and Java. 
(3) C. purpurea Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 46, p. 44; 
Mat. iii. 5. C. Griffithii Hook. fil. Hot. Mag. 7719 (not of Schott). 
Stoloniferous plant. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, base 
broad, 3 in. long, 175 in. wide; petiole 4 in. long. Scape *5 in. 
long. Spathe 3 in. long or more, tube twisted, *25 in. through 
white, limb ovate caudate, -5 to i in. wide, pustular, purple, mouth 
yellow. Spadix appendix small, elliptic, clubbed. Male flowers 
few. Females 6 to 8 in a circle. 5 or more neuters above them. 
Hah. In slow streams in forest. Johor, Kota Tinggi (Ridley). 
(4) C. pontederisefolia Schott, Miq. Atm. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 
i. 122; Ridl. Mat. iii. 5 - . ... i 
Leaves ovate cordate, auricled, 2 in. long, 1*5 ui. wide; petioles 
3 in long. Spathe tube 4 in. long, rather stout, limb ovate-lanceo¬ 
late, 1-5 in. long, -5 in. wide, tail 5 in. long, deep purple, ^mt 
obconic, carpels 5. Seed elongate cylindric, ribbed. HaR Rare 
in slow running streams. Johor, between Johor town and Gunong 
Piilai (Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(5) C. Griffithii Schott, Syn. Avoid. i.; Prodr. Sysi. Avoid. 14; 
Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 493. . 
Leaves ovate, olive above, pink beneath, 2 m. long, i '25 m. 
wide; petioles 4 to 5 in. long. Scape i in. long. Spathe tube 
cylindric, 1*5 in. long, white, limb ovate cuspidate pustular, dark 
red. Spadix appendage slender. Female ovaries connate pus^ 
tular 6. Capsule conic, 6-lobed, pink; styles persistent, *5 in. 
long. Hah. In slow streams in thick jungle, common m the south, 
Singapore, Tanglin; Kranji; Bukit Timah; Chan Chu 
Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Malacca, Tabong (Griffith); 
Bukit Sadanen (Derry). , rt jj ^ 
(6) C. affmis N. E. Br. in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 494: Rtdl. Mat. 
Leaves lanceolate-oblong, sub-cordate obtuse, bullate, dark 
green above, purple beneath, 2 to 3 in. long, -75 to i in. wide. 
Scape -5 to i in. long. Spathe-tube 3 in. long, -25 in. through, 
limb narrow lanceolate, 2 to 2-5 in. long, purple above white 
beneath, spirally twisted. Spadix appendage ovoid. Carpels 
6 or 7. Hah. In shallow gravelly streams forming a mat of leaves, 
the spathe always seems to lie horizontally beneath the water. 
Pahang, Tahan River. Perak (Scortechini); Grit and Ulu Temen- 
goh (Ridley). ^ 
(7) C. elliptica N. E, Br. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 495; 
Mat. iii. 6. . , - -j . 
Leaves orbicular or ovate cordate, blunt, 1-5 m. long, i in. wide, 
petioles 2 to 3 in. long; peduncle -5 in. long, hardly lengthening 
in fruit. Spathe tube 1-5 to 2 in. long; limb not pustular, lanceo- 
