88 CLVin. AROiDE^E. {Cfyptocoryne. 
late; tip twisted and bent back. Hah. Perak, Larut, Simgei Larut 
(Kunstler and Wray). 
(8) C. minima Ridl. Journ. Roy. ds. Soc. S. By. 54, p. 61. 
A very small plant, rhizome stout, i in. long. Leaves ovate to 
ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, base rounded, i to 1-5 in. long, *75 to 
1 in. wide, dull green bullate above, purple beneath; petioles 
2 to 2-25 in. long. Spathe sessile, tube -5 in. long, limb ovale- 
oblong, -25 in. long, yellow, spotted with brown. Fruit obovoid, 
purple, -5 in. long, on a short pedicel. Hah. Rare in muddy patches 
near forest. Perak, Tapah (Ridley). 
3 . ARISiEMA, Mart. 
Tuberous herbs with one or two petioled trilobed or pedatisect 
herbaceous leaves. Spathe tube convolute, limb usually decurved 
and tailed. Spadix included or exserted with a filiform, often very 
long appendage. Male flowers stipitate. Anthers 2 to 5. Females 
densely crowded. Ovary i-celled. Style short or 0. Neuters 
none or above the flowers subulate. Berries one to few-seeded. The 
species of the Malay peninsula are usually unisexual. The appen¬ 
dage frequently grows in length after the spathe is open. Species 
about 50, temperate and tropical Asia and North America. 
Leaves trifoliate. 
Appendix shorter than limb. 
Limb of spathe *5 in. wide, ovate-lanceolate 
Limb of spathe 2 in. across, broadly ovate 
Limb of spathe broadly ovate, -75 in. wide, i in. 
long. 
Appendix very long fimbriate .... 
Leaves pedatisect, lobes 4 to 8. 
Limb of spathe very large, longer than tube 
Limb of spathe shorter than tube 
(1) A. Roxburgbii 
(2) A. ftliforme 
{3) A. anomalum 
(4) A. fimbriatuni 
(5) A. Wrayi 
(6) A. Scortechinii. 
(i) A. 'RoxhurghiiKunih. Enuni. ii. 18 ; Hook. fil. F.B.l. vi. 497. 
Arum cuspidatum/v’o.'rft. FI. Ind. iii. 506; Wight, leones, i. 784. 
Tuber sub-globose. Leaves i or 2; petioles 8 to 10 in. long, 
grey or green, mottled red; leaflets 3, ovate acuminate, 5 in. long, 
2-25 in. wide; petiolules of side-lobes *25 in. long, of central lobe 
•75 in. long. Peduncle 7 in. long, mottled pink. Spathe tube 
1 in. long, dull pink, limb ovate acuminate, yellowish green, i in. 
long, *5 in. wide. Spadix short, filiform, 1-25 in. long, appendage 
•75 in. long, yellowish, lower part of spadix dark green. Anthers 
4 or 5 in a cluster. Fruit spike 2 in. long. Hah. Banks and woods 
to 5000 ft. altitude. Selangor, Batu Caves; Gunong Mengkuang 
Lebah at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Pahang, Kota Glanggi; 
Telom. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson), Piilau Adang, Lan- 
kawi. Penang Hill. 
var. Kimsileri A. Kunsileri Hook. fil. l.c. A rather smaller 
plant with somewhat narrower leaflets. Perak, Thaiping Hills 
(Kunstler and Derry). Penang Hill (all collectors). 
