90 
CLVni. AROIDE^. 
[AnscBma. 
acuminate, deep green with 2 longitudinal white bars, 6 to 7 in. 
long. Scape 13 in. tall, pale with transverse reddish bars. Spathe 
tube green, limb ovate, i in. long, -75 in. wide, yellow striped and 
tipped green. Male spadix 2 in. long, appendix filiform, yellow, 
hardly projecting from tube. Anthers 3, connate, stipitate. Female 
unknown, ffab. Mountain woods. Selangor, Bukit Hitam; 
Semangkok Pass; Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Perak, Bujong 
Malacca. Penang, Government Hill (Curtis). 
4. TYPHONIUM, Schott. 
Tuberous herbs. Leaves few, entire or 3- to 5-Iobed or pedati- 
sect. Spathe base tubular, limb ovate-lanceolate or linear deciduous. 
Spadix exsert, appendix long. Male flowers numerous. Anthers 
oblong sessile. Females crowded, some neuters above them. 
Ovary i-celled. Berries oblong, i- or 2-seeded. Species 15, Old 
World tropics. 
Limb of spathe broadly ovate acuminate. 
Stem subterranean tuberous. 
Appendix short and thick; tip of spathe not 
coiled . . . . . . . (i) T. trilobatum 
Appendix longer, slender; lip of spathe coiled - (2) T, Roxburghii 
Stem above ground, supported by roots . . (3) T. fultum 
Limb linear, stem tuberous. 
Small plant; inflorescence 3 in. long . . • (4) T. flliforme 
Large plant; inflorescence 6 in. long . . • (5) T. cuspidatum 
(1) T. trilobatum Schott, Wien Zeitschr, iii. 72; Hook. fit. 
F.B.I. vii. 509; Ridl. Mat. iii. 9. 
Tubers *5 in. across. Leaves trilobed, 3 or 4; midlobe ovate 
acuminate, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide, laterals shorter, sub-bilobed at 
base, iniequilateral; petioles 15 in. long. Scape i in. long, green, 
mottled red. Spathe tube broad, 2 in. long, i in. wide, olive, blade 
ovate acuminate, deep red, 5 to 7 in. long, 3 in. across. Spadix 
nearly 6 in. long. Appendix cylindric red, base dilated and trun¬ 
cate, 3 in. long, *4 in. through, nude part below, *25 in. long. ]\Iale 
part rose pink, *5 in. long; anthers 4-lobed. Below a nude part, 
•5 in. long, then numerous filiform neuters. Female portion -4 in. 
long. Fruit oblong, i-seeded. Hah. Waste ground in villages, 
chiefly on the east coast and in the north, Pahang, Pekan and other 
spots on the Pahang River. Perlis, Kanga. Kelantan, Chaning. 
Rahman, Koh Chai Kow, foot of Bukit Besar (Gwynne-Vaughan). 
Jalor, Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. Upper Laos, Cam¬ 
bodia, Siam, India, Ceylon. 
(2) T. Roxburghii Schott, Aroid. i. 12 t. 17; Ridl. Mat. iii. 10. 
Tuber sub-globose, young leaves ovate cordate, adult 3-lobed, 
side-lobes lanceolate very inaequilateral on the outer side, 3-5 in. 
long, 1-5 in. wide; midlobe ovate acuminate, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide; 
petioles 6 in. long. Scape i in. long. Spathe tube 1*5 in. long, 
