CLVIII. AROIDE.E. 
Typhonium.'\ 
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greenish, streaked brown-red, limb 2 in. across, ovate acuminate, 
daik brown red, tip greenish, convolute. Spadix 8 in. long. 
Appendix 6 in. long, cylindric acuminate, deep purple. Male 
portion *4 in. long. Stamens in 8 or 9 whorls, yellow, pollen pink; 
below a nude portion bent, -5 in. long. Neuters cylindric, yellow. 
Female portion short. Hab. Weed in waste ground, Singapore, 
Botanic Gardens. Malacca (Cantley). Penang (Curtis). Distrih. 
India, Ceylon, Borneo, Philippines, Java. 
(3) T. fultum Ridl. Roy. .ds. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 45; Mat. iii. 10. 
Not tuberous, the stem emitting short stilt roots. Leaves 5 or 
6, ovate-cordate or deltoid-hastate, 2 to 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, tip 
acute; petioles *5 in. long. Scape -25 in. long. Spathe tube green, 
dilate, -25 to *5 in. long, limb i to 2 in. long, -5 in. wide, purple 
ribbed, tip green. Spadix as long, appendix orange brown, 
cylindric, base thick, acuminate above, below a nude part, then 
male, 6 rows of yellow antliers, then a longer nude portion; neuters 
numerous, horn-shaped, white. Female one whorl of pistils, Hab. 
Limestone rocks, in shady damp spots. Selangor, Batu Caves 
(Ridley). Lankawi islands (Curtis). 
(4) T. filiforme Ridl. Journ. Roy. .ds. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 45; 
Mat. iii. ii. 
Tuber globose, -3 in,’ through. Leaves 2 or 3, deltoid-hastate 
acuminate, lobes acute, 2 to 3 in. long, *75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
slender, 2 to 5 in. long. Scape *25 in. long, tube *25 in. long, olive 
green, limb linear very narrow, yellowish, spotted red. Spadix 
slender, 3*5 in. long; appendix ochre, 3 in. long, filiform, nude 
portion long; male short; neuters filiform twisted. Female flowers 
few. Hab. Rare, Limestone rocks, Perak, Kwala Dipang (Ridley). 
(5) T. cuspidatum Bl. Cat. Hort. Bait. lor; Rumphia, i. 133, 
pi. 10, figs. 1-3; Ridl. Mat. iii. ir; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 511. Arum 
flagelliforme Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 396; Wight Ic. i. 791. 
Tuber oblong or globose, i in. long. Stem 2 in. tall. Leaves 
3 or 4, ovate-hastate or triangular, 4 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles 3 to 9 in. long. Scape i in. long, Spathe base dilated, 
globose, bright green, *75 in. long; limb linear acute, deflexed, 4 in. 
long, *5 in. wide, green, edged red-brown. Spadix 4 to 6 in. long; 
appendix filiform, base conic, yellow, 3 to 5 in. long. Male flowers 
yellow, below these white decurved neuters, and horizontal purple- 
tipped ones. Female portion short. Hab. Waste ground, Singa¬ 
pore, Gardens (probably introduced). Malacca (Griffith), in ditches 
near the town. Penang, Sepoy lines; Pulau Tikus (Curtis). Distrib. 
India, Siam, Malaya, Cambodia to Iffiilippines and Timor. 
var. angifsiissimmn Ridl. Journ, Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 218. 
Blade of leaf trifid with narrow linear lobes, central one erect, 
5 to 6 in. long, -5 in. wide at base. Hab. Perlis, Kanga (Ridley). 
Distrib. South Siam. 
