94 cLViiL ARoiDE^. {Amorphophallus. 
long, red. Hah. Adang islands on Pulaii Tengah in screes of dusty 
dry clay and on the seashore (Ridley). 
(6) A. perakensis Engler, Pfianzenreich, iv. 23c, p. 90. 
Tuber small. Leaf, petiole 2 ft. long, blade glaiicescent trisect, 
segments impartite then pinnate partite, lobes oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, 1*2 to 2-4 in. long. Peduncle 1*5 in. long. Spathe 3 in. 
long, I in. wide. Spadix appendage very attenuate, 1*5 in. long. 
Male portion 2 in. long. Stamens 2 or 3 in a flower, crowded; 
anthers sub-sessile, female part short; ovaries sub-globose; style 
as long; stigma 3- to 5-iobed. Hah, Perak, no locality given 
(Wray 3474). 
I have not seen this plant. 
(7) A. Prainii, Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 516. 
Tuber 6 in. across or more. Leaf petiole 2 to 6 ft. tall, stout, 
green, marbled white, blade light green, 4 ft. across; leaflets 4 to 8, 
on each branch, lanceolate caudate, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide. Peduncle 
3 in. long, thick, mottled like petiole, with large pink sheaths. 
Spathe tube 2 to 3 in. long, pinkish outside, inside lemon yellow, 
deep maroon purple at the base, limb ovate, broad blunt, 8 in. across, 
yellow. Spadix as long; appendage 2 in. long, 1*5 in. through, 
greyish white. Male portion i in. long. Stamens numerous, crowded, 
white. Female flowers in 3 or 4 spirals, crimson; style stout; stigma 
bilobed. Drupes -25 in. long, elliptic, red, Hab, The commonest 
species in forests, especially by forest paths. Singapore, Bukit 
Timah; Selangor, Batu Caves. Pahang River. Perak, Thaiping 
Hills. Bindings. Penang, Penara Bukit and Hill (Curtis, etc.). 
Rahman, Bukit Besar (Gwjmne-Vaughan). Distrib. Sumatra. 
Native names: Loki; Likir; in Sakai language, Begung. Use: 
For admixture with Antiaris latex in dart poison, used by Sakais. 
I once found a plant in Penang in which the appendage was quite 
suppressed. 
(8) A. carnosus Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 41, p. 47; 
Mat. iii. 14. 
Tuber rounded, flat topped, 2 in. across. Leaf, petiole 14 to 
15 in. tall, *5 in. through at base, smooth, dirty white with Indian red 
blotches, blade 3-branched, 6 to 8 in. wide; leaflets lanceolate, light 
green, 5-5 in. long, 1-5 to 175 in. \\ide. Peduncle 3-5 in. long. 
Spathe 5 in. long, loosely convolute, limb pinkish, blotched brown. 
Spadix a little longer; appendage conic, obtuse, 3 in. long, i in. 
through at base, flesh colour; male portion 2 in. long, greenish; 
flowers crowded densely. Ovaries flask-shaped; styles short and 
thick. Hab. On limestone rocks where a few decayed leaves have 
rested. Lankawi island (Curtis). Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang. 
Perlis, Bukit Lagi, Kanga (Ridley). 
(9) A. hsematospadix Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 517; Ridl. Mat. iii. 
14. 
Tuber hemispheric. Leaf 2 ft, tall; petiole 20 in. long, 75 in. 
