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Amorphophallits.} CLViir. aroide.e. 
through at base, olive colour, blade i ft. across, trifid, with 5 oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate dark green leaflets 5 to 7 in. long, 2 in. across, 
narrowed at base. Peduncle 10 to 12 in. tall, black; sheaths 6 in. 
long, orange at base. Spathe 6 in. long, tube broad, limb lanceo¬ 
late acuminate, i in. wide, pure white, base and back pinkish. 
Spadix 6 to 7 in. long; appendage cylindric, blunt, deep purple, 
almost black. Male portion short red. Female portion cylindric; 
flowers crow^ded, se.ssile, globose; style stout. Hah. On limestone 
rocks. Lankawi isles. Terutau (Curtis). Perlis, near Kanga. Jalor, 
Biserat (Gwynne-Vaughan). 
(10) A. variabilis Bl. Rmnphia, i. 146, t. 36, 37; Ridl. Mat. 
iii. 14. A. elatus Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 316. Brachyspatha varia¬ 
bilis Schott, Syn. 35; Gen. Ar. t. 29; Card. Chron. 1876, figs. 129, 
130. 
Tuber cylindric, carrot-shaped or hemispheric. Leaf, petiole 
6 to 30 in. tall, base -75 in. through, smooth, olive green with pale 
spots, blade trifid pinnatisect, lobes ovate to lanceolate acuminate, 
5 in. long, 2 in. wide. Peduncle 3 to 4 ft. long, marbled olive brown. 
Spathe base campanulate, 2 in, long, limb lanceolate narrow', -5 in. 
long. Spadix i ft. long or more; appendage cylindric acuminate, 
•5 in. through, wLite. Male portion 1-5 in. long; flow^ers crowded, 
light brown. Female shorter; pistils globose; style very short. 
Hah. Limestone rocks grow'ing in clefts. Lankawi. Terutau. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills. Distrib. Java. 
(11) A. elegans Ridl. Journ. Roy. A5. Soc. S. Br. 86, p. 310. 
Tuber 3 in. through, globose. Leaf, petiole slender, 2 to 3 ft. 
tall, green, mottled grey, smooth, blade of 3 branches, two outer 
ones 3-branched wdth petiolules 3 in. long, lobes 3 or 4 on each 
branch oblong, long-cuspidate, base cuncate inaequilateral; nerves 
II pairs, secondaries nearly as conspicuous, all inarching in an 
intramarginal nerve; 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, cusp i in. long; 
petiolules -12 in. long. Peduncle slender, 3 ft. tall, mottled grey- 
green and pink with scattered light green blotches. Spathe limb 
narrow', lanceolate acute, 5 in. long, pale green with small dark 
green blotches. Female portion of spike *5 in. long, green with 
sessile yellow stigmas. Male portion cylindric, 3 in. long. Stamens 
white; anther-cells pink. Appendage long cjiindric, slender rugose 
white, 4 in. long. Hah. Mountain forests, Negri Sembilan, Bukit 
Tangga (Ridley). 
6 . HAPALINE, Schott. 
Small tuberous herbs. Leaf i, petiolate thin, cordate. Scape 
slender. Spathe tubular at base, limb lanceolate or linear-oblong. 
Spadix cLS long, slender. Male part elongate. Female part adnate 
to the tube. Male flower an elongate peltate stipitate scale with 
four to eight anther-cells from margin. Ovaries few flask-shaped, 
i-celled, i-ovuled. Species 3, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
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