CLVIII. AROIDEiE. 
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Scindapsus^ 
most of the length. Spathe boat-shaped, white 1-5 to 3 in. Jong 
on a peduncle i in. long. Flowers transversely oblong or hex¬ 
agonal. Perianth cupular, adnate to ovary. Stamens flat, linear. 
Fruit greyish white. Hah. Usually on rocks above the tidal rivers, 
not rare. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Bindings, Pangkor; Lumut. 
Province Wellesley (Kunstler). Kemaman (Johnston). Tnngganu. 
Distrib. Borneo and Sumatra. 
There are two forms of this, one with narrow leaves and a small inflores¬ 
cence. the other much broader in leaf and with a large spadix, but they pass 
into each other. rr i r t 
(2) S. pictus Hassk, Cat. Bogor, 1844, p. 58; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vi 341: Ridl. Mat. iil 37 - S. argyv^eus Engl. Arac 233. 
Sem very long, slender, 40 ft. long or more. Leaves (young) 
ovate or orbicular or falcate cordate, green blotched with white, 
a in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles slender, 1-5 in. long; (adult) lanceo¬ 
late falcate or ovate cordate, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 5-5 m. wide, 
dull green; petioles stout, sheathing to top, *5 to 75 m. long. 
Spathe ovate cuspidate, white, thick coriaceous, 2 in. long on 
peduncle -5 to 75 in. long. Spadi.x stout, 1-25 m. long, white 
Filaments very short. Hob. In forests, very common all over the 
Peninsula. Singapore, Biikit Timah; Changi lerak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Legeh (Machado). Dislrib. Borneo, Java, Celebes. 
As this plant only flowers when it reaches the tops of lofty trees it is 
seldom collected, but young plants with their ornamental spotted leaves can 
be seen all over the Peninsula. o 
(3) S. Scortechinii i/ooA. fiL F.B.I. vi. 541; Ridl. Mat. 111. 38; 
Engler, Pfianzenreich, iv. 23B, p. 74, fig. 31- 
Stem slender, creeping over rocks and trees. Leaves coriaceous 
ovate acute, base rounded or lanceolate, dark green, very close- 
nerved, 5 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 3 to 4 in. long, thick. 
Spathe 2 in. long, ovate acute, white. Spadix i to 1-5 in. long, 
•23 in. thick, white. Pistil top elliptic rounded. Seed reniform. 
Hab. On mountains at from 3000 to 5500 ft. altitude. Not rara 
Selangor, Bukit Hitam; Bukit Kutii; Gunong Mengkuang Lebah 
at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). Pahang, Gunong Talmn (at 
3300 ft. altitude). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Bujong Malacca; Gunong 
BatuPutih; Gunong Inas (Yapp). Kedah Peak. Distnb. S. Siam, 
(4) S. hederaceus Schott, Bonplandia, v. 1857, p. ^j Hook. fil. 
F.B L vi. 542; Ridl. Mat. iii. 38. S. Treubii Engler, Pfianzenreich, 
S^’em^ 30^ ft. tall or more, climbing, *5 in. through. Leaves 
falcate, lanceolate to oblong, inaequilateral, deep green, acute or 
subacute, base usually naiTOwed, 4 to 8 in. Jong, i to 4 m. wide; 
petioles 3 to 4 in. long, sheathing nearly to the top. Spathe boat¬ 
shaped, acuminate, white, 3 in. long. Spadix cylmdnc 
blunt *23 in. through, white. Flowers 4- or 5-sided, -25 in. across. 
Filaments obcuneate; anthers large obovate, opening by pores 111 
