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19 . LASIA, Lour. 
A large marsh plant with stout stem. Leaves long-petioled, 
pinnatifid or entire hastate, petiole, midrib, nerves beneath and the 
tall peduncle thorny. Spathe very long narrow, openipg only at 
the base. Spadix short, cylindric. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 4 to 
6 ovate cuneate. Stamens as many; filaments broad; anther- 
lobes broad blunt. Pistils conic, i-celled, i-ovuled; styles stout; 
stigmas discoid. Drupe sub-globose ribbed and warted. Species i, 
India, Cochinchina, China, Malaya. ^ 
(i) L. aculeata Lour. FI. Cochinchine, 81; Ridl. Mat. 111. 46. 
L. heterophylla Schott^ Melct. i. 21; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 55 ^- 
Steni 2 to 3 ft. long, -5 in. through. Leaf blade deeply cut into 
4 to 8 pairs of lanceolate acuminate lobes, 1*5 in. across, basal 
lobes defiexcd, trifid, i ft. long; petioles i to 4 ft. long. Peduncle 
I ft. long, green. Spathe cylindric acuminate, 14 in. long, brown 
purplish. Spadix 1-5 in. long, yellow. Sepals pale green. Fruiting 
spadix 3 in. long, thick, green. Berry -5 in. long. Hah. In river 
mud usually tidal, common. Singapore, Jurong; Chan Chu Kang. 
Johor, Sungei Tebrau. Selangor, Batu Caves. Pahang, Pekan. 
Perak, Simpang (Wray); Temengoh. Perils, Kanga. Native 
names: Gli-Gli; Bekil. 
20 . PODOLASIA, N. E. Brown. 
Stem creeping. Leaves hastate, sagittate or 3-lobed, long- 
petioled thorny. Spathe linear or ovate, expanded. Spadix half 
as long, stipitate cylindric. Perianth segments 4 to 6. Stamens 
as many, opposite. Ovary ovoid-oblong truncate, i-celled, i basal 
ovule. Drupe red. Species i, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and 
Borneo. ^ .. rr 1 r, 
(i) P. stipitata N. E. Br. Card, Chron. 1882, 11. 70; Hook. fd. 
F.B.I. vi. 550; Ridl. Mat. iii. 46. 
Terrestrial plant with a short thick stem i in. long. Leaves 
10 to 20 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide, dark olive green; nerves 
prominent; petioles 21 in. long or less, thorny, base sheathing. 
Peduncle 17 to 27 in. long, thorny below. Spathe 5 in. long, -5 to 
I in. wide, purple. Spadix, on a stipe -5 to i in. long, cylindric 
blunt, over 2 in. long, base white, tip purple. Fruiting spadix 
6 in. long. Drupe globose red, -25 in. long. Seed globose. Hah. 
Local and not very common in dry w'oods. Johor, Gunong Pantai; 
Gunong Piilai. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Rclau Tujor (Wray). 
Dindings, Telok Sera (Ridley). 
21 . CYRTOSPERMA, Griff. 
Tall aquatic aroids with long petioles often thorny, and hastate 
leaves. Peduncle tall thorny. Spathe persistent, ovate, expanded. 
Spadix short, stipitate or not. Sepals 4 to 8 truncate, tips incurved. 
