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some craft lying off this beach, than that they have been brought by the sea from 
the Nicobars, or that they have been deliberately introduced by man. 
XLiii. PANDAJSTACEJi:. xxxiii. 
131. Paxdanus ODORATissiMus Linn. f. ISTarcondam (110), common at 
Coco Bay and elsewhere ; Barren Island (59), at Anchorage Bay. 
India, Indo-China, Malaya. 
XLiv. AROIDE^. —. 
132. Amorphophallus (Candarum) rex Prain, sp. nov. inhere magno 
depresso-glohoso ; cataphyllis 4, ohlongo-lanceolatis ; folii petiole parum 
asperate vix maculate, lamina trisecta segmentis irregnlariter dichotomis 
iterumqne pinnatisectis, pinnnlis (imis nonnnnqnam exceptis) ad costulas 
decnrrentibus, ovato-ohlongis, candato-acnminatis, nervis supra impressis, 
suhtus prominentibns, sinubus angustis ; pedunculo crasso florifero brevi, 
fi’uctigero elongate; spatha juniore cataphyllis obtecta, matura tubo 
infundibulari crasso in laminam late campanulatam margine tandem 
reflexa nndnlato-plicatam postice acntninatam expanse ; spadice spatha 
subdnplo longiore, erecto, stricto, crasso; inflorescentiis tnbo spatlnn 
subinclnsis, foeminea snrsnm parum angustata quam masculnm parnm 
obconicam dimidio longiore, appendice crassa conico-pyramidali inflore¬ 
scentiis dimidio longiore et, saltern prope basin, qnam eas triple latiore. 
Narcondam (111), very common. 
Tuhere diam. 9-18-poll.; cataphyllis spiraliter dispositis, imo exteriore 3 poll., 
altero 9 poll., tertio 12 poll, summo interiore 19 poll, longis, omnibus 2 poll, latis, 
pallide viridibus maculis olivaceis, demumtamen subconcoloribus luteis ; petiole 2 5- 
6-pedali basi ipsa d'S poll, crasso, sursum spatio brevi ita incrassato ut loco 
supra solum 4 poll, alto crassitudinis 5-pollicaris, delude paullatim se coartante et 
apud trifurcationem diam. 3-5 poll, tantum, pallide viridi, maculis olivaceis, demum 
subconcolore olivaceo; lamina diam. 5'5-ped., supra olivacea subtus prasina, segmen¬ 
tis singulis 36 poll, longis, pinnnlis ultimis 8-10 poll, longis, his 3-3-25 poll, latis ; 
pedunculo florifero brevi, 2-5 poll, tantum longo, fructigero ad 30 poll, elongate, 
l'5-2 poll, crasso, juniore pallide viridi mature purpurascente; spatha a latere 
16 poll., a basi ad apicem versus 19 poll, longa, infra substantiae carnosae sursum 
tenuescente, extus concolore pallide viridi, intus ad basin verruculosam lutea, 
supra pallide viridi ibi tamen margine excepto cito flavescente ; spadice tota 21-5 
poll, longa, parte feeminea 4 5 poll, longa, basi 2'25 poll, apice 1‘75 poll, crassa, 
(fructigera 7 poll, longa et 3-5 poll, crassa) ex ovariis globosis 0-2 poll. diam. 
viridibus, 2-(rarissime 3-jlocularibus, sessilibiis, subcontiguis, in stylos 0-3 poll, 
longos, luteos contractis, stigmatibus plicatim 2-3-lobis, loculis 1-o-vulatis, ovulis 
semianatropis decurvis, funiculo elongate angulo interiore parum supi-a basin 
affixis, in ala placentali circa basin funiculo exoriente et loculum fere totum 
complente innixis eademque amplexis ; parte masctila 3 poll, longa, basi 1 75 poll., 
apice 2'5 poll, crassa, e floribus 4-5-antheris spiraliter dispositis, antheris singulis 
subsessilibus connective sursum parum producto, ellipsoideis sursum aiigustatis 
apice I'imis luuulatis 2-porosis ; appendice 14 poll, longa, hac basi 6 poll, crassa, 
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