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Araceae
Rhaphidophora pilosa P.C.Boyce
SUMMARY
Small, homeophyllous (?) liane to unknown ultimate height; seedling stage and pre-adult plants not observed; LEAVES: adult shoot architecture comprised of elongated, clinging, physiognomically unbranched, leafy(?), non-flowering stems and short, free, sympodial, flowering stems; stems terete in cross-section, internodes to at least 5 x 0.5 cm, separated by straight oblique, weak leaf scars; flagellate foraging stems, unknown; clasping roots solitary, stout, arising from nodes; feeding roots not observed; leaves weakly spiro-distichous on free shoots; cataphylls and prophylls chartaceous, very soon degrading into weak fibres and patches of soft felt-like debris; petiole weakly canaliculate, 4.5-9 x 0.2-0.25 cm, smooth, apical and basal geniculum well defined petiolar sheath prominent, chartaceous, extending to apical geniculum, very swiftly degrading to weak fibres and strips of soft felt-like debris; lamina entire, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, occasionally very slightly falcate, 6-18 x 2-3.5 cm, stiffly coriaceous, base rounded to acute, apex long-acuminate with a prominent apicule; midrib raised abaxially, slightly flush to very slightly sunken adaxially; primary venation densely pinnate, very slightly raised abaxially and adaxially; interprimaries parallel to primaries, slightly less pronounced; secondary venation very faintly open-reticulate; INFLORESCENCE solitary, subtended by a foliage leaf and felted debris; peduncle stout, compressed-terete, 8-11 x 0.3-0.5 cm; spathe canoe-shaped, very long stout-acuminate, 9.5 x c. 1.8 cm, marcescent; spadix cigar-shaped, sessile, 5.5 x 1 cm; stylar region rhombohexagonal, c. 0.9--1 x 1.2-1.5 mm, truncate; stigma punctiform, flush, c. 0.4 mm diam.; anthers not exserted at male anthesis; INFRUCTESCENCE cylindrical, c. 8 x 1.8 cm.