Ayaoma.] ^ crxvi. ARorpEx, (J. D. Hooker.) 531 
Fort very indistinct. Petiole not half the length of the blade, slender. Spathe 
W-green. Seed 3 in. long, linear-oblong. 
13. A. costatum, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1892, i. 426; leaves 
m. ovate acute or cuspidate, blotched with white base retuse or sub- 
te, primary nerves 7-9 pairs spreading and strongly arched, petiole 
stout, porter than the blade, peduncle stout, spathe 1 in. obovoid, spadix 
nding. 
Faas, Curtis (Hort. Veitch). . 
Leaves 21-3 in. broad, dark green, costa stout, base rather unequal-sided ; 
petiole 2 in, diam., terete, sheath basal. Spathe light green, subacute. Spadiz very 
» the protruding male part $ in, long, 4 in. diam. 
21. HOMALOMENA, Schott. 
Herbs, rhizome stout or 0. Leaves eitire very variable in shape. Spathe 
‘ually erect, convolute, wholly persistent round the fruit. Spada in- 
ued; male and fem. infl. close together, cylindric; ovaries with or 
ont clavate staminodes. Stamens distinct, in dense groups; anther- 
3 very short or oblong opening by pores or slits; connective thick. 
"és ovoid or globose, perfectly or imperfectly 2-4-celled, stigma sessile ; 
es 2-seriate or the placentas, anatropous or 5-anatropous. Berries few- 
ft many-seeded. Seeds small, ovoid, albuminous. Embryo axile.—Species 
ut 30, tropical. 
Chamecladon, as constituted by Schott, cannot (as Mr. N. E. Brown had 
e Observed) be separated from Homalomena by the ovarian cells, or by any 
m a DiäCter. A more natural generic division of the species of both would be 
ptn at? with the spathe contracted above the fem. infl. and those with no such 
wutraetion; and I have adopted this as a sectional character. The further group- 
mie the species here described is artificial, and not very reliable, it is the best I 
ify Lite from Herbarium and often hardly sufficient specimens. H. rostrata 
the from the generic character in having a vacant space in the spadix between 
* and fem, infi. 
D 
Spathe contracted above the female infl. 
LH. sagi 1;1 tel 
o tteefolia, Jungh. ex Schott Prodr. 311; leaves ovately 
?' deltoidly sagittate acuminate not much longer than broad, basal lobes 
tube J Spreading, sinus rounded at the base, spathes many 3-4 in. long, 
4p, "Wh shorter than the limb. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. zn Engler 
Engler £ c "E propinqua, Schott in Ann. Mus. Lwgd. Bat. i. ; 
Lon aiK; Scortechini, Wray, alt. 2500-3C00 ft., King’s Collector.—DISTRIB. 
cng bast (stemless, Scortech.). Leaves 8-14 by 6-10 in., firm ; lobes rarely 
oo. £ Sinus broad or narrow; nerves rather strong ; petiole 1-1} ft., sheathing 
te middle. Pedunele 6-9 in. Tube of spathe 1-1} in., limb 2-3 in, by 1 broad, 
| jg,’ Pink When young. Spadizx stipitate. Male inf. 3 in. by lin. diam., fem. 
`, Sta ‘ens in groups of 5-6. Ovary oblong, 3-celled; stigma pulvinate.— 
Pt. chiefly from notes by Scortechini. 
S R. Paludosa, Hook. f.; leaves oblong-hastate usually twice as 
gas broad acuminate, basal lobes divaricate obtuse or rounded, sinus 
Uthe li deep, base rounded, spathes numerous 3-4 in., tube as long 
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