532 OLXVI. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Homalomena. 
PERAK; Larut, in very wet jungly places, King’s Collector, Seortechini. : 
Leaves 7-10 by 23-4 in. ; primary nerves slender; petiole 8-12 in.. sheathing a 
the middle. Peduncles 2-7, 6-7 in. when flowering, elongating to 12 in. Le : 
white, striped with pale green. Spadiz stout, stipitate, male infl. ed ender, 
about equalling the fem. Ovary 3-celled; stigma pulvinate, obscurely 3-lobed. 
3. H. rostrata, Grif. Notul. iii. 154 (err. typ. roshalum) ; linh $ 
leaves 12-20 by 3-6 in. oblong-lanceolate acuminate, petiole as d 
sheathing to beyond the middle, spathes many 4-6 in. Schott Ski dr. 
Prodr. 312. Chamecladon sanguinolentum, Griff. Le, 147 ; Schott . 
316. 
MarAcca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5989, 5990). 
Habit of deit Geck (Griffith). Leaves coriaceous, dark green, unita 
base acute or cuneate ; primary nerves many, faint. Peduncles crowded, ile: tube 
8-12 in. Spathes constricted below the middle, fleshy, green, margins w! A "about 
narrow, limb convolute. Spadiz shortly stipitate, slightly curved; male mn. itate. 
twice as long as fem. with a short naked space intervening; staminodes cap 
Ovaries subglobose, 2-4-celled; stigma pulvinate. 
** Spathe not contracted above the fem. infi. 
f Leaves 6-12 in. broad, deeply cordate sagittate or hastate. Spathe 
2-4 in. long. 
4. H. rubescens, Kunth Enum. iii. 57; leaves cordate or sagittately 
cordate acuminate, basal lobes semi-ovate or rounded approximate "118; 
shorter than the anticous, sinus narrow, spathes red. Schott En er 
Prodr. 310; Engl. Arac. 336 (excl. singaporensis). H. rubra, e Sem. 
Regel Gartenfl. (1869), t. 634. Zantedeschia rubens, C. Koch Ind: è. 
Tor t. perol. 1854, app. Calla rubescens, Rozb. Fl. Ind. iii. 515; H 
c. t. . 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA and KHASIA Hitts, J. D. H. CHITTAGONG, Buchanan: 
DISTRIB. Java. : ith red, 
Caudez short, rooting, 1 in. diam. Leaves 6-12 in., usually tinged "leaf, and 
sinus subacute or rounded at the red petiole, which is longer than tne oblong; 
sheathing for $ its length. Peduncles several, 3-4 in., stout. Spathe M of this 
acute at base and top.—I am very doubtful as to the limits and habi o, Ror- 
species, it being impossible to distinguish some forms of caerulescens from the sinus 
burgh, perhaps by error, describes the petioles as 1-5 ft. long ; he figures 
as more acute than in any of the specimens I refer to the species. 
e ves 
5. H. aromatica, Schott Melet. i. 20; Syn. 117; P rodr. 309; gro 
as in H. rubescens but lobes divaricate and spathe green. D Enum. 
335. H. cordata, Schott Melet. 20; Syn. 118; Prodr. 309; Zen, Ann. 
Di. 57; Mig. FL. Ind. Bat. iii, 211. H. Gaudichaudii, Schott in A'E: Koch 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 280. Zantedeschia aromatica, cordata and foot li A 3 
Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. (1854), app. Calla aromatica, Rorb. Ft. 
, Cal. 
t 8 Bot. Mag. t. 2279; Wight Ic. t. 805. C. occulta, Lodd. Bot 
burg’ 
ASSAM ; Masters, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 5966, 5967). Currracone, Bos would 
This is no doubt a different plant from H. rubescens, as living Spe? drawing, | 
show ; but except the h's 
: green more obtuse spathe, as shown in Roxburg^ . 
find no diagnostic characters given, and T have seen no authentic specimen® of the 
burgh’s character of basal lobes rounded and divaricate is contravened Dy te sinus 
"nhi . u 
leaves in his drawing, which accord in its deeply cordate base and very 9 
with H. rubescens. 
