534 CLXII. AROIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Homalomena, 
i -patent 
or acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, nerves 5-8 pairs erecto-pa 
arched, petiole slender sheathing half way up or less, peduncles many Med 
short, spathe elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, fem. infi. 2-3 the ong 4945; 
male. Chamecladon humile, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 213; Engler 2 Aroid. 
Te. ined. No. 104. Calla humilis, Jack in Mal. Misc. i. No. 1, 22.— . 
Wall. Cat. 8959 (in part). 
PENANG, Wallich, Porter. PERAK, Scortechini.—DisTRiB. Borneo. , a 
Rootstock 2-3 in, as thick as a swan’s quill. Leaves rather thi, margins ot 
minutely crisped when dry; petiole 5-6 in.; costa and nerves Kaesch 2 in. 
Peduneles 3-1 in. Spathe rather membranous, not striate. Spare 5e figure the 
long, obtuse; fem. infl. about & in. with or without staminodes.— ngle 
nerves as very numerous, but describes them corectly as 9-8 pairs. 
1i dr 
ll. H. velutina, Scortechini mss.; leaves 25-5 by 13-25 in. ue di 
oblong or obovate-oblong acute, base rounded cuneate hi 21 to 4 of its 
petiole, nerves 10-15 pairs strong beneath, petiole sheat Eh a recur 
length, peduncles many very short, spathes 3-3 1n. narrow wi 
cusp, spadix sessile, fem. infl. 2-3 the length of the male. 
PERAK, Scortechini; at Sunga Ryah, King’s Collector. . ther 
Rootstock as thick as the. little finger, copiously rooting. s pupillos; 
coriaceous, rigid when dry, tip apiculate, or not, upper surface minu Poquncles 
nerves slender, raised on both surfaces ; petiole 1-2 in. ; rather stout. odes, ovoid, 
in. Spathe cylindric, blood-red. Ovaries with or without small stami ° Zi ace of 
stigma very large.—Name given by Scortechini, who describes the Ka the under 
the leaf as velvety (which is, I think, caused by minute papilla) an ished by the 
surface as dotted with white. Probably a form of H. humilis, distingu 
more numerous nerves of the leaf. 
. less 
12. H. Grifüthii, Hook. f.; leaves 4-7 by 14-24 in. Wise 
obliquely elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate tip curve tant slightly 
acuminate base rounded or cuneate, nerves 4-5 pairs erecto-pa Tn any verf 
arched, petiole slender sheathing 1 the way up, peduncles 7 stipitate. 
short, spathe %-14 in. ovoid acuminate or rostrate, spa Prodr. 3193 
Chamacladon Griffithii, Schott in Bonpland. (1858), 369; 
Engler Arac. 346; Ic. ined. n. 113. 
Matacca, at Ayer Punus Griffith. —DisTRIB. Borneo. ther thiu, 
Rhizome as thick as the little finger, copiously rooting. Leaves H brow! i 
base usually unequal-sided, costa and nerves slender, tip mucrone nger than the 
petiole 4-6 in. Pedunclel-2in. Spathe green.' Male infi. rather long 
x . . C . ries. 
fem. acuminate; fem. with many capitate staminodes amongst the ova 
. iptic- 0T 
13. H. Scortechinii, Hook. f.; leaves 5-7 by 1-2 Wei Se 
oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate base narrowed ae vader sheath- 
nerves 5-7 pairs erecto-patent arched very slender, petiole s Wë k, 
ing i-i way up, peduncles 2-3 in., spathe 1-1} in. oblong with à c 
spadix sessile. ; lector. 
PERAK, Scortechini; on Mt. Bubong in bamboo forests, King's Co tip curve» 
Rootstock as thick as a swan’s quill, rooting. Leaves rather thin, Spathe light 
base rarely unequal-sided ; petiole 2-6 in. Peduncle rather slender. (velvety g! 
green with a darker green center (King's Coll.) dark green “ with lender male 
above," Scortechini). Spadix sessile, fem. ing. shorter than the ‘are narrow’ 
Ovaries globose, stigma disciform.—Near H. Griffithii, but the leaves. ‘recurved 
at the base, the peduncles much longer, the spathes larger, obtuse we 
beak, and the spadix is sessile. 
. late or 
l4 zt. obliquata, Hook, f; leaves 4-6 by 14-3 in. lano 
