Homalomena.] CLXVI, AROIDEX. (J.D. Hooker.) 935 
ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate base obliquely acute rounded subtrun- 
cate or subcordate, nerves 6-10 pairs, petiole slender sheathing 1-1 way up, 
peduncles very short, spathe i-$ in. oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix 
sessile, fem. infl. half as long or nearly as long as the male. Chamæcladon 
obliquatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1858), 369; Prodr. 315; Engler Arac. 
347; Wall. Cat. n. 8963. 
PENANG, Phillips, Wallich; Mawacoa, Maingay. 
Rootstock as thick as the thumb. Leaves very variable, usually broadest at the 
with unequal rounded sides; nerves slender, nearly straight, except the basal 
Where the base of the leaf is broad, tip with a thick long mucro. Peduneles }-2 iu. 
Stigma disciform. Seeds many, faintly sulcate, red brown.—Closely resembles H. 
Grifithii, but the spadix of that plant is stipitate. 
15. H, Kingii, Hook. f; leaves 4-5 by 2-2} in. oblong or ovate- 
oblong acute and mucronate, base rounded or subcuneate, nerves 4—5 pairs, 
petiole stout sheathing from i-i way up, peduncles short, spathes 2-1 in. 
ng cuspidately beaked, fem. inf. nearly as long as the male. 
Singapore ; in swamps, King. . 
Rootstock as thick asthe little finger. Leaves thinly coriaceous, slightly unequal- 
3 nerves erecto-patent, slightly arched, tip with a thick mucro; petiole 
Tather stout, Peduncle 13-1}. Berries about 15-seeded. Seeds red-brown. 
, 16. x. truncata, Hook. f.; leaves 3-4 by 1-1} in. oblong or 
triangular- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate from a broad truncate or sub- 
hastate base, nerves very slender, petioles slender sheathing from 3-3 their 
length, peduncles half as long as the petioles or shorter, spathes 1-1} in. 
oblong cuspidately beaked, fem. infl. half as long as the male or more, with 
ni staminodes intermixed and below the infi. Chamecladon truncatum, 
Chott in Bonpland. (1858), 369; Prodr.314; Engler Arac. 347. 
MeRevr, @rifith.—Disrere, Borneo? 
Rootstock as ick M a Roose quill Leaves very membranous; nerves many, 
"ly straight, except the basal, base usually unequal-sided, tip mucronulate. 
es slightly curved, narrowly oblong in flower, broader in fruit. Bpadi» 
wed and few.fld. at the base but hardly stipitate. Stigma capitate. Seeds 
bu Many, striate.—The Bornean specimen included by Schott has identical leaves, 
to (or LECT narrower falcate finely acuminate spathe, a distinctly stipitate spadix, 
(or obscure) staminodes, and furrowed seeds. 
v. H -2 i lliptic-ovate obovate or 
* pumila, Hook. f.; leaves 14-2 in. elliptic- ) 
tlong subacute apiculate 75 méie, nerves very faint, petiole very 
lender sheathing at the base, peduncles short slender, spathe j-$ in. 
het oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix sessile, fem. intl. 4 the length of 
acute male, staminodes few. 
SINGAPORE Main 
Ootstock creeping ond copiously rooting, rather slender. Leaves green; nerves 
Ma airs, arching, Peduncles AA in. Seeds few in the berries, pale spotted we 
ttha | EI Bear the Javan and Bornean H. purpurescens (Chamecladon, Schott) 
the leaves are green, of a very much more delicate texture, the petiole much 
e slender, and the fem. infl. shorter. 
I8, a. nutans . leaves 44-5 by 2-21 in. elliptic acuminate 
wrath ends tip gel Jeavos very "aint, petiole sheathing for 
Ova its length, peduncles short decurved above, spathe cernuous broadly 
path, with a recurved cusp, spadix stout sessile much shorter than the 
è, fem. ing, half as long as the broadly ovoid obtuse male. 
