536 OLXVI. AROIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Homalomena. 
PERAK; at Larut, alt. 100-1000 ft., King’s Collector. . the 
Rhizome as thick as the little finger, elongate, rooting. Leaves serito D 
rhizome (not tufted) coriaceous, pale beneath, primary nerves inconse oa about half 
petiole rather stout. Peduncles 1-2 in. Spathes rather turgid, l P a ninodes 0?— 
the length of the spathe. Ovaries ovoid; stigma large, pulvina ; ottis elongata. 
The spathe exactly resembles Engler's figure of that of Schismatog 
§§ Petiole longer than the leaf blade. Spadix stipitate in all. 
: lliptic- 
19. H. elliptica, Hook. f.; leaves 3-4 by 13-2 in. subfaleate kesari 
ovate acute or acuminate hardly mucronate many es elongate, spathe 
petiole slender sheathing for 3 to } its length, pedune d stipitate, fem. 
3-1 in. linear-oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix shor ves 
inf. not 4 the length of the male with intermixed staminodes. 
PERAK ; along watercourses, Scortechini. . unequal- 
Rootstock creeping, as thick as a swan’s quill. Leaves more or ently archel. 
sided, coriaceous ; nerves 7-8 pairs, rather strong, impressed above, 
Peduneles few, 3-4 in. Spathe nearly straight. 
C. i base 
20. H. ovata, Hook. f.; leaves 6-7 by 3-4 in. m acumine less 
rounded few-nerved, petiole rather longer than the bla e “blong acute, 
than half way up, peduncle 2-3 in., spathe li in. linear obon des 
spadix stipitate, fem. infi. half the length of the ma S "at, Engler 
Chamæcladon ovatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 30; Proar. 2195 
Arac. 348.—Aroid. Wall. Cat. n. 8964. 
SINGAPORE ; Wallich. Penance; Herb. Delessert. . se unequal 
Roots'ock as thick as the middle finger. Leaves rather coriaceous ne obscure ; 
or not, nerves 5-6 pairs slightly arched, rather strong beneat dp ng às the spathe ; 
petiole not very stout. Spathe 1-14 in., straight. Spadia as t aries subglobose; 
fem. infl. not half as long as the elongate conoidal acute male; O 
stigma subcupular obscurely lobed. 
e zoidly oF 
21. H. trapezifolia, Hook f.; leaves 4-5 by 23-4 in. nt truncate 
deltoidly ovate caudate-acuminate many-nerved, base can eathing 4-3 of 
and cuneate at the insertion of the long petiole which 8 lon acuminate, 
its length, peduncle elongate, spathe 1 in. narrowly 0 » aile. 
spadix stipitate, fem. infl. hardly half as long as the narro 
PERAK; Scortechini, King’s Collector. rowed from 
Rootstock creeping, as thick as the thumb. Leaves chartaceonn tip, sides 
a broad base with rounded angles to a fine slender curved apicuta ht or the 
times incurved ; nerves about 10 pairs, rather strong, nearly Ss 2-3 in, $ 
spreading and arched; petiole 6-14 in., slender. Peduncies 
Staminodes 0 or few and clavate, Stigma disciform. phastate 
. su 
22. H. deltoidea; leaves 6 by 4 in. deltoidly ovale, On ed not 
acuminate basal angles or lobes rounded, sinus very brog spathe 2m 
cuneate at the insertion of the petiole, peduncles short, 
narrowly eilipsoid narrowed into a long slender cusp. 
PERAK, Scortechini. very like those, : 
Rootstock as thick as the little finger. Leaves chartaceous, nerves pa, 
H, trapezifolia, but not cuneate at the insertion of the petiole ; eathing for D A 
with innumerable slender intermediates; petiole 12-14 in. h fem. nfl en 
length. Peduncles several. Spathe not constricted above the Ty have 
longer than in H. trapezifolia, and spadix stouter. Stigma disco:d. 
only one specimen. 
