Homalomena.] CLXVI. AROIDER. (J. D. Hooker.) 537 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
H. sivaAPORENSIS, Regel Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. (1869), 18; in Gartenf. 
(1870), 93; leaves 7-9 by 6-8 in., almost exactly deltoid acuminate, base truncate, 
angles rounded, petiole clouded sheathing half-way up, red at the base, spathes 
green without white within.—Singapore. 
22. SCHISMATOGLOTTIS, Zoll. & Morritz. 
Stotoniferous, herbs; stem short. Leaves entire, intramarginal nerve 
strong. Spathe cylindric, convolute, hardly constricted, limb deciduous. 
Spadiz sessile, included in the spathe, appendage 0, with barren organs 
m the middle or top. Inflorescences contiguous or nearly so; male 
cylindric or clavate; stamens 2—3, distinct, filament flat; anthers trun- 
‘ate, prismatic or compressed, cells with large pores, connective warted 
at the tip; pollen vermiform. Fem. Infl. cylindric or conic; staminodes 
few, clavate, or 0. Ovary oblong, 1-celled ; stigma discoid; ovules many, 
anatropons ; parietal. Berries oblong, enclosed in the tube of the spathe, 
many-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid.—Species about 15, Malayan. 
* Tube of spathe after flowering subcylindric. 
t Leaves rounded or if cordate not deeply lobed at the base. 
dei T. Wallichii, Hook. f.; limb of leaf 5-9 in. shorter or longer 
£10 the petiole lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves 
Pairs or more, petiole sheathing for $ its length, spathe long- 
ere narrowly linear-oblong acuminate, spadix with neuters in the 
"llle and male at the top.—Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8962. 
P Prax, Scortechini King's Collector. Sin@aporr, Wallich, MALACCA ; 
"ngay, ) 
EN Caves 14-24 in, broad, rather membranous, with slender reticulate secondary 
$4 es between the primary, base rounded or subcordate ; petiole 8-12 in. Peduncle 
daer Spathe 3-34 in., nearly straight, acuminate, white. Spadir rather 
en j fem. infl. as long as the neuter, male shorter clavate; ovaries globose, 
Stigma disciform 
Var, oblongata ; leaf 8-10 by 34-4 in. more coriaceous cuspidately caudate 
Ein sanded, costa very stout, nerves obscure.—Perak, in marshy places, Scortechini, 
9$ Collector. Perhaps a different species. 
?. S. brevicuspi ook f.; limb of leaf equalling or exceeding the 
Die 4-6 by MS et acuminate with a very short subu- 
the cusp, nerves many spreading arching, intermediates few, petiole 
el for half its length, peduncles short, spathe 3 in. long- 
folo nate, Spadix nearly equalling the spathe, fem. infl. elongate 
ed y à short neuter portion, male infl. elongate its conical tip 
Perak, Scortechini. 
deep stock às thick as a goose-quill, elongate, trailing. Leaves membranous, 
Ca äise above, the intermediate nerves forming areolæ between the primary. 
Ce 1-3 in, Spathe greenish. Ovaries oblong, 2-3-lobed; stigma subsessile, 
"8, Scortechini, Hook. f.; limb of leaf about equalling the petiole 
