538 CLXVL AROIDEE, (J.D. Hooker.) [Schismatoglottis. 
oblong or obovate obtusely acuminate not apiculate base rounded acute 
or subcordate, nerves many spreading and arched, petiole sheathing i M 
its length, peduncles very short, spathe 2-2} in. cylindric singt 
spadix stout, fem. infl. short, male twice as long with a few neuters i : 
base and terminated by a cylindric sterile cone as long as the who 
infi. 
PERAK, Scortechini. 
Rootstock stout. Leaves 5-7 by 24-3 in., coriaceous ; costa stout ; nev 20-30 
pairs, slender; petiole 5-7 in. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout. Spathe slight A ries 
tracted above the fem. infl., sessile by a very oblique base. Spadizlj-2in. Uva 
turbinate, the top covered by the flat circular stigma. 
4. S. brevipes, Hook. f.; limb of leaf longer than the petiole m 
ceous ovate or oblong acute base cordate, nerves spreading and are mA 
petiole sheathing beyond the middle, peduncles few very short, SP the 
li in. much constricted above the fem. infi., spadix constrictes, gë 
middle, fem. infl. with a few capitate neuters intermixed, male infi. $ 
above. 
PERAK, Scortechini. : ; iculate 
Rootstock as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 3-5 by 14-2 in., tip D Mi 
nerves 8-12 pairs. Tube of spathe Ẹ in., ellipsoid. Spadix 14 in., Sete ti ina pulvi- 
about as long as the sterile portion of the male. Ovaries turbinate; stig 
nate. 
jole 
5. S. minor, Hook. f.; limb of leaf small shorter than the peter 
membranous oblong or ovate acute base cordate, nerves MA or less, 
spreading and arching, petiole slender sheathing for 4-3 10s jen in the 
peduncle solitary slender, spathe oblong acute hardly contrac 
middle. 
PERAK, Scortechini. ing: 
Rootstock very slender, as thick as a crow-quill, elongate, Geng sim 
Leaves 2-24 by 1-14 in., pale beneath, tip not apiculate, costa and nerves in, limb 
papillose beneath; petiole 3-4 in. Peduncle 2-2} in. Tube of spathe ie spathe. 
ovate. Spadix with the fem, infl. adnate for nearly half its length to te, sessile 
Ovaries scattered below, globose, few-ovuled ; placentas 2; stigma pulvinate, 
— The specimens are very scanty and contained but one spathe. 
tt Leaves deeply cordate at the base. 
gittate 
1 
j or 
Zi fem. 
recurved slightly constricted much below the middle, spadix MAN boror 
and male infl. about equal each 1 the length of the spadix wi ting in 9" 
intervening constriction covered with neuters, male termina 
lj in., limb membranous. Spadiz rather slender; male and fem. inf. 
1 in., cylindric ; sterile cone 1 in., covered with very large flat sinuou b 
(1856) 969; 
7. S. longipes, Mig. Fl. ind, Bat, iii, 214; in Bot. Zeit. 
