Schismatoglottis. ] OLXVI. AROIDES. (J. D. Hooker.) 539 
leaves cordately ovate or ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous 
many-nerved, petiole sheathing for } or 4 its length, peduncles many, 
spathe 2-3 in. constricted about the middle, spadix with fem. infl. for half 
its length followed by a constriction with neuters, male infl. clavate, 
E upper half broadly conic sterile. Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 55; Prodr. 
PERAK, Scortechini, Drepp. J ava, Sumatra. . 
otstock elongate, as thick as a swan's quill, rooting. Leaves 5-7 by 2-3} in., 
e beneath, tip with a deciduous long mucro, costa stout; nerves 12-18 pairs, 
‘preading and arching; petiole equalling or exceeding the limb. Peduncles 4-8 in. 
Spathe with an inflated acuminate limb, tube 3-1 in. Ovaries oblong; stigma 
pulvinate, obscurely lobed.—Reduced to S. calyptrata, Zoll. and Morr. (Syn. Verz. 
Lol 83), by Engler, which is founded on Calla calyptrata, Roxb. (Wight Ic. t. 799), 
a Amboyna plant with oblong leaves, short stout petioles and a capitate summit 
of the male infi. 
8. S. Kurzii, Hook. f.; leaves 8-12 by 4-6 in. ovate deeply cordate 
nany-nerved membranous, basal sinus very acute, petiole 12-14 in. broadly 
sheathed to the middle. 
Prou Yoman, Kurz. , 
Ih mbles S, mutata, but a much larger leaved plant, with a very stout petiole. 
k ave Seen no spathe, It is interesting as the most northern species of the genus 
zown in India, 
Bis e of spathe after flowering broadly funnel-shaped. (RHYNCOPYLE, 
qi; S: elongata, Engler in Bull. Soc. Ort. Tose. iv. (1879) 298; leaves 
Ptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acute at both ends. Rhyncopyle elon- 
Angler in Beccari Males. i. 289, t. 23, f. 3-15; Ic. ined. n. 199. 
wé AK; sandy creeks, alt. 3000 ft., Scortechini.—D1sTRIB. Borneo (or Su- 
Rootstock short. Leaves 4-8 by 1-24 in., coriaceous, pale beneath, tip with a 
sheath mucro; nerves 7-8 pairs, nearly straight and costa beneath strong ; petiole 
'ng at the base. Peduncles equalling the petioles or shorter. Spathe 13-2 in., 
ban th inclined, green, oblong, acute or acuminate. Spadiz sessile, much shorter 
"à e spathe, stout ; fem. infil. shorter than the male, narrowed below, with tabu ar 
Y ow it; malerounded at the top; connective broad, pubescent. Berries 
parent D turbinate ; stigma a small sessile disc. Seeds fusiform, with a trans- 
figure fleshy coat which is produced into a long tail at top and base, —Engler 
athe spathe exactly as in Homalomena mutans, namely, broadly ovate and 
u 
ous on a decurved peduncle. 
23. ANADENDRUM, Schott. 
pet, ardent shrubs rooting on trees. Leaves distichous, entire or pinnatifid, 
° geniculate at the tip; primary nerves many, secondary branch- 
eyling Pathe ovate acuminate, deciduous. Spadia stipitate, elongate, 
Sta ne; flowers crowded, bisexual; perianth 0, annular, or cupular. 
erect 6, filaments very short, flattened ; anthers terminal, cells 
Smal] subreniform, Ovary obconic, truncate, l-celled, crown flat; stigma 
icp asile, linear; ovule solitary (or 2 in A. medium), basilar. 
ttalbum all scattered ; pericarp without intercellular needles. Seed 
Mal; nous, testa thick; embryo macropodal.—Species 4 or A 
