Schismatoglottis crispata is one of the many interesting 
plants introduced from Borneo by Mr. Burbidge when col- 
lecting for Messrs. Veitch, and amongst which the Aroidee, — 
which have been studied by Mr. N. E. Brown, of the Kew 
Herbarium, are conspicuous for their number and novelty. 
I am indebted to Messrs. Veitch for the specimen here 
figured, which flowered with them in January of the present 
year. 
Descr. Stem very short, robust, as thick as the thumb. 
Leaves five to seven inches long, coriaceous, oblong with a 
retuse base or ovate-cordate with rounded basal lobes, 
apiculate, dull green above with dirty white blotches half- 
way between the costa and midrib; midrib stout, nerves 
many, rather stout, spreading ; petiole two to three inches 
long, stout, rough, plano-convex, with raised crisped 
margins; sheath broad, membranous, ending upwards in— 
spreading truncate wings. Spathe oblong, cymbiform, 
shortly peduncled, four to five inches long, pale greenish 
white. Spadiz as long as the spathe; female portion 
shorter than the male, surmounted by a narrow ring of 
neuter organs, and having a few of these scattered amongst 
the flowers; male portion much shorter and rather narrower 
than the terminal fusiform subacute neuter portion. Anthers 
with the connective truncate. Ovary cylindric, one-celled ; 
stigma discoid, sessile; ovules parietal, pendulous from 
the long funicles, with the micropyle downwards.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Portion of petiole; 2, spadix ; 3, cluster of male flowers; 4, single male 
flower; 5, ovary; 6, vertical section of ditto; 7, transverse section of ditto; 8, 
ovule :—all enlarged. 
