22 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



\i\v. c. Nail mil. A. nauum. Hook. fil. l.c.c. Leaves longer obloug 

 lanceolate more llcsliy and nerves more prominent. 

 Perak: Ulu Bubong (King's Coll. 10421). 



This is a common little j^lant in the damp spots in forests, and 

 very variable in J'orm and colouring of leaf, but the forms all seem to 

 pass into each other, and 1 can see no difference in the spadiccs. .1. 

 picium, Kunth. Enum. III. 55. Calla picta, Koxb. Fl. Ind. III. 516. 

 Wight. Ic. 111. 80^. Aglaoneina (jracilc, Scliott. Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. I. 3(9 from Sumatra is barely distinct and probably A. paniihiiii, 

 Hook. fil. l.c.c. based on a Burmese plant (Wallich 89GU B) should be 

 i-educed to this as Engler has done. It is known to the Malays as 

 " Selimpat Ayer " and the leaves are eaten as vegetables. 



10. HOMALOMKXA, fScllOtt. 



Stenis eventually stout, or very short. Tjcaves herbaceous o])Iong, 

 lanceolate, or ovate cordate. Spathe base or whole convolute persis- 

 tent in fruit. Spadix included. Male and female portion close 

 together, no aj)pendage, base often nude, neuters often between the 

 male and fenuile j)<)rtion. Stamens in hexagonal groups. Anther 

 cells oblong, o})ening by pores or slits, connective broad. Females. 

 Ovaries ovoid or globose, more or less 3 to 4 celled. Ovules in two 

 I'ows. tStigmas sessile usually hcmisplieric, wliiie clubbed staminodes 

 subtending each ovary, rarely absent. Berries small few or many 

 seeded. Seeds small. 



Species about 30. Tropical Asia and xVmerica. 



Spatlie contracted above the female inflores- 

 cence. 



Leaves ovate sagittate . . . . . . 1. H. saijittacfoUa. 



Leaves oblong hastate . . . . . . 2. //, paJudosa. 



Leaves oblong narrowed to base . . '6. II. roslrata. 

 Sj)athe not contiacted in the middle. 



Jjcaves lai'ge cordate or hastate. 



Leaves ovate, sinus deep . . . . 4. //. cocrulcscens. 



liCaves deltoid sinus shallow . . . . 5. II. delluidca. 



§ Cjja.moecladon. Small plants, leaves, 

 rarely cordate, and never hastate. 



Leaves o\ate subcordate at the base 



minutely j)Ustular .. .. .. (J. //. hunii/is. 



Leaves ovate rounded, not i)ustular . . 7. H. pnnii/a. 

 Leaves elliptic rounded, snioolh, larger 8. II. propinqua. 



Lca\es ovale laneeolate shining lounded 



or acute at base .. ,. .. 'J. //. Gri/Ji(hii. 



