Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 23 



Leaves lanceolate base rounded silvery 10. H. argenica. 

 Leaves narrowed to the base lanceolate 



or lanceolate. Male portion of spadix 



twice as long as female. ' 



Leaves falcate. Spatlies oblong . . 11. H. falcata. 



Leaves elliptic. Spathes turgid . . 13. //. nutans. 



Leaves lanceolate. Spatlies oblong . . 13. II. clUptica. 



Leaves deltoid ovoid base broad . . . . 14. //. trapezifolia. 



Leaves lanceolate. Spatlies oblong small 



Female flowers 10 . . . . 15. //. Curtisii. 



Female flowers in 4 rows . . 16. //. angustifolia. 



Female portion nearly or quite as long 

 as male. 



Leaves lanceolate nerves 8-10 pairs dis- 

 tinct . . . . . . . . . . 17. //. huui folia. 



Leaves lanceolate falcate, nerves 3-4 pairs 



indistinct .. .. ,. . . 18. //. inultincrvia. 



Leaves fleshy elliptic peduncles short 



thick . . . . . . . . . , 19. //. crassa. 



Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, peduncles 4 



inches . . . . . . . . . . 20. H. Scortechinii. 



Male spadix with intermixed abortive 



female flowers . . . . . . . . 21. H. mixta. 



1. H. SAGiTTAEFOLiA, Jungh. Schott. Prodr. 311. Stem 1 or 2 

 feet long stout 2 inches through. Leaves ovate sagittate acuminate, 

 basal lobes usually spreading 9 inches long 13 inches wide, nerves 

 12 to 16 pairs, deep green, petiole sheathing ^ of its length. Spathes 

 numerous peduncles 6 inches long base l-|-3 inches dilated, above 

 constricted upper part boat-shaped l|-3 inches long pure white or 

 greenish white, sometimes tinted pink at the apex. Spadix 4 inches 

 long base nude | inch long. Male portion 2^ inch long rather slender 

 white. Flowers lobed, upper ones sterile. Female portion over an 

 inch long flowers closely packed globose. Stigma round grooved 

 pale ochre, rudimentary flowers 1 to each ovary clubbed with a slender 

 stock. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. III. 212. Engler. Arac. 334. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 531. H. propinqua, Schott. Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. I. 280. Engler. l.c.c. 



Singapore: Bukit Timah (Ridley); Selangor: Pahang Track 

 Ginting Bidai (Eidley 7774) ; Sungei Ujong: Bukit Tumiang (Herb. 

 H. B. Singap.) ; Perak (Scortechini 611), (Wray 1749), Larut Hills 

 (King's Coll. 6123, 3874); Penang (Ilerb. Delessert). Distrib. 

 Labuan, Borneo. Native name "■ Kulamaiang."' Not rare in damp 

 woods, a some\\hat aromatic plant. 



