52 Material f: for a Flora of ilie "Maloyan Peninsula. 



Common in woods, especially rocky ravines. The commonest 

 form is liie var. picta. Hallier has 1 tiiink rightly put together a 

 number of various forms, under ^S". cali/ptrata, and probably more of 

 the garden forms under other names should l)e added. Being a very 

 succulent plant the s}iecimens in various herbaria are often bad, and 

 us^ually the mai'kings of the leaf quite disappear. 'J'liere is a con- 

 siderable amount of variation in the form ot the leaf, often due to 

 age and some forms reseml)lc very uiuch ^'. ]Val/i<liii. There are also 

 frequently dilferenccs in the flowers chiefly among the sterile ones, and 

 the number of staminodes among the pistils is very variable, some 

 spadices having only one or two while in otliers they are abundant. 



2. S. MUTATA, Hook. 111. Fl. Brit. Ind. AT. 538. Stem some- 

 times 2 feet long, and neai'ly an inch through. Leaves ovate cordate 

 or subsagittate acute, lobes rounded, nerves 18 to 20 pairs, 6-9 inches 

 long i-^-S inches wiile j)etiole !) inches long, sheathing for ^ or i of 

 its length. Peduncles several 2 to 4 inches long. Spathe nearly .") 

 inches long very narrow acuminate tip recurved, slightly constricted 

 much below the middle. Spadix nearly as long acute slender. Sterile 

 apex narrow conic acute 1 inch long flowers oblong top square, very 

 large, male portion 1 inch long, below it a l>are portion, narrower 

 (covered with neuters according to Hooker). Neuters below narrow 

 cuneate with a broad top. Female portion as long as the male, 

 ovaries subglobose with a snuill discoid stigma, at the base some abor- 

 tive flat topped pistils. 



Perak (Scortechini). Goping (King's Collector), Endemic. 



3. S. :n[ixor, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. YI. 538. A weak long 

 creeping plant with a slender stem, bearing scattered leaves. Leaves 

 ovate lanceolate or elliptic subacute 2-2^ inches long by 1 inch wide 

 base rounded cordate, l)ack of midrib and petiole scurfy. Petiole 

 winged above slender 3 inches long. Spadices few or 1, peduncles 

 slender, 2-2^- inches long. Tube of spathe f inch long, limb oblong, 

 ovate acute hardly contracted at its l)ase. Sj)adix with the female 

 infloresceme adnate for nearly ^ its length to the spathe. Ovaries 

 scattered below globose, ovules few. Placentas 2. Stigma pulvinate, 

 sessile, 



Perak (Scortechini). The specimens in Herb. Kew are bad, and 

 Scortechini's drawing only of a fruiting plant. Endemic. 



4. S. ScoRTECHiNii, Hook. fil. I.e. Stem rather short about 2 

 inches long. Leaves ovate acuminate l)ase broad slightly retuse 6 to 

 inches long 3i nearly 4 inches wide dark green marbled with grey, 

 nerves about 26 pairs neai'ly horizontal ])etiole 4-5 inches long sheath- 

 ing for about ^ of its length grooved and crisped along the cdgo with 

 a crenulate margin. Peduncle 1 inch long in flowers lengthening to 

 2 inches in fruit. Spathe greenish white 2-3 inches long, base ^ of 



