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ScKism at o glottis — continued. 

 constricted at or below the middle ; male inflorescence 

 cylindrical or clnb-shaped ; female shorter or narrower, 

 cylindrical or conical : peduncles solitary or fascicled, 

 shorter than the petioles. Leaves oblong- or ovate- 

 cordate, rarely hastate or lanceolate, often marbled or 

 spotted : petioles sheathing" at base. Caudex short. The 

 introduced species are described below. They reqnire a 

 moist atmosphere, and an abundance of water and shade. 

 A well-drained compost of rich, sandy loam, fibry peat, 

 and leaf mould, is most suitable. Propagation may be 

 efl:'ected by division. 



Schismatog^lottis — continued. 



lirijiht jirt*en almve ; muler surface and petioles vinons-puriile. 



.I:iva, lti82. (I. H. 468, under name of S. L. LaiiJiben/itinti.) 

 S. L. purpurea (purple).* /. bright gieen above, and blotched 



as in tlie ty|H* ; under suHace and petioles of a deep vinous-purple. 



Sumatra, 1882. 

 S. longispatha (li)n;>-spatlied).* Jl. curious in structure, the 



)iwi>t i-Diispiiiiinis jiait Ueing the small, yellowish-^reen spadices. 



/. nlili<iiicly i.vate, almut 4iu. loiij:, lijihtish green, marked with a 



feathered, central liand of silvery-grey, thrnugh which run.s the 



ihstinct green niidritj ; petitdes as long as, or longer than, the 



Idatles. stems short, erect, tufted, spreading by short rhizomes. 



UnrneM, 1881. See Fig. 444, for which we are indebted to Mr. 



Wni. liull. (1. II. 466.) 

 S. neoguiueensls (New (Juinea).*^ tl.. spathe pale greenish, with 



Fig. 444. SCHISMATOGLOITIS LONGISPATHA. 



S. crispata (curled).* /., spathe green at the per.sistent, ba.sal 

 part, creamy-white and open in the upper, deciduous part; in- 

 timescence sub -sessile. /. cordate-oblong, shortly cuspidate, 

 dark green above, with a liroad, irregular, gi'eyish band on each 

 side of the midrib, midway between it and the margin, or with 

 greyish stripes running from the midrib between the veins ; 

 petioles with crisped, transparent edge.s. Borneo, 1881. See 

 Fig. 443, for which we are indebtecl to Messrs. Veitch and 

 Sons. (K. M. 6576.) 



S. decora (comely). A synonym of S. pulchra. 



S. latitolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of .S". rupestns. 



S. Lavallel (Lavalle's). ;. lu-ight green on the upper surface, 

 variegated with irregular, greyish blotches, light gi'een below. 

 Borneo and Sumatra. (I. H. xxvili. 418.) Of tliis pretty, varie- 

 gated Aroid, the following are two distinct varieties ; 



S. I«. immaculata (unspotted) I. of a uniform, unspotted. 



a narrowly ellipsoidal, obscurely trigonous tube lin. long, and 

 an acuminate limb l.^in. long; inflorescence solitary in the axils 

 of the leaves ; scapes IMn. to 3in. long, inclosed in the sheaths 

 of the petioles. /. ovate, acute, deeply cordate at the base; 

 upper surface bright green, marked in a very irregular manner 

 witli large, pale yellowish-green blotches ; jietioles 9in. to 12in. 

 long, terete, sheathing at the base. New Guinea, 1879. 

 (1. H. 380, under name of Cidoca^ia neoffuineeusis.) 



S. picta (painted). _rf.. spathe tube obliquely ovoid-oblong, the 

 lamina gi'eenish-yellow, gaping, shortly cuspidate ; male in- 

 florescence of a pale sulphur colour, l. cordate-ovate, ion- 

 tracted into a cuspidate acumen, having a feathered, greyish 

 band running down the middle ; petioles as long as the blades. 

 Java, 1864. 



S. pulchra (pretty).* t. obliquely oblong, acute, cordate at base, 

 4in. to 5in. long, l|in. to 2^in. broad, of a peculiar glaucous-green 



