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CL. AROIDEiH (brown). 



[Stylochiion^ 



Leaves broadly liastate, greyish beneath, from 

 being densely covered witli minute black 

 dots ; veins dark ..... 

 Leaves not black-dotted beneath ; veins of the 

 same colour hs the rest of the leaf. 

 Leaves large, deeply cordate or cordate-sagittate, 

 with large, broad, obtusely rounded basal- 

 lobes ; spathe 5-8 in. long 

 Leaves oblong, subacute, slightly obtuse at the 



base ; spathe about 3 in, long . 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic -oblong, obtuse, dis- 

 tinctly cordate at the base, with short 

 rounded basal lobes; spathe l|-2 in. long 

 Leaves narrowly sagittate, with long and nar- 

 row basal-lobes ; male perianth 4'-5-lobed 

 ^Peduncles not axillary ; inHorescence either appear- 

 ing before the leaves, or arising from a separate 

 bud by the sitie of the leaves. (See also 4, S. 

 Zenkeri, under which the iJosition of the pe- 

 duncle is unde>cribed.) 

 Female flowers 10-12, in two series. 



Stigma discoid ; filaments of the stamens clavate, 

 longer than the anthers .... 

 Stigma oblique, shield-like; filaments of the 

 stamens shorter than the anthers 

 Female flowers 6-9 or more in one cycle. 



Inflorescence and leaves present at the same 



time ; spathe 2 in. long . . . . 



Inflorescence appearing before the loaves; spathe 



about 4 in. long ; male perianth 3-lobed . 



Female flowers 4r-5 in one cycle. 



Ovary adnate to the perianth .... 

 Ovary free within the perianth. 



2. S. salaamiciis. 



4. 



S. maximus. 

 S. Zenkeri. 



S. (jahonicMS. 

 S. lohaUis. 



9. 



10. 



11. 



S. bommensis, 

 S. angoleusis. 



S. hypogcenm^ 

 S. (jrandis. 

 S. kerensis. 



Leaves rounded at the base ; styte 1 lin. 



long 



Leaves sagittate at the base ; style 2 lin. 

 long ; filaments of the stamens slightly 

 exceeding the perianth 

 Spathe I-I5 in. long ; style ^ lin. long ; 

 filaments of the stamens much exceed- 

 ing the perianth ..... 



12. 



13. 



14. 



S. lancifolixis. 

 S. Barteri. 

 S. similis. 



1. S. pmberoluSy X. E. Br. Leaves probably contemporary with 

 the flowers; petiole 12-14 iu. long, sheathing for \-\ of its lengthy 

 puberulous in the lower part, marked with pale spots ; blade as broad a& 

 long, very broadly sagittate or hastate, glabrous above, puberulous on 

 the midrib, veins and veinlets beneath ; front lobe o-lO in. long,. 

 4J-9 in. broad, broadly ovate or deltoid-ovate, subacute, with a subulate 

 point 3-4 lin. long ; basal lobes 3 J-8 in. long, 2-6 J in. broad, ovate or 

 elliptic-ovate, obtuse, overlapping or widely spreading. Peduncle 

 2J-4 in. long, puberulous. ISpathe and male part of the spadix not 

 seen. Femaie flowers about 30, in several spirals, only seen in young 



