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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Schismatoglo tt is continued. 



constricted at or below the middle ; male inflorescence 

 cylindrical or club-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 require 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 

 effected by division. 



Schismatoglottis continued. 



bright green above ; under surface and petioles vinous-purple. 



Java, 1882. (L H. 468, under name of S. L. Lansberf/iana.) 

 S. L. purpurea (purple).* I. bright green above, and blotched 



as in the type ; under surface and petioles of a deep vinous-purple. 



Sumatra, 1882. 

 S. longispatha (long-spathed). fl. curious in structure, the 



most conspicuous part being the small, yellowish-green spadices. 



I. obliquely ovate, about 4in. long, lightish green, marked with a 



feathered, central band of silvery-grey, through which runs the 



distinct green midrib ; petioles as long as, or longer than, the 



blades. Stems short, erect, tufted, spreading by short rhizomes. 



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



Wm. Bull. (I. H. 466.) 

 S. neoguineensis (New Guinea).* /., spathe pale greenish, < 





Fio. 444. SCHISMATOGLOTTIS LONGISPATHA. 



Messr 





S. decora (comely). A synonym of 5. pulchra. 



S. latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of S. rupestrit. 



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



a narrow 

 an acumi 

 of the lea 

 of the petioles. 



ly ellipsoidal, obscurely trigonous tube lin. long, and 

 nate limb IJm. long ; inflorescence solitary in the axils 

 ayes ; scapes liin. to 3in. long, inclosed in the sheaths 

 _*tioles. L ovate, acute, deeply cordate at the base- 

 upper surface bright green, marked in a very irr^lar manter 

 with large, pale yellowish-green blotches; petioles 9in. to 12in 

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

 (I. H. 380, under name of Colocasia neoffuineensis.) 

 S. plcta (painted). /?., spathe tube obliquely ovoid-oblong, the 

 lamina greenish-yellow, gaping, shortly cuspidate; male m* 

 florescence of a pale sulphur colour. I. cordate-ovate, con- 

 tracted into a cuspidate acumen, having a feathered, greyish 

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

 tiava, ioo4. 



S aS U ? C ^' a , (pret -* h WV"*J oWong, acute, cordate at base 

 4m. to 5m. long, l|m. to 24m. broad, of a peculiar glaucous-gree 



