Homalomena.] OLXVI. A.ROIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 533 



6. H. coerulescens, Jungli. ex Scliott Prodr. 310, leaves deltoidly 

 ovate acute or acuminate, base subhastate or cordate with a broad shallow 

 sinus, rarely sagittately cordate, lobes rounded at the tip, spathe 2f-3| in. 

 subacute pale yellow white within. Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. iii. 212 ; Engler 

 Arac. 339, Ic. ined. No. 67. H. minus and majus, Griff. Notul. iii. 152, 

 153 ; Schott Syn. 119, Prodr. 312 ; EngJer 1. c. '343. H. Wallichii, Sclwtt 

 in Bonpland. (1859), 30; Prodr. 311; Engler I.e. 335. Caladium amboi- 

 nense, Herb. Ham. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8951. 



PENANG-, Wallich. PERAK, Scortechini. MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 5965, 6011). Main ff ay (Kew Distrib. 1542). DISTRIB. Java. 



Rootstock short, as thick as the thumb or thicker. Leaves 512 in., and often 

 as broad as long, nerves very many and close; petiole 8-36 in., sheathing for or 

 its length. Peduncles 6-10 in. Spadix shortly stipitate, very stout; fern. inn. 

 about as long as the male. In the usually divaricate basal lobes of the majority of 

 the specimens, this accords with Roxburgh's character of If. aromatica, but the leaves 

 are rather more membranous and the spathe usually larger. Living specimens are 

 wanted to distinguish this, aromatica, and rubescens. 



7. H. pontederaefolia, Griff, mss. ; leaves 4-3 in. coriaceous 

 hastately deltoid acuminate base truncate or subcordate, principal nerves 

 strong, peduncles short stout, spathe li-2^ in. obtuse. 



MALACCA ; at Ayer Punus, in heavy forest, Griffith (Ketv Dist., 5964). PERAK, 

 Scortechini, Hervey. 



Stem short. Leaves nearly black when dry, principal nerves 6-7 pairs, interme- 

 diate very obscure; petiole 6-15 in., sheathing for of its length. Peduncles 

 several, 2-4 in., decurved after flowering. In a sketch by Scortechini the spathe 

 is represented as inHated and spaclix shortly exserted. 



ft Leaves rarely 6 in. broad, base acute or rounded rarely truncate. 



Liml) of leaves usually as long as the petiole or longer, rarely shorter. 

 Spadix sessile in all but H. Griffitkii. 



8. H. angustifolia, HooJc.f. ; leaves 5-6 by i-f in. narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate at both ends coriaceous, nerves few straight nearly 

 parallel to the margin, peduncle very short, spathe - in. oblong apiculate 

 ribbed. Chamaecladon angustifolium, Schott in ^Bonpland. (1858), 369 ; 

 Prodr. 313? Engler Arac. 344; Ic. ined. No. 103. Calla angustifolia, 

 Jack in Mat. Misc. i. No. 124. Aroid. Wall. Gat. 8959 (in part}. 



PKNANG, Wallich. 



Rootstock as thick as a goose-quill, prostrate. Leaves with a thickened mucro ; 

 petiole 45 iu. rather slender, sheathing from ^ or ^ their length. Peduncles ^ 1 

 in. Spathe thin. Spadix with the fern. infl. the length of the male. 



9. H. lancifolia, Hook. f. ; leaves 6-9 by l-2 in. narrowly 

 elliptic lanceolate gradually acuminate at both ends, nerves many pairs 

 erecto-patent, peduncles short, spathe in., linear-oblong cuspidately 

 acuminate. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Rootstock suberect, rooting. Leaves rather coriaceous, nerves raised above ; 

 petiole 6-10 in., sheathing y its length. Peduncles 1J-2 in. slender. Spathe 

 membranous, striate. Spadix with the fern. infl. nearly half as long as the male. 

 Kear Cham, consobrina, Schott, of Sumatra, but a much stouter plant. 



10. H. hum ills, Hook. f. ; leaves 4-6 by l|-2 in. elliptic-oblong acute 



