534 CLXIII. AROIDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) \Homalomena. 



or acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, nerves 5-8 pairs erecto-patent 

 arched, petiole slender sheathing half way up or less, peduncles many very 

 short, spathe elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, fern. infl. \-\ the length of. the 

 male. Chamsecladon humile, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 213 ; Engler Arac. 345 ; 

 Ic. ined. No. 104. Calla humilis, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. No. 1, 22. Aroid. 

 Wall. Cat. 8959 (in part}. 



PENANO, Wallich, Porter. PERAK, Scortechini. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Eootstock 2-3 in., as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves rather thin, margins often 

 minutely crisped when dry ; petiole 5-6 in. ; costa and nerves beneath slender. 

 Peduncles ^-1 in. Spathe rather membranous, not striate. Spadix sessile, f in. 

 long, obtuse ; fern. infl. about ^ in. with or without staminodes. Engler figures the 

 uerves a-s very numerous, but describes them corectly as 5-8 pairs. 



11. II. velutina, Scortechini mss.\ leaves 2^-5 by 1^-2| in. broadly- 

 oblong or obovate-oblong acute, base rounded cuneate or cordate at the 

 petiole, nerves 10-15 pairs strong beneath, petiole sheathing i to i of its 

 length, peduncles many very short, spathes |-f in. narrow with a recurved 

 cusp, spadix sessile, fern. infl. -| the length of the male. 



PERAK, Scortechini ; at Sunga Kyah, King's Collector. 



Eootstock as thick as the little finger, copiously rooting. Leaves rather 

 coriaceous, rigid when dry, tip apiculate, or not, upper surface minutely papillose ; 

 nerves slender, raised ou both surfaces; petiole 1-2 in. ; rather stout. Peduncles - 

 in. Spathe cylindric, blood -red. Ovaries with or without small staminodes, ovoid, 

 stigma very large. Name given by Scortechini, who describes the upper surface of 

 the leaf as velvety (which is, I think, caused by minute papillae) and the under 

 surface as dotted with white. Probably a form of H. humilis, distinguished by the 

 more numerous nerves of the leaf. 



12. K. Griffith!!, Hook. f. ; leaves 4-7 by H-2 in. more or less 

 obliquely elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate tip curved subcaudate 

 acuminate base rounded or cuneate. nerves 4-5 pairs erecto-patent slightly 

 arched, petiole slender sheathing the way up, peduncles many very 

 short, spathe -l| in. ovoid acuminate or rostrate, spadix stipitate. 

 Chamsecladon Griffithii, Schott in Bonpland. (1858), 369; Prodr. 315; 

 Engler Arac. 346 ; Ic. ined. n. 113. 



MALACCA, at Ayer Punus, Griffith. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Ultiznme as thick as the little finger, copiously rooting. Leaves rather thin, 

 base usually unequal-sided, costa and nerves slender, tip mucronate red-brown ; 

 petiole 4-6 in. Peduncle 1-2 in. Spathe green. Male infl. rather longer than the 

 tem. acuminate ; fern, with many capitate stamiuodes amougst the ovaries. 



13. K. Scortechinii, Hook. f. ; leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in. elliptic- or 

 oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate base narrowed acute or obtuse, 

 nerves 5-7 pairs erecto-patent arched very slender, petiole slender sheath- 

 ing i-i way up, peduncles 2-3 in., spathe 1-1^ in. oblong with a curved beak, 

 spadix sessile. 



PERAK, Rcortechini ; on Mt. Bubong in bamboo forests, King's Collector. 



Rootstock as thick as a swan's quill, rooting. Leaves rather thin, tip curved, 

 base rarely unequal-sided; petiole 2-6 in. Peduncle rather slender. Spathe li^ht 

 green with a darker green center (King's Coll.); dark green " with (velvety gloss 

 above," Scortechini). Spadix sessile, fern. infl. shorter than the slender male. 

 Ovaries globose, stigma disciform. Near H. Griffithii, but the leaves are narrower 

 at the base, the peduncles much longer, the spathes larger, obtuse with a recurved 

 beak, and the spadix is sessile. 



14. H, obliquata, Hook, f.; leaves 4-6 by 1J-3 in. lanceolate or 



