Homalomf-na.'] CLXVI. AKOIDE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) 537 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



H. SINGAPORENSIS, Hegel Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop, (1869), 18; in Gartenfl. 

 (1870), 53 ; leaves 7-9 by 6-8 in., almost exactly deltoid acuminate, base truncate, 

 basal angles rounded, petiole clouded sheathing half-way up, red at the base, spathes 

 green without white within. Singapore. 



22. SCHXSITCATOGLOTTIS, Zoll. & Morritz. 



Stotoniferous, herbs ; stem short. - Leaves entire, intramarginal nerve 

 strong. Spathe cylindric, convolute, hardly constricted, limb deciduous. 

 Spadix sessile, included in the spathe, appendage 0, with barren organs 

 in the middle or top. Inflorescences contiguous or nearly so; male 

 cylindric or clavate ; stamens 2-\ distinct, filament flat; anthers trun- 

 cate, prismatic or compressed, cells with large pores, connective warted 

 at the tip ; pollen vermiform. Fein. Infl. cylindric or conic ; staminodes 

 few, clavate, or 0. Ovary oblong, 1 -celled; stigma discoid; ovules many, 

 anatropous ; parietal. Berries oblong, enclosed in the tube of the spathe, 

 many-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid. Species about 15, Malayan. 



* Tube of spathe after flowering subcylindric. 



f Leaves rounded or if cordate not deeply lobed at the base. 



1. T. Wallichii, Hook. f. limb of leaf 5-9 in. shorter or longer 

 than the petiole lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves 

 8-10 pairs or more, petiole sheathing for its length, spathe long- 

 peduncled narrowly linear-oblong acuminate, spadix with neuters in the 

 middle and male at the top. Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8962. 



PERAK, Scortechini, King's Collector. SINGAPORE, Wallich. MALACCA ; 

 Maingay . 



Leaves l-2 in. broad, rather membranous, with slender reticulate secondary 

 nerves between the primary, base rounded or subcordate; petiole 812 in. Peduncle 

 3-4 in. Sjiathe 3-3| in., nearly straight, acuminate, white. Spadix rather 

 slender; fern. inn. as long as the neuter, male shorter clavate; ovaries globose, 

 stigma disciform. 



VAR. oblongata ; leaf 810 by 3 4> in. more coriaceous cuspidately caudate 

 base rounded, costa very stout, nerves obscure. Perak, in marshy places, Scortechini, 

 King's Collector. Perhaps a different species. 



2. S. brevicuspis, Hook f.\ limb of leaf equalling or exceeding the 

 petiole 4-6 by li-3 in. oblong-ovate acuminate with a very short subu- 

 late cusp, nerves many spreading arching, intermediates few, petiole 

 sheathing for half its length, peduncles short, spathe 3 in. long- 

 acuminate, spadix nearly equalling the spathe, fern. infl. elongate 

 followed by a short neuter portion, male infl. elongate its conical tip 

 sterile. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Eootstock as thick as a goose-quill, elongate, trailing. Leaves membranous, 

 deep green above, the intermediate nerves forming areolae between the primary. 

 Peduncle 1-3 in. Spathe greenish. Ovaries oblong, 2-3-lobed ; stigma subsessile, 

 disciform. 



3. S. Scortechini, Itook.f. ; limb of leaf about equalling the petiole 



