538 CLXVI. AROIDE/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Schismotoglottis. 



oblong or obovate obtusely acuminate not apiculate base rounded acute 

 or subcordate, nerves many spreading and arched, petiole sheathing of 

 its length, peduncles very short, spathe 2-2^ in. cylindric acuminate, 

 spadix stout, fern. infl. short, male twice as long with a few neuters at its 

 base and terminated by a cylindric sterile cone as long as the whole 

 infl. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Rootstock stout. Leaves 5-7 by 2J-3 in., coriaceous ; costa stout ; nerves 20-30 

 pairs, slender; petiole 5-7 in. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout, Spathe slightly con- 

 tracted above the fein. infl., sessile by a very oblique base. Spadix l|-2 in. Ovaries 

 turbinate, the top covered by the flat circular stigma. 



4. S. brevipes, Hook.f. ; limb of leaf longer than the petiole coria- 

 ceous ovate or oblong acute base cordate? . nerves' spreading and arching, 

 petiole sheathing beyond the middle, peduncles few very short, spathe 

 H in. much constricted above the fern, infl., spadix constricted in the 

 middle, fern. infl. with a few capitate neuters intermixed, male infl. sterile 

 above. 



PERAK, Scortechini. 



Rootstock as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., tip not apiculate, 

 nerves 8-12 pairs. Tube ot spathe f in., ellipsoid. Spadix 1^ in., sessile ; fern. iufl. 

 about as long as the sterile portion of the male. caries turbinate; stigma pulvi- 

 nate. 



5. S. minor, Hook./.; limb of leaf small shorter than the petiole 

 membranous oblong or ovate acute base cordate, nerves very slender 

 spreading and arching, petiole slender sheathing for \-\ its length or less, 

 peduncle solitary slender, spathe oblong acute hardly contracted in the 

 middle. 



PEBAK, Scortechini. 



Rootstock very slender, as thick as a crow-quill, elongate, flexuons, rooting. 

 Leaves 2-2% by 1-1^ in., pale beneath, tip not npiculate, costa and nerves (7-8 pairs), 

 papillose beneath ; petiole 3-4 in. Peduncle 2-2 1 in. Tube of spathe -| in>, limb 

 ovate. Spadix with the fern. infl. aduate for nearly half its length to the spatbe. 

 Ovaries scattered below, globose, few-ovuled ; placentas 2 ; stigma pulvinate, sessile. 

 The specimens are very scanty and contained but one spathe. 



ff Leaves deeply cordate at the base. 



6. S. mutata ? Scortechini mss. ; leaves ovate-cordate or subsagittate 

 cuspidately acuminate membranous many-nerved, petiole sheathing for ^ or 

 | its length, peduncles several, spathe |-5 in. very narrow acuminate tip 

 recurved slightly constricted much below the middle, spadix with the fern, 

 and male infl. about equal each ^ the length of the spadix with a narrow 

 intervening constriction covered with neuters, male terminating in an 

 elongate barren cone. 



PEKAK ; Scortechini ; at Goping, King's Collector. 



Stem sometimes 2 ft., nearly 1 in. diam. (King's Collector). Leaves 6-9 by 

 4-5 in., tip not apiculate, sinus acute ; basal lobes rounded, sometimes diverging 

 and narrowed to the rounded tip ; nerves 18-20 pairs, spreading and arched, inter- 

 mediates very slender ; petiole 512 in. Peduncle 2-4 in. Spathe yellow, tube 

 1^ in., limb membranous. ^Spadix rather slender; male and fern. infl. each about 

 1 in., cylindric ; sterile cone 1 in., covered with very large flat sinuous neuters. 



7. S- longripes ? Mi%. Ff. ind. Bat, iii, 214; in Sot. Zeit. (1856) 565; 



