532 OLXvi. aeoidbjB. (J. D. Hooker.) [Homalomena. 



Feeae ; Larut, in very wet jungly places, King's Collector, Scorteehini. 



Leaves 7-10 by 24—4 in. ; primary nerves slender j petiole 8-12 in., sheathing to 

 the middle. Peduncles 2-7, 6-7 in. when flowering, elongating to 12 in. Spathe 

 white, striped with pale green. Spadix stout, stipitate, male infl. rather slender, 

 about equalling the fern. Ovary 3-celIed; stigma pulvinate, obscurely 3-lobed. 



3. K. rostrata, Griff. Notul. iii. 154 (err. typ. roshalum) ; limb of 

 leaves 12-20 by 3-6 in. oblong-lanceolate acuminate, petiole as long 

 sheathing to beyond the middle, spathes many 4-6 in, Schott 8yn. 119 ; 

 Pro&r. 312. Chamsecladon sanguinolentum, Grif. I. c. 147 ; Schott Prodr. 

 316. 



Malacca, Griffith (Eew Bistrib. 5989, 5990). 



Habit of Calla aromatica (Griffith). Leaves coriaceous, dark green, undulate, 

 .base acute or cuneate ; primary nerves many, faint. Peduncles crowded, blood-red, 

 8-12 in. Spathes constricted below the middle, fleshy, green, margins white ; tube 

 narrow, limb convolute. Spadix shortly stipitate, slightly curved ; male infi. about 

 twice as long as fern, with a short naked space intervening ; staminodes capitate. 

 OvaHes subgloboae, 2-4-celled ; stigma pulvinate. 



** Spathe not contracted above the fern. infl. 



f Leaves 6-12 in. broad, deeply cordate sagittate or hastate. Spathe 

 2-4 in. long. 



4. K. rubescens, Kunth £!num. iii. 57 ; leaves cordate or sagittately 

 cordate acuminate, basal lobes semi-ovate or rounded approximate mnch 

 shorter than the anticous, sinus narrow, spathes red. Schott 8yn. \H ; 

 Prodr. 310; Ungl. Arac. 336 (exol. singaporensis). H. rubra, Sassk. ex 

 Begel Gartenfl. (1869), t. 634. Zantedeschia rubens, C. Koch IncL. Sera. 

 Sort. Berol. 1854, app. Calla rubescens, Boxh. Ft. Ind. iii. 515 ; Wiqht 

 Ic. t. 807. 



SiKKiM Himalaya and Khasia Hiils, J. D. H. Chittaoong-, Buchanan. — 

 DiSTEiB. Java. 



Caudex short, rooting, 1 in. diam. Leaves 6-12 in., usually tinged with red, 

 sinus subacute or rounded at the red petiole, which is longer than the leaf, and 

 sheathing for J its length. Peduncles several, 3-4 in., stoiit. SpaiUe 3 in., oblong, 

 acute at base and top. — I am very doubtful as to the limits and habitats of this 

 species, it being impossible to distinguish some forms of coerulescens from it. Rox- 

 burgh, perhaps by error, describes the petioles as 1-5 ft. long ; he figures the sinus 

 as more acute than in any of the specimens I refer to the species. 



5. H. aromatica, Schott Melet. L 20 ; Syn. 117 ; Prodr. 309 ; leaves 

 as in H. rubescens but lobes divaricate and spathe green. Engler Arac. 

 335. H. cordata, Schott Melet. 20 ; Syn. 118 ; Pro^r. 309 ; Kunth Enum. 

 iii. 57 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. iii. 211. H. Gandichaudii, Schott in Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 280. Zantedeschia aromatica, cordata and foetida, 0. Koch 

 Ind. Sem. Sort. Berol. (1854), app. Oalla aromatica, Boxi. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 513 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2279 ; Wight Ic. t. 805. O, occulta, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 12. 



Assam; Masters, G-riffith [Kew Distrih. 5966, 5967). Chittagono, Soxhurgh. 



This is no doubt a different plant from H. rubescens, as living specimens would 

 show; but except the green more obtuse spathe, as shown in Roxburgh's drawing, I 

 find no diagnostic characters given, and I have seen no authentic specimens. Rox- 

 burgh's character of basal lobes rounded and divaricate is contravened by one of the 

 leaves in his drawing, which accord in its deeply cordate base and very acute sinus 

 with H. rubescens. 



