Homalomena.] olxvi. aroidbj!. (J. D. Hooker.) 533 



6. H. coerulescens, JWgrfe. ex Schott Prodr. 310, leaves deltoidly 

 ovate acute or acaminate, base subhastate or cordate with a broad sballow 

 sinus, rarely sagittately cordate, lobes rounded at the tip, spathe 24-3^ in. 

 subacute pale yellow white within. Miq. M. Ind. Bat. iii. 212 ; Engler 

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

 153 ; Schott 8yn. 119, Prodr. 312 ; Engler I. c. '343. H. Wallichii, Schott 

 ira Sorajj^aMcJ. (1859), 80 ; Prodr. Sll; Engler I.e. 335. Caladium amboi- 

 nense,..Her6. ^ctni.— Aroid. Wall. Cat. 8951. 



Penang, WalUch. Peeak, ScortecMni. Malacca j Orifflfh {Kew Distrib. 

 5965, 6011). Maingay {Kew Distrib. 1542). — Bistrib. Java. 



Bootstoci: short, as thick as the thumb or thiclier. Leaves 5-12 in., and often 

 as broad as long, nerves very many and close ; petiole 8-36 in., sheathing for 4 or J 

 its length. Pedv/ncles 6-10 in. Spadix shortly stipitate, very stoat; fern. infl. 

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

 the specimens, this accords with Roxburgh's character of H. aromatioa, but the leaves 

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

 wanted to distinguish this, wromatica, and rubescens. 



7. K. pontederBBfolla^ Griff, mss. ; leaves 4-8 in. coriaceous 

 hastately deltoid acuminate base truncate or suboordate, principal nerves 

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



Malacca ; at Ayer Punus, in heavy forest, Griffith ( Kew Dist., 5964). Pebak, 

 ScortecMni, JECervey. 



Stem short. Leaves nearly l)Iack 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 inflated and spadix shortly exserted. 



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



§ Limb of leoAjes usually as long as the petiole or longer, 'rarely shorter. 

 Spadix sessile in all but H. Griffithii. 



8. K. ang'ustifolia, Sook.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 f-f in. oblong apiculate 

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

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

 Jack in Mai. Misc. i. No. 124.— Aroid. Wall. Gat. 8959 {in part). 



Penang-, Wallich. 



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

 petiole 4-5 in. rather slender, sheathing from i or 4 their length, peduncles i-1 

 in. Svathe thin. Spadim with the fern. infl. i the length of the male. 



9. K. lanclfolla, Hook. f. ; leaves 6-9 by 1^-2^: in. narrowly 

 elliptic lanceolate gradually acuminate at both ends, nerves many pairs 

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

 acuminate. 



Pbeak, Scortechini. 



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

 petiole 6-10 in., sheathing J-i its length. Peduncles li-2 in. slender. Spathe 

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

 Near Oham. consohrina, Schott, of Sumatra, but a much stouter plant. 



10. K. bumllls, HooTc. t ; leaves 4-6 by 1^2 in. elliptic-oblong acute 



