534 CLxiii. ABOIDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Homalomena. 



or acuminate, base rounded or ciineate, 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. i-i the length of the 

 male. Oham»cladon hnmile, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 213 ; Engler Arae. 345 ; 

 7c. ined. No. 104. Calla humilis. Jack in Mai. Misc. i. No. 1, 22.— Aroid. 

 Wall. Cat. 8959 [in part). 



Penano, Wallich, Porter. Pbrak, Soorteckini. — Disteib. Borneo. 



jRootstock 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 J-l in. Spathe rather membranous, not striate. Spadiie sessile, f in. 

 long, obtuse ; fem. infl. about i in. with or without staminodes. — Engler figures the 

 nerves as very numerous, but describes them corectly as 5-8 pairs. , 



n . K. velutina, ScortecMni mss. ; leaves 2^5 by li-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, fem. infl. J-i the length of the male. 



Pebak, ScortecMni; at Sunga Ryah, King's Collector. 



Bootstoch 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 on both surfaces; petiole 1-2 in. ; rather stout. Peduncles i-i 

 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 E. humilis, distinguished by the 

 more numerous nerves of the leaf. 



12. K. Crrlffithii, Hook. f. ; leaves 4r-1 by li-2i 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 f-l^ in. ovoid acuminate or rostrate, spadix stipitate. 

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

 Angler Arac. 346 ; lo. ined. n. 113. 



Malacca, at Ayer Pnnus, Oriffith. — DiSTEiB. Borneo. 



Rhiiome as thick as the little finger, copiously rooting. Leaves rather tliiu, 

 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 

 fem. acuminate ; fem. with many capitate staminodes amongst the ovaries. 



13. K. Scortecliinil, Bhok. 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-4 way up, peduncles 2-3 in., spathe 1-1^ in. oblong with a curved beak, 

 spadix sessile. 



Febae, Scortechini ; on Mt. Bubong in bamboo forests, King's Collector. 



Sootstock 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 light 

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

 above," ScortecMni). Spadix sessile, fem. infl. shorter than the slender male. 

 Ovaries globose, stigma disciform. — Near M. Oriffithii, 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. K. obllquata^ Hoofc, /.; leaves 4i-6 by 1^-3 in. lanceolate or 



