Homalomena.] olxvi. aeoide^. (J. D. Hooker.) 535 



ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate base obliquely acute rounded subtrun- 

 cate or subcordate, nerves 6-10 pairs, petiole slender sheathing -J-J way up, 

 peduncles very short, spathe l-f in. oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix 

 sessile, fem. infl. half as long or nearly as long as the male. OhamBBoladon 

 obliquatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1858), 369 ; FroAr. 315 ; Engler Arac. 

 347 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8963. 



Penang, FhilUps, Wallich ; Malacca, Maingmj. 



Mootstoeh as thick as the thumb. Leaves very variable, usually broadest at the 

 base with unequal rounded sides ; nerves slender, nearly straight, except the basdl 

 where the base of the leaf is broad, tip with a thick long macro. Peduncles i-2 in. 

 Stigma disciform. Seeds many, faintly suleate, red brown. — Closely resembles S. 

 Briffithii, but the spadix of that plant is stipitate. 



15. X, Kingril, Hook, f.; leaves 4-5 by 2-2i in. oblong or ovate - 

 oblong acute and mucronate, base rounded or subouneate, nerves 4-5 pairs, 

 petiole stout sheathing from J-^ way up, peduncles short, spathes f-1 in. 

 oblong cus{)idately beaked, fem. infl. nearly as long as the male. 



SiNaAPOEE; in swamps. King. 



Sootstoch as thick as the little finger. Leaves thinly coriaceous, slightly unequal- 

 sided ; nerves erecto-patent, slightly arched, tip with a thick mucro ; petiole 

 rather stout. Peduncle 1 J-IJ. Berries about 15-seeded. Seeds red-brown. 



16. K. truncata, Hooh. f. ; leaves 3-4 by 1-li in. oblong or 

 triangular- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate from a broad truncate or snb- 

 hastate base, nerves very slender, petioles slender sheathing from ^-J their 

 length, peduncles half as long as the petioles or shorter, spathes 1-1^ in. 

 oblong cuspidately beaked, fem. infl. half as long as the male or more, with . 

 many staminodes "intermixed and below the infl. Chamscladon truncatum, 

 Schott in Bonplamd. (1858), 369 ; Prodr. 314 ; Engler Arac. 347. 



Mbegtji, Griffith.— OiaiRtB. Borneo ? 



Bootstoch as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves very membranous; nerves many, 

 nearly straight, except the basal," base usually uneqnal-sided, tip raucronulate. 

 Spathes slightly curved, narrowly oblong in flower, broader in fruit. Spadix 

 narrowed and few-fld. at the base" but hardly stipitate. Stigma capitate. Seeds 

 very many, striate. — The Bornean specimen included by Schott has identical leaves, 

 but a larger narrower falcate finely acuminate spathe, a distinctly stipitate spadix, 

 no (or obscure) staminodes, and furrowed seeds. 



17. B. pumila, Hooh. f. ; leaves li-2 in. elliptic-ovate obovate or 

 oblong subacute apioulate membranous nerves very faint, petiole very 

 slender sheathing at the base, peduncles short slender, spathe 4-i in. 

 linear oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix sessile, fem. infl. \ the length of 

 the acute male, staminodes few. 



SiN&APOEE, Jfotwyoi/. . ,, , ., 



Bootstock creeping and copiously rootmg, rather slender. Leaves green ; nerves 

 3-5 pairs arching. Peduncles i-k in- Seeds few in the berries, pale spotted with 

 black.— Very near the Javan and Bornean S. purpurescens (Chamacladon, Schott) 

 but the leaves are green, of a very much more delicate texture, the petiole much 

 more slender, and the fem. infl. shorter. 



18 H. nutans, EooJc.f. ; leaves 4i-5 by 2-2i in. elliptic acuminate 

 at both ends tip mucronate, nerves very faint, petiole sheathing for 

 half its length peduncles short decurved above, spathe cernuous broadly 

 ovate with a recurved cusp, spadix stout sessile much shorter than the 

 spathe fem. infl. half as long as the broadly ovoid obtuse male. 



