536 OLxvi. ABOiDEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) {^Homalomena . 



Perikj at Larut, alt. lOO-lOOO ft., King's Qollector. 



Mhizome as thick as the little finger, elongate, rooting. Leaves seriate on the 

 rhizome (not tufted) coriaceous, pale heneath, primary nerves inconspicuous straight ; 

 petiole rather stout. Peduncles 1-2 in. Spafhes rather turgid. Spadix about half 

 the length of the spathe. Ovaries ovoid; stigma large, pulvinate ; staminodes ? — 

 The spathe exactly resembles Engler's figure of that of SchismatogloUis elongata. 



§§ Petiole longer than the leaf blade. Spadix stipitate in all. 



19. H. elllptlca, Sook. f. ; leaves 3-4 by lf-2 in. subfalcate elliptic- 

 ovate acute or acuminate hardly muoronate many-nerved base cuneate, 

 petiole slender sheathing for ^ to | its length, peduncles elongate, spathe 

 ^1 in. linear-oblong cuspidately beaked, spadix shortly stipitate, fern, 

 infl. not i the length of the male with intermixed staminodes. 



Peeak ; aloug watercourses, ScortecMni. 



Rootstoch creeping, as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves more or less unequal- 

 sided, coriaceous; nerves 7-8 pairs, rather strong, impressed above, slightly arched. 

 Feduncles few, 3—4 in. Spathe nearly straight. 



20. K. ovata^ Hook.f.; leaves 6-7 by 3-4 in. ovate acuminate base 

 rounded few-nerved, petiole rather longer than the blade sheathing less 

 than half way up, peduncle 2-3 in., spathe 1^ in. linear-oblong acute, 

 spadix stipitate, fem. infl. half the length of the male, staminodes 0. 

 ChamEBcladon ovatum, Schott in Bonpland. (1859), 30 ; Prodr. 315 ; Engler 

 Arac. 348.— Aroid. Wall. Cat. n. 8964. 



SlNSAPOEE ; Wallich. Penang ; Serb. Delessert. 



Eootsiock as thick as the middle finger. Leaves rather coriaceous, base unequal 

 or not, nerves 5-6 pairs slightly arched, rather strong beneath, secondary obscure ; 

 petiole not very stout. Spathe l-lj in., straight. Spadix as long as the spathe ; 

 fem. infl. not half as long as the elongate conoidal acute male; ovaries snbglobose, 

 stigma subcupular obscurely lobed. 



21. K> trapezifolla, Hookf. ; leaves 4-5 by 2J-4 in. trapezoidly or 

 deltoidly ovate caudate-acuminate many-nerved, base cuneate or truncate 

 and cuneate at the insertion of the long petiole which is sheathing \-^ of 

 its length, peduncle elongate, spathe 1 in. narrowly oblong acuminate, 

 spadix stipitate, fem. infl-. hardly half as long as the narrow male. 



Peeak ; Soortechini, Kirtg's Collector. 



Sootstoch creeping, as thick as the thumb. Leaves chartaceous, narrowed from 

 a broad base with rounded angles to a fine slender curved apiculate tip, sides some- 

 times incurved ; nerves about 10 pairs, rather strong, nearly straight, or the lower 

 spreading and arched ; petiole 6-14 in., slender. Feduncles 2-3 in., stout. 

 Staminodes or few and clavate. Stigma disciform. 



22. K. deltoldea ; leaves 6 by 4 in. deltoidly ovate or subhastate 

 acuminate basal angles or lobes roanded, sinus very broad rounded not 

 cuneate at the insertion of the petiole, peduncles short, spathe 2 in. 

 narrowly ellipsoid narrowed into a long slender cusp. 



Peeak, ScortecMni. 



MootstocJc as thick as the little finger. Leaves chartaceous, very like those of 

 H. trapeeifolia,hM\i not cuneate at the insertion of the petiole ; nerves 4^5 pairs, 

 with innumerable slender intermediates; petiole 12-14 in. sheathing for ^ its 

 length. Fedv/n,cles several. Spathe not constricted above the fem. infl., much 

 longer than in H. trapezifolia, and spadix stouter. Stigma discoid. — I have seen 

 only one specimen. 



