538 CLXVi. AEOiDE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Schismatoglottis. 



oblong or obovate obtusely acuminate not apioulate base rounded acute 

 or subcordate, nerves many spreading and arched, petiole sheathing J of 

 its length, peduncles very short, spathe 2-2^ in. cylindrio acuminate, 

 spadix; stout, fem. infl. short, male twice as long with a few neuters at its 

 base and terminated by a cylindrio sterile cone as long as the whole 

 infl. 



PsRAK, Bcortechini. 



Mootstock stout. Leaves 5-7 by 2^-3 in., coriaceous ; costa stout ; nerves 20-30 

 pairs, slender J petiole 5-7 in. Peduncle 1-2 in., very stout. Spathe slightly con- 

 tracted above the fem. infl., sessile by a very oblique base. Spadix li-2 in. Ovaries 

 turbinate, the top covered by the flat circular stigma. 



4. S. brevipes, Sooh.f. ; limb of leaf longer than the petiole coria- 

 ceous ovate or oblong acute base cordate, nerves spreading and arching, 

 petiole sheathing beyond the middle, peduncles few very short, spathe 

 li in. much constricted above the fem. infl., spadix constricted in the 

 middle, fem. infl. with a few capitate neuters intermixed, male infl. sterile 

 above. 



Pekak, Bcortechini. 



Bootstock as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., tip not apiculate, 

 nerves 8-12 pairs. Tube of spathe i in., ellipsoid. Spadix 1^ in., sessile ; fem. infl. 

 about as long as the sterile portion of the male. Ovaries turbina'te ; stigma pulvi- 

 nate. 



5. &• minor, HooJc.f.; limb of leaf small shorter than the petiole 

 membranous oblong or ovate acute base cordate, nerves very slender 

 spreading and arching, petiole slender sheathing for f-j its length or less, 

 peduncle solitary slender, spathe oblong acute hardly contracted in the 

 middle. 



Pehak, Scortechini. 



Rootstock very slender, as thicic as a crow-quill, elongate, flexaous, rooting. 

 Leaves 2-24 by 1-1^ in., pale beneath, tip not apicnlate, costa and nerves (7-8 pairs), 

 papillose beneath ; petiole 3-4 in. Peduncle 2-2^ in. Tube of spathe -I in., limb 

 ovate. Spadix with the fem. infl. adnata for nearly half its length to the spathe. 

 Ovaries scattered below, globose, few-ovuled ; placentas 2 ; stigma pulvinate, sessile. 

 ■ — The specimens are very scanty and contained but one spathe. 



tt Leaves deeply cordate at the base. 



6. S ■ mutata, Scortechini mss. ; leaves ovate-cordate or subsagittate 

 cuspidately acuminate membranous many-nerved, petiole sheathing for \ or 

 I its length, peduncles several, spathe |— 5 in. very narrow acuminate tip 

 recurved slightly constricted much below the middle, spadix with the fem. 

 and male infl. about equal each -J the length of the spadix with a narrow 

 intervening constriction covered with neuters, male terminating in an 

 elongate barren cone. 



Pekak ; Scortechini ; at Goping, King's Collector. 



Stem sometimes 2 ft., nearly 1 in. diam. (King's Collector), Leaves 6-9 by 

 4-54 i'l-i tip not apioulate, sinus acute ; basal lobes rounded, sometimes diverging 

 and narrowed to the rounded tip s nerves 18-20 pairs, spreading and arched, inter- 

 mediates very slender; petiole 5-12 in. Peduncle 2-4 in. Spathe yellow, tube 

 14 in., limb membranous. Spadix rather slender ; male and fem. infl. each about 

 1 in., cyhndric ; sterile cone 1 in., covered with very large flat sinuous neuters. 



7. S. long'ipes, Miq. Fl, ind. Bat. iii. 214 ; in Bot. Zeit. (1856) 565; 



