Schismatoglottis.] clxvi. jiRoiDE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 539 



leaves oordately ovate or ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranoas 

 many-nerved, petiole sheathing for i or i its length, peduncles many, 

 spat tie 2-3 m. constricted about the middle, spadix with fern. infl. for' half 

 its length followed by a constriction with neuters, male infl. clavate, 

 the upper half broadly conic sterile. Schott Gen. Aroid. t. 55 : Prodr 

 321. 



Perak, ScorteeMni. — Distbib. Java, Sumatra. 



Bootstoc/e elongate, as thick as a swan's qnill, rooting. Leaves 5-7 by 2-31 i"-. 

 pale beneath, tip with a deciduous long mucro, costa stout; nerves 12-18 pairs, 

 spreading and arching" J petiole equalling or exceeding the limb. Peduncles 4r-8 ia. 

 Spathe with an inflated acuminate limb, tube f-1 in. Ovaries oblong; stigma 

 pulvinate, obscurely lobed. — Reduced to S. calyptrata, Zoll. and Morr. (Syn. Verz. 

 Zoll. 83), by Engler, which is founded on Calla calyptrata, Eoxb. (Wight Ic. t. 799), 

 an Amboyna plant with oblong leaves, short stoat petioles and a capitate summit 

 of the male infl. 



8. S. Kurzll, JSook.f.; leaves 8-12 by 4-6 in. ovate deeply cordate 

 many-nerved membranous, basal sinus very acute, petiole 12-14 in. broadly 

 sheathed to the middle. 



Peou Tomah, Kiirz. 



Resembles S. mutata, but a much larger leaved plant, with a very stout petiole. 

 I have seen no spathe. It is interesting as the most northern species of the genus 

 known in India. 



** Tube of spathe after flowering broadly funnel-shaped. (Rhtncoptie, 

 Ungler.) 



9. S. elong-ata, Engler in Bull. 80c. Ort. Tosc. iv. (1879) 298 ; leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate acute at both ends. Bhyncopyle elon- 

 gata, Engler in Beccari Males, i. 289, t. 23, f . 8-15 ; Ic. ined. n. 199. 



Perak ; sandy creeks, alt. 3000 ft., Scortechmi. — Disteib. Borneo (or Su- 

 matra) . 



RootstocTi short. Leaves 4-8 by 1-2^ in., coriaceous, pale beneath, tip with a 

 tubular mucro ; nerves 7-8 pairs, nearly straight and costa beneath strong ; petiole 

 sheathing at the base. Peduneles equalling the petioles or shorter. Spathe lJ-2 in., 

 erect or inclined, green, oblong, acute or acuminate. Spadix sessile, much shorter 

 than the spathe, stout; fem. infl. shorter than the male, narrowed below, with tabular 

 neuters below it ; male rounded at the top ; connective broad, pubescent. Berries 

 very small, turbintite ; stigma a small sessile disc. Seeds fusiform, with a trans- 

 parent fleshy coat which is produced into a long tail at top and base. — Engler 

 figures the spathe exactly as in Homalomena nutans, namely, broadly ovate and 

 cernuous on a decurved peduncle. 



23. ANASENDRVnX^ Schott. 



Scandent shrubs rooting on trees. Leaves distichous, entire or pinnatifid, 

 petiole geniculate at the tip; primary nerves many, secondary branch- 

 ing. Spathe ovate acuminate, deciduous. Spadix stipitate, elongate, 

 cylindnc ; flowers crowded, bisexual ; perianth 0, annular, or cupular. 

 Stamens 4-6, filaments very short, flattened ; anthers terminal, cells 

 erect subreniform. Ovary oboonio, truncate, 1-oelled, crown flat ; stigma 

 small, sessile, linear; ovule solitary (or 2 in A. medium), basilar. 

 Berries small, scattered; pericarp without intercellular needles. Seed 

 exalbuminous, testa thick ; embryo maoropodal. — Species 4 or 5, 

 Malayan. 



