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A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. 
Female flowers about 8 in two spirals, pistil oblong 
stigma discoid. Staminodes few very short on the banks 
of Sungei Kertai. 
Probably nearest to H. humilis, Hook fil. 
H., trapezifolia, var. 
This form differs from the typical Trapezifolia Hook 
fil. in the base being more distinctly narrowed, and in 
the general shaped of the leaves it approches H. falcata 
Ridi. and may be said to be intermediate between the 
two. The base of the leafis obliqueand there is a tendency 
to a curve in the outline as in folcata. With this 
occurred also a smaller plant with shorter and smaller 
leaves, 6 inches long with the petiole; in this the leaves 
are thinner and the nerves much less prominent. 
Banks in Woods Temengoh. 
H. Scortechinii, Hook fil. A variety with shorter and denser 
foliage than the type, the blade 33 inches long and 4 inch 
wide, petiole 3 inches. Temengoh Woods. 
Schismatoglottes calyptrata, Zoll. Fairly common. 
Sch. Wallichiz, Hook fil. Var fasccoata; common at Temengoh. 
Sch. cordifolva, n. sp. 
Stem short, leaves lanceolate cuspidate base deeply 
cordate, lobe, rounded, 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, 
the lobes 1 inch long, petiole 8 inches long'sheathing for 
three inches. Peduncle 3 inches long orless. Spathe 2 
inches, tube an inch long, limb as long elliptic cuspidate, 
white. Appendage conic blunt slightly narrowed toward 
base, 4 inchlong. Male portion narrowed gradually to 
the base nearly half an inch long. Flowers with more 
sinuous margins thanin S. calyptrata, Female portion ¢ 
inch long. Pistils narrowed at base, and upward, 
Stigma discoid. Temengoh Woods. 
In the form of the outline of the leaf this resembles S. 
Wallichi, Hook. fil. butit is distinctly cordate at the base. 
The inflorescence most resembles that of S. calyptrata. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
