Descriptions of Malayan Plants, 1 1 



V. AROIDEJE. 



CALLA ANGUSTIFOLIA. {W. J.) 



Acaulis, foliis lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris, pedun- 

 culis 4 — 5 ex axillis foliorum petiolis brevioribus. 

 Pulo Pinang. 



A small plant of the same size and nearly related to the 

 succeeding. Leaves radical, petiolate, lanceolatej acute at 

 both ends, entire, smooth. Petioles sheathing at the base. 

 Peduncles 4 — 5 axillary, one-flowered. Flowers, &c. exactly 

 as in the succeeding. 



These two are so closely alHed, that it is doubtful whether 

 they might not be considered varieties. 



CALLA HUMILIS. fW, J,) 



Monoecia Monandria, 



Acaulis, foliis ellipticis supra glabris, pedunculis 4 — 5 ex 

 axillis foliorum petiolis brevioribus. 

 Kladee Ayer. Mala?/. 

 Pulo Pinang, &c. 



A small stemless plant growing under the shade of forests, 

 5 or 6 inches in height. Root a leaf bearing tuber which 

 sends out numerous long villous fibres. Stem none except 

 the above mentioned tuber, which is every where invested by 

 the sheathes of the petioles. Leaves erect, petiolate, ellip- 

 tic, ovate, rather obtuse with a subulate acumen, slightly 

 cordate at the base, entire with a pellucid crisped margin, 

 smooth and green above, somewhat hoary beneath with villous 

 papillae. Petioles shorter than the leaves, channeled above, 

 sheathing, and dilated into a waved margin at the base. 

 The bases of the sheathes are often perforated by the fibres 

 of the root. Peduncles 4 — 5 axillary, one-flowered, shorter 

 than the petioles, furnished with membranous sheaths at the 

 base. Spathes of an obscure red colour, oblong, convolute- 

 acuminate, as long as the spadix. Spadix cylindrical, en- 



