100 CtViii. AiioiDEiE. [Aglaonema. 
deciduous. Spadix as long or shorter, base nude, no appendage. 
Upper male portion cylinclric or clubbed. Male flowers, stamens 
2 to 4, oblong. Female flowers few, ovary i- or 2-celled; stigma 
discoid; ovules solitary. Drupes fleshy, i-seeded. Species about 
20, Indo-Malayan. 
Stems creeping. 
Leaves stiff linear-oblong, base narrow , . (i) A. Griffithii 
Leaves broad ovate, base broad . . , (2) A. costatum 
Stems erect; spadix cylindric. 
Leaves linear-oblong coriaceous large, clo.se- 
nerved. (i) A. oblongifolium 
Leaves thin oblong; nerves 7 to ro pairs, con¬ 
spicuous . (4) A. Schottianum 
Leaves narrow lanceolate linear . . • (5) A. angustifolium 
Spadix clubbed; leaves smaller, oblong-ovate . (6) A. pictum. 
(1) A, Griffithii Schott, Syn. 123; Hook, fil, F.B.l. vi. 528; 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 19. A. palustre Teysm. and Binn. Naturl. Tijdsch. 
XXV. 305. Aglaodorum Griffithii Schott, Gen. 758. 
Rhizome creeping, stout. Leaves erect fleshy, linear-oblong, 
blunt, 12 to 16 in. tall, 3 to 4 in. wide, dull dark green; petioles 
26 in. long or more. Peduncle from rhizome, 6 to 12 in. long. 
Spathe boat-shaped, cuspidate, 3 in. long, i in, across, edges over¬ 
lapping at base, pale green. Spadix as long. Male part cylindric 
stout, 2-5 in. long. Female part, pistils 5, yellow, base broad, 
narrowed upwards. Fruit ovoid, i'5 in. long, i in. through, green. 
Pericarp thick. Hab. In tidal swamps among Nipa palms probably 
common in all tidal swamps. Singapore. Malacca (Griffith). 
Distrib. Sumatra and Borneo. 
The large green ovoid fruit of this differs much from the red drupes of 
the other species, being adapted for river and tide dispersal. 
(2) A. costatum N. E. By. Card. Chron. 1892, i. 426; Hook. 
fiL F.B.l. vi. 531; Ridl. Mat. iii. 19. 
Rhizome creeping, 5 to 6 in. long or more. Leaves often crowded; 
petioles 3 in. long or more, blade coriaceous lanceolate or ovate acute, 
base broad rounded, 6 to 12 in. long, 3 in. wide, deep blackish green 
with white blotches. Peduncle 3 in. long. Spathe i in. long, 
oblong, green. Spadix 1-25 in. long, nude base *25 in. long. Male 
portion thick blunt, i in. long. Female flowers 10 in one whorl. 
Hah. On and about limestone rocks, Lankawi, woods near Kwah 
(Curtis). 
var. immaciilatum Ridl. l.c. 20. Leaves more scattered; 
petioles longer to 9 in. long, blade deep black green with a white 
midrib. Occurs with the last and is commoner. Distrib. Siam, Laos. 
A popular and ea.sily grown pot plant. 
(3) A. oblongifolium Schott, Wien Zeiischr. iii. 1829, p. 892; 
Hook. iii. F.B.L vi. 528; Ridl. Mat. iii. 20. A. integrifolium 
Schott, Melet. 20. Calla oblongifolia Roxb. FI. Ind. iii. 516; Wight 
Ic. t. 806. Calla nitida Jack, Mai. Misc. i. No. i, 24. 
