io6 CLVin. AROiDE^. [Homalomena. 
(Hooker’s species was based on a bad specimen collected by Maingay 
in Singapore.) Distrih. Malay islands. 
This little plant is very variable, and several forms are to be met with. 
One form from Mount Austen, Johor, had lanceolate acuminate leaves 
narrowed to the base. Another form collected at 4000 ft. altitude on Gunong 
Kerbau by Robinson has long slender spreading petioles 3 in. long, and thin 
ovate leaves 2 in. across. 
(8) H. repens Ridl. 
Rhizome long creeping, 6 in. long or more, ascending at tip. 
Leaves thin elliptic, base shortly narrowed, tip acutely rather 
abruptly acuminate, main nerves fine, about 3 or 4 pairs; 4 in. long, 
2 in. wide; petioles weak, 3-5 in. long; sheaths one-third of 
length. Peduncles -5 in. long. Spathes short, thick, *5 in. long. 
Male portion longer than female. Hah, Perak, Gunong Inas at 
3600 ft. altitude on rocks above a streamlet (Yapp). 
The leaves somewhat resemble those of H. humilis, but the plant has a 
long creeping rhizome with long wiry roots. 
(9) H. yohorensis Engler, Pftanzenreich, l.c. 37. H. propinqua 
Ridl. Mat. iii. 26 (not of Schott). 
Stems stout erect, i in. long or more. Leaves elliptic oblique 
acute, base rounded, 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, thin; nerves 7 pairs; 
petioles 3 to 4 in. long. Peduncle -5 in. long. Spathe narrow 
cuspidate, 75 in. long. Spadix slender not stipitate. Male portion 
three times as long as female. Pistils very few. Hah. Johor, 
Gunong Pantai. Rare in forests (Ridley). 
This resembles H. putm’la Hook. fil. but is much larger. 
(10) H. undulatifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, 
p. III. 
Small plant. Leaves ovate, narrowed slightly at base or rounded, 
acute cuspidate, edges undulate curved in beneath, grey when dry, 
paler beneath; nerves 4 pairs, invisible beneath, 1-5 in. long, 
*5 75 ’\'dde; petioles ’5 in. long. Peduncle slender, under *5 
in. long. Spathe ovoid mucronulate, -5 in. long. Spadix shorter. 
Male portion twice as long as female, conic acute, flowers few. 
Female flowers 8, in two spirals. Hah. In forests, local. Perak, 
Temengoh, banks of Sungei Kertai (Ridley). 
(11) H. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 534; Ridl. Mat. iii. 26; 
Engler, Pftanzenreich, l.c. 43, fig. 23. H. Kingii Hook. fd. l.c. fig. 21. 
Stem stout, i to 5 in. long and -25 in. thick, erect. Leaves variable 
in shape on the same plant, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, more or less 
inaequilateral, base narrowed or broad, acuminate, polished light 
green, 5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 3 to 6 in. long, 
sheathing about halfway, red. Spathes green, cylindric, curved, i to 
i’25 in. long, cusp -12 in. long; peduncles 1-5 in. long. Male part 
twice as long as female, white. Female flowers numerous, ovoid; 
stigma small. Base of spadix generally nude. Hah. Very common 
in lowland woods, often in small clumps. Singapore, Bukit Timah. 
