no CLViii. AROIDE^. [Homalomena. 
Selangor, UIu Gombak (Holttum). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); 
Temengoh, (A smaller form with leaves 3-5 in. long, -5 in. wide; 
petioles 3 in. long.) (Ridley.) 
Engler figures the spadix as nude at the base, but it is not so in the type. 
{24) H. mixta Ridl. Journ. BoL igo2, p. 36; Mat. iii. 30. 
Rhizome thick. Leaves elliptic or oblanceolate, base cuneate, 
tip acuminate, rather thin, 6 to g in. long, 3 in. wide; nerves 
prominent, numerous, about 5 pairs more conspicuous; petioles 
6 in. long or more, broadly sheathing for i in. Spadices very many, 
about II, on slender 3 in. peduncles. Spathes oblong, shortly 
cuspidate, 75 to i in. long. Spadices shorter. Male part cylindric 
acute, three times as long as the female, with abortive female flowers 
mixed with the males to the top of the spadix. Hob. Mountain 
forests to 3700 ft. altitude. Pahang, Tahan River woods, rare 
(Ridley); Fraser Hill (Burkill). 
Excluded Species 
H. SINGAPORENSIS Rcgel. hid. Sem. Hort. Peirop. 1869, p. 8; Hook, 
fil. FI. Brit. Ind. vi. 537. A native of Papua, long cultivated in 
Singapore Botanic Gardens. A large plant with red petioles. 
11 . SCHISMATOGLOTTIS, Zoll. and Mor. 
Herbs usually short-stemmed. Leaves herbaceous ovate, often 
cordate or lanceolate. Spathe cylindric, upper half usually white, 
constrict above the female part and deciduous, ovate or lanceolate. 
Spadix, male part usually clubbed, or terminal part sterile of oblong 
abortive flowers. Stamens 2 or 3. Female part separated from 
male by a bare part or by abortive flowers. Pistils flask-shaped, 
i-celled. Species 15, one Burma, the rest Malaya. 
Leaves cordate. 
Spadix clubbed at top, free from spathe to base; 
leaves large ovate . . . . . . (i) S, calyptrata 
Spadix appendage conic narrow . . . . {2) S. mutata 
Spadix conic blunt ; leaves lanceolate . . • (3) S. cordifolia 
Spadix appendage cylindric-conic acute, as long 
as cylindric male part . . . . . (4) S. Ridleyana 
Spadix appendage cylindric ; spathe 4 in. long; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate . . . . . (5) S. liii^aiforniis 
Leaves round, entire at base. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate cuspidate, 6 in. long . (6) S. Wallichii 
Leaves blunt elliptic-ovate, 2 in, long; spadix 
adnate to spathe . . . , . . (7) S. minor 
Leaves elliptic; petiole slender not creniilate ; 
rhizome long creeping . . . . . (8) S. brevicuspis 
Leaves elliptic ; petiole thick crenulate . . (9) S. Scortechinii 
Leaves lanceolate, narrowed to base. 
Peduncles very short ...... (10) S. marginata 
Peduncles long and slender . . , • (n) S. longifolia 
