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Schismaioglottis^ 
(7) S. minor Hook. fil. F.B.L vi. 538; Ridl. Mat. ni. 32. 
A weak lon^-creeping plant, with a slender stem bearing scattered 
leaves Leaves ovate-lanceolate or elliptic subacute 2 to 2*5 m 
long I in wide, base rounded cordate, back of midrib and petio es 
Sfv petioles slender, 2 in. long. Spadi.K i or more; peduncles 
slender 2 to 2-5 in. long. Spathe tube -b in long limb oblong- 
ovTe acute, hardly contracted at base. Spadix with female mfloi- 
escence adnate to the spathe for half its length. Ovanes scattered, 
Sigmas %lvinate sessile. Rare and little known. Perak, 
without specific locality (Scortechini). 
(8) S. brevicuspis Hook. fil. F.B.L vi. 5371 
Stem creeping and rooting, 4 in. long or more. Leaves lather 
distant lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate cuspidate, base crowded 
Tto 6 in long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles 4-5 to 8 m long Peduncle 
i in long Spathe narrow, 2 in. long, little dilate above, long- 
beaked. %adix shorter; appendage thicker, come, “^le poition 
cvlindric Female portion narrowed upwards, above it a short bare 
portion ’ Ovaries flask-shaped ; stigmas discoid. Hill wnods 
Tohor Pulau Tiuman, Juara Bay (Burkill). Pahang, Pahan River 
ioods. Malacca, Mount Ophir. Selangor Ginting Peras. Perak 
(Scortechini); Temengoh. Penang, \\aterfall (Curtis). 
(a) S. Scortechinii Hook fil. F.B.L vi. 538, Rial. Mat. m. 
32. brevipes Hook. fil. l.c. 538. S. Kingii hngler, Pflanzenreich, 
Stm^shorC'abot^2 in. long. Leaves ovate acuminate base 
broad slightly retuse, dark green, marked grey; nerves about 25 
pairs nearly horizontal; 9 in. long, 3-5 to nearly 4 m. wide petioles 
4 to 5 in. long, sheathing for one-third of the leng h, grooved, margins 
crisped along the edge Peduncle i in. long, lengpeiimg to 2 in. 
In RuR Spathe greenish white, 2 to 3 in. long, limb little enlarged, 
acuminate.^ Spadix not acuminate. Male portion cylindric blunt, 
twice as long as the rest of the spadix. Female portmn ’5 m. long, 
between a narrow portion of oblong neuters. Hab. Banks m woods, 
local but not rare. Johor, Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Tahan 
Selangor, Rawang; Ginting Bidas; Kwala Lumpur. Pe , 
Bujong Malacca. e ^ e t 
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King. 
(10) S. marginata Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1902, p. 36; Mat. 111. 34- ^ 
Stem stout, almost woody, roots thick. Leaves lanceolate 
acuminate, narmwed to.petiole, margin 
3 to 6 in. long, i to 2 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 ^ • 
one-third the length, crisped. Peduncle -5 m. long. Spathe i;/5 m. 
long narrowed at base. Spadix 1-5 in. long. Male portion cylmdnc 
I in long. Female portion few-flowered, above it a narrow part 
