114 CL'^^IL AROIDE^. {SchismatoglotUs. 
covered with neuters. Hah. Forests, rare, Pahang, Tahaii woods 
(Ridley). 
(ii) S. longifolia Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1902, p. 737; Mat. iii. 34; 
Engler, Pflanzenreich, l.c. fig. 58. 
Stem short. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate mucronate, narrow to 
base, 6 to 12 in. long, i*5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 6 to 15 in. long. 
Spadices very numerous; peduncles 5 to 15 in. long. Spathe slender, 
white, 2 in. long, beak *5 in. long. Spadix nodding, i in. long; 
appendage cylindric-conic, orange. Mde portion short. Female 
portion *25 in. long, adnate at back to the spathe. Pistils sub- 
globose ; stigma capitate. Hah. Hill forests about 2500 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; common; Temengoh (Ridley); Relau Tujor 
(Wray); Tanjong Pondok (Burkill). 
12 . PIPTOSPATHA, N. E. Br. 
Terrestrial herbs, stems short and stout. Leaves lanceolate, 
base narrowed; petioles long. Spathes short and broad, on long 
peduncles, not constricted in the middle, upper part deciduous. 
Spadix shorter, sessile. No appendage of barren flowers. Male 
portion rounded, terminal. Anthers with the connective prolonged, 
horned or hemispheric, b'emale portion as long. Fruiting spathe 
funnel-shaped. Seeds fusiform. Species about 8, Malay Peninsula 
and Borneo. 
Leaves broad ovate-lanceolate . . . . (i) P. Ridleyi 
Leaves narrow conspicuously nerved . . . (2) P. perakensis 
(1) P. Ridleyi Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 7410; Ridl. Mat. iii. 35. 
Leaves lanceolate or elliptic, undulate acute, dark green or spotted 
vnth light green; nerves about 4 pairs; 2 to 6 in. long, i to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 3 to 6 in. long, red. Peduncles 4 to 5 in. long. Spathe 
1 in. long, ovoid, beaked, beak recurved, striped and spotted pink. 
SpadLx -25 in. long, thick cylindric. Male portion as long as female. 
Anthers quadrate oblong, connective hemispheric pubescent. 
Ovaries ovoid; stigma sessile discoid. Hah. On rocks in streams 
in forests, local. Johor, Gunong Pantai; Gunong Janeng (Kelsall); 
Gunong Pulai (Ri^ey). Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss). 
var. lanceolata Ridl. Leaves narrow lanceolate, acuminate 
at both ends, nerves 8 pairs; 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, petioles slender, 
6 in. ling. Hah. Johor, Ulu Kahang (Holttum). 
(2) P. perakensis Ridl. Schismatoglottis elongata Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 539 (not of Engler). Piptospatha elongata perakensis 
Engler, Pfianzenreich, iv. 23, p. 125. 
Stem stout, short. Leaves lanceolate acute with a tubular 
mucro, base cuneate, margin undulate; nerves 7 pairs or more; 
2 to 9 in. long, *5 to 3 in. wide; petioles i to 6 in. long. Peduncle 
1*5 to 5 in. long. Spathe nodding, fusiform, beaked, cream colour, 
I to 2 in. long. Spadix short. Male portion cylindric blunt. Female 
