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Araceae
Schismatoglottis canaliculata Engl.
SUMMARY
Herb to c. 25 cm tall. Stem (not observed) ?hypogeal, ?hapaxanthic. Leaves ?several together; petiole c. 20 cm long, about as long as the blade, sheathing in the lower ¼–½; wings of sheath persistent, fully attached, tapering; blade triangular-cordato-sagittate, c. 20 cm long × 9 cm wide, the tip acute and acuminate for c. 2 cm, the base widely cordate with rounded posterior lobes c. 3 cm long; midrib more or less flush with the blade (dry) with c. 7 primary lateral veins on each side, regularly alternating with lesser interprimaries and diverging at c. 45°; secondary venation arising from the midrib and from the bases of the primary veins; tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescences 2 ?or more together; peduncle c. 10 cm long. Spathe (incomplete), length?; lower spathe ovoid, c. 3 cm long, apparently differentiated from the limb by a weak constriction; limb?. Spadix subcylindric, 6 cm long; female zone 2.5 cm long, adnate to the spathe in the lower 2⁄5, the free part faintly conoid, apically c. 5 mm diam.; pistils crowded, narrowly ovoid, c. 0.6 mm diam.; stigma raised on a very short style, broadly button-like, about as wide as the ovary; interpistillar staminodes scattered among the pistils, long-stalked, narrowly clavate, about twice the height of the pistils; sterile interstice absent; male zone contiguous with female zone, subcylindric, slightly attenuate in the middle, held half within the lower spathe chamber, 1.1 cm long, 6 mm diam. at the top; stamens crowded, truncate, dumbbell-shaped, the thecae with conspicuous round pores and slightly elevated above the connective, c. 0.6 mm across; appendix subcylindric, basally isodiametric with top of male zone, distally tapering to a blunt point, 2.4 cm long; staminodes of appendix flat-topped, irregularly polygonal with rounded angles, c. 0.6 m diam. Fruit unknown.