Schismatoglottis ecaudata A.Hay

Herb c. 20 cm tall. Stem hypogeal, stoloniferous, hapaxanthic, c. 1 cm diam. Leaves c. 5 together; petiole to 14 cm long, sheathing in the lower ⅓; wings of sheath fully attached, persistent, tapering; blade narrowly sagittate, c. 13 cm long × 4 cm wide, the base weakly and narrowly cordate with posterior lobes c. 1 cm long, the apex acute and acuminate for c. 1.5 cm; midrib abaxially more or less flush with the lamina, adaxially slightly prominent, with c. 7 primary lateral veins on each side, alternating with lesser interprimaries and diverging at c. 45–60°; secondary venation arising fromn the midrib and the bases of the primary veins, especially in the proximal part of the blade; tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescence solitary; peduncle c. 8 cm long, exserted from the subtending leaf base. Spathe 5.5 cm long; lower spathe ovoid, 2 cm long, differentiated from the limb by a strong constriction; limb more or less ovate, 3.5 cm long, somewhat inflated over the male zone of the spadix, thence elongate-acute, ?caducous. Spadix sessile, more or less hourglass-shaped, 4 cm long; female zone 2.3 cm long, adnate to the spathe in the lower 2⁄5, the free part conoid and distally 2 mm diam.; pistils crowded; ovaries subcylindric to subglobose, c. 0.6 mm diam.; stigma sessile, discoid, about the diameter of the ovary, papillate; interpistillar staminodes scattered among the pistils, stipitate, clavate with wide rounded tops c. 0.5–1 mm diam., white, about the height of the pistils; sterile interstice poorly defined, a slight concentration of interpistillar staminodes in about 2 irregular whorls corresponding with the spathe constriction; male zone narrowly obovoid, 1.5 cm long × 6 mm diam. at the widest point; stamens crowded, truncate with the connective hardly raised above the thecae, strongly hourglass-shaped, c. 1 mm across, the thecae with conspicuous rims to the pores, terminal stamens with conspicuously longer filaments than the rest; appendix absent. Fruit unknown.