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Araceae
Schismatoglottis hainanensis H.Li
SUMMARY
Herbs, stoloniferous, forming dense colonies. Petiole 20–30cm, proximal half sheathing; leaf blade glaucous abaxially, dark green adaxially, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 16–17 × 5.5–7cm, both surfaces densely and minutely impressed punctate, base rounded or obtuse, apex acuminate; primary veins 8–10 per side, adaxially always raised toward midrib; secondary and tertiary veins arising mostly from midrib. Peduncle shorter than petioles, ca. 13cm. Spathe convolute, pale green or white, ca. 7cm; proximal part elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 0.6cm, persistent; distal part convolute, horn-shaped; limb caducous. Spadix ca. 5cm; female zone adnate to spathe, ca. 2.5cm × 4–5mm, attenuate toward apex; pistil oblong, ca. 1mm, 1-loculed, with 2 parietal placentae; ovules numerous, anatropous, obovoid, with longitudinal striations; funicle long and slender, carried on placentae in 2 ranks; distal sterile zone clavate, ca. 13 × 5mm, attenuate toward base, apex obtuse; staminodes cylindric; male zone cylindric, ca. 15 × 4mm; fertile stamens with anthers subcuneate, dehiscing by a terminal pore.