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Araceae
Schismatoglottis samarensis A.Hay
SUMMARY
Small herb c. 25 cm tall. Stem ?erect to trailing, pleionanthic, rather condensed, to c. 15 cm long, 1 cm diam. Petioles c. 14–22 cm long, sheathing in the lower 2⁄5; blades narrowly hastato-sagittate, to 25 cm long; anterior lobe c. 8–10 cm wide, widest c. ¼ the way along the midrib; posterior lobes to c. 3 cm long, rather narrowly rounded to squared off; midrib with c. 6 primary lateral veins on each side diverging at c. 45°; interprimary veins well defined; secondary venation finely striate; tertiary venation inconspicuous. Inflorescence solitary or in series each with an associated foliage leaf; peduncle c. 9 cm long. Spathe c. 5 cm long, constricted at c. ⅓ from the base; limb lanceolate, acuminate, caducous. Spadix c. 3.5 cm long, sessile; female zone 1 cm long, ½ adnate to the spathe; interpistillar staminodes absent; pistils bottle-shaped, c. 0.5 mm diam.; style more or less lacking, stigma punctiform; male zone contiguous with female, 1.2 cm long, ½ within the lower spathe after the limb has fallen, the rest exposed, slightly constricted level with spathe constriction, otherwise shallowly obconic, to c. 4 mm diam.; appendix conic, 1 cm long, slightly wider at the base than the top of the male zone; appendical staminodes flat-topped. Fruiting spathe asymmetrical urceolate, c. 2 cm long.