Stylochaeton puberulus N.E.Br.

LEAVES probably contemporary with the flowers; petiole 12-14 in. long, sheathing for 1/4-1/3 of its length, puberulous in the lower part, marked with pale spots; blade as broad as long, very broadly sagittate or hastate, glabrous above, puberulous on the midrib, veins and veinlets beneath; front lobe 5-10 in. long, 41/2-9 in. broad, broadly ovate or deltoid-ovate, subacute, with a subulate point 3-4 lin. long; basal lobes 31/2-8 in. long, 2-61/2 in. broad, ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, overlapping or widely spreading. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 2 1/2-4 in. long, puberulous. Spathe and male part of the spadix not seen. Female flowers about 30, in several spirals, only seen in young fruit, free, horizontal. Perianth apparently cupular, about 1 line deep. INFRUCTESCENCE: Young fruit flat at the apex, scrobiculate and puberulous; stigma sessile.