Stylochaeton salaamicus N.E.Br.

LEAVES contemporary with the flowers, glabrous; petiole 6-10 in. long, narrowly sheathing for 1-2 in. at the base, apparently not spotted; blade hastate or sagittate-hastate, green above, greyish with dark-coloured veins and minutely dotted with black beneath; front lobe 2 1/2-6 in. long, 2 1/2-4 1/2 in. broad near the base, oblong or ovate-deltoid, acute; basal lobes 1 3/4-4 1/2 in. long, 1-2 in. broad at the middle, obliquely-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, broadest at the middle, obtuse. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle 2 1/2 in. long, solitary, axillary, glabrous Spathe and spadix not seen, broken off.