Dracontioides desciscens (Schott) Engl.

Herb helophytic, often locally abundant; Stem elongated, vertical, 10-30 x 1-2 cm, covered by small tubercles. LEAVES 2-4 per plant, erect to spreading; petioles 45-90 x 0.8-1.2 cm , marbled at base, sheathed to 1/2-1/3 of petiole length; blade glossy green in barh surfaces, lighter abaxially, drying brown, chartaceous, sagittate, 17-50 x 13-36 cm, fenestrate or rarely without holes; anterior division ovate, 9-27 x 7.5-18 cm, wider at base, primary lateral veins 2-4 per side, departing at a 45-70° angle from the midrib, curved towards apex, apex acuminate; posterior divisions 28-30 x 20-23 cm, obliquely lanceolate, basiscopic nerves 1-2, acroscopic nerves 1-2, basal rib denuded for 0.8-1 cm. INFLORESCENCES solitary, erect at anthesis; peduncles 26-73 x 0.5-0.7 cm; spathe 8-17 x 2.5-4 cm, green to reddish-green or copper-green striated in clear green outside, purplish with white or yellow stripes inside, convolute basally forming tube, lamina fornicate; spadix blackish to purplish, sessile or shortly stipitate, stipe when present 5-6 x 5 mm, oblique basally, cylindrical, 2.5-5 x 0.5-l.5 cm. Flowers rhombic to square, 2 x 2 mm, tepals 4, fornicate, 2-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, stamens 2-2.5 mm long, filament flattened l.5-2 x 1 mm, thecae elliptic 0.5-2 x 0.5-1 cm, apically dehiscent by a pore, gynoecium 3-5 mm long, stigma small, flattened, rounded, style conoid, 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm, ovary ovoid, 1-2 x 1-2 mm, 2-locular, each locule 1-2 ovular. INFRUCTESCENCE nodding; berries completely green or dark purple at apex, ovoid, 5-10 x 4-8 mm; Seed reniform, with many cristae along the entire length 7-8 x 0.5-6 mm, brown.