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Homalomena (From homalos flat and nema)

(from homalos, flat, and nema, a filament; alluding to the shape of the stamens). Including Curmeria. SYN. Homalonema. ORD. Aroideae (Araceae). A genus of about twenty species of very ornamental stove, herbaceous or shrubby, foliage plants, natives of Asia and tropical America. For culture, see Caladium.

H. peltata (peltate). fl. spathe persistent 6in. to 7in. long, constricted in the middle, acuminate at the apex, pinkish, spotted with greenish internally; spadix about the length of the spathe, cream-coloured. l. about 24in. long by 16in. to 17in. wide, rather pubescent, deeply cordately two-lobed; lobes rounded. h. 3ft. Columbia, 1877. (G. C. 1877, 273.) H. picturata (painted). fl., spathe green; the spadix white. l. cordate, two basal lobes rounded, ovate or oblong, pointed, marked along the midrib with a narrow silvery-white band. h. 4in. to 5in. Columbia, 1873. (R. G. 1877, 891.) H. Roezlii (Roezl's).* fl., spathe olive-brown outside, creamy within. l. on long petioles, ovate-oblong, rounded or slightly tapering at the base, not cordate, sparsely spotted with a few yellow blotches. h. 6in. Columbia, 1875. (G. C. 1874, 804, under name of Curmeria Roezlii.) H. rubescens (reddish). A synonym of H. rubra.

H. rubra (red). fl., spathe sub-cylindrical, convolute, reddish-purple without, whitish within. l. sagittate-cordate, dark green; under surface purplish; petiole deep red. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Java, 1870. SYN. H. rubescens. H. Wallisii (Wallis's).* fl., spathe about 3in. long, constricted in the middle, reddish; spadix red, nearly as long as the spathe. l. shortly stalked, slightly oblique, ovate-oblong, rounded and slightly tapering at the base, abruptly acuminate at the apex, bordered with a white edge, sprinkled with bright golden blotches on the upper surface. Columbia, 1877. SYN. Curmeria Wallisii. (B. M. 6571.) H. Wendlandii (Wendland's). l. sagittate-cordate, about 1 1/2ft. long and 1ft. broad, upper surface dark green, polished and paler below; petioles 2 1/2ft. long, dark red at the base. Costa Rica.