Schizocasia
(from schizo, to cut or split, and casia; in allusion to its divided leaves and its relationship to Colocasia). ORD. Aroideae (Araceae). A small genus (three or four species) of stove herbs, with a thick caudex, natives of New Guinea, Siam, and the Philippine Islands. Flowers monoecious, on an appendiculate spadix, the males and females remote; perianth none; spathe tube convolute, the blade linear-oblong, obtuse, thrice as long as the tube, the throat constricted; peduncle short, sheathed. Leaves ovate-cordate, pinnatipartite; petioles elongated, terete. According to Mr. N. E. Brown, there are no real characters to separate Schizocasia from Alocasia (which see, on p. 50, Vol. I., for culture).
S. Portei (Porte's). l. oblong-triangular, sagittate, pinnatipartite; lateral divisions semi-ovate or oblong, obtuse, with a deep sinus; stalks half as long again as the leaves. Caudex thick.
S. Regnieri (Regnier's). fl. unknown. l. large, pinnatifid, 10in. to 12in. long, peltate, repand, dark green above, the midrib and principal nerves much paler, glaucescent beneath, the margins undulated; pinnae costate, mucronate at apex, cordate-lanceolate; petioles 1 3/4ft. long, sheathing at base, terete, yellow, with reddish, hieroglyphic markings. Siam, 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 6.)