28 Beibtatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbuchern. Nr. 87. 



a cl. Baker huic speciei tributus mihi potius ad N, emimetisem pertinere 



videtur. 



13. Neophloga emiriieiisis Becc. — Dypsidktm emirnmse BailL in 

 Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. 148 (1894) 1173.— Parvuia, 1,40m alia, cau- 

 dice gracillime arundinaceo usque ad 80 cm longo, 7 — 8 mm diam,, foliis 

 6 — 7 inter se aliquantum dissitis coronato. Vagina apice, ad basin pe- 

 tioli in utroque latere, appendicula stipulaeformi barbata praedita. Folia 

 breviter petiolata, 22 — 30 cm longa, pinnata; segmenta valde inaequi- 

 distantia, uniformia, in utroque latere 10 — 12, patule sparsa, soiitaria vel 

 ± approximate, anguste lanceolate, unicostata, recta (non sigmoidea), basi 

 acuta, in apicem tenuissimum sensim attenuate, 7 — 10 cm longa, 6— 8 mm 

 lata; 2 terminalia basi connate, caeteris paullo latiora, 2 — 4-costulata, apice 

 parum coarctato et truncate Spadix 15 — 20 cm longus, 2— 3-fidus, in 

 parte pedicellari spatha xmica pro maxima parte vaginatus; spatba altera 

 superior parva, squamaeformis, triangularis; rami iiliformes papilloso-fur- 

 furacei, 5 — 7 cm Iongi. Florum glomeruli superficiales spiraliter alterni, 

 bractea concava margine rotundato glabro suffulti, bracteolis concavis 

 sepaloideis conspicuis. Flores tf ovato-oblongi, apice parum attenuati, 

 2,5 mm Iongi, sepalis rotundatis vix margine ciliolatis, petalis quam sepala 

 duplo et ultra longioribus, antheris oblongis obtusiusculis; ovarii rudimen- 

 tum conicum acutum, staminibus dimidio brevius. Flores Q ovato-conici, 

 3 mm Iongi. Fructus late ovatus, utrinque rotundatus, 5 — 7 mm longus, 

 4 — 5 mm latus, mesocarpio tenuiter carnoso, ejusdem parte interiori fibns 

 paucis uniseriatis percursa; stigmatum residua circiter ad medium lateris 

 ducta. Semen obovatum, utrinque rotundatum, embryone paullo infra 

 medium dorsi locato. 



In silva Andragoolaka, prov, Emirne (Lb Myre db Vilers in Herb. 

 Paris.); ex eadem regione herbario Kewensi misit Rev. Baron numens: 

 486, 1286, 3002, 3248. — N. 1286 cl. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. Botany 

 XII, 526 ad Dypstdem concinnam ducit 



14. Xeophloga heterophylla Becc. — Dypsis heterophyUa Baker m 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot XII. 525. — Parvuia, caudice gracillime arundinaceo 

 5-6 mm diam. s foliis 7—8 polymorphs in eadem planta promiscue coro- 

 nato. Vagina ad basin petioli in utroque latere appendicula stipulaeformi 

 apice barbata praedita. Folia brevissime petiolata, 15—20 cm longa; non- 

 nulla anguste oblonga, basi cuneiformia, antice circiter usque ad tertiam 

 partem vel etiam ultra furcato-bifida, sinu acuto, laciniis anguste triangulan- 

 bus, apice angusto truncato-denticulato, margine exteriore remote obtuseque 

 serrato; alia ± irregularissime pinnatisecta et apice Habellulato-serraU, 

 segmentis lateralibus per paria inter se remote oppositis, utrinque 5-t 

 lanceolatis vel linearibus, 6-7 cm longis, I — 3-costulatis, apice acuminate 

 vel oblique eroso-dentatis. Spadix gracilis circiter 20 cm longus pa^ 

 rameus, in parte pedicellari tereti 2 mm crassus, spatha unica P artiah er 



