30 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Juhrbuchern. Nr. 87. 



\ 6. Neophloga Curtisii Becc. — Dypsis Curtisii Baker in Jouro, Linn. 

 Soc. Bot. XIL 526. — Parvuta, gracilis. Folia 45 cm longa, interrupte 

 pinnata; rachi furfuracea demum scabridula; segments utrinque ad 10, 

 2—3 inter se approximata, acervis spatio 5 — 10 cm longo dissitis, lanceo- 

 lata, levissime sigmoidea, costa media et costulis lateralibus, utrinque 2—3 

 percursa, basi angustata et secus rachidem paullo decurrentia, margine 

 superiore in acumen subulatum continuato, margine inferiore 2—3 cm infra 

 apicem inctsura superficiali notato; segmenta intermedia 16 — -19 cm longa, 

 2 — 3 cm lata; superiora sensim minora; duo terminalia oblonga, 3—4- 

 costulata, extus prope apicem inciso-dentata. Spadix gracillimus simplicissi* 

 mus filiformiSj 45 cm longus, in dimidiam inferiorem compressam partem 

 spatha unica (apice tantum pervia) arete vaginatus; axis florifera teres 

 2 mm crassa, parte pedicellari vix crassior. Florum glomeruli in scrobi- 

 culis superficialibus crebriuscule ordinati et bractea concava semiorbiculari 

 in margine fissa suffulti; bracteolae concavae sepaloideae. Flores q* ovati, 

 obtuse apiculati, 3 mm longi; petala sepalis sub 3-plo longiora; antberae 

 lineari-oblongae, apice minutissime apiculatae, loculis parallelibus; ovarii 

 rudimentum conicum staminibus subdimidio brevius. Fiores Q ovato-conici, 

 acutiusculi, dum nuptiales vix marum minores; petala sepalis plus quam 

 duplo longiora, apice triangulari valvato. 



In Madagascaria, loco special! non indicato, anno 1981 Curtis legit 

 et Veitch n,M6 Herbario Kewensi tradidit. 



11. Chryaalidocarpus H. Wendl. 

 Chrysalidocarpas H. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit, 1878, 116; Benth. etHook.f. 

 Gen. pi. Ill, 882. — Phlogella Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. 148 

 (1894) 1174. — (Charact. emendat.j. Flores parvi vel stirpium ratioDe 

 mediocres, in eodem spadicc interfoliaceo ± ramoso glomerulato-terni, inter- 

 medio Q ; glomeruli in ramulorum flexuris superficiales vel in scrobiculis — 

 nidulantes spiraliler dispositi et bractea concava obvallati. Floris 9 

 bracteolae duae angustae et semilunares vel semiorbiculares et concavae. 

 Flores rf ovato-oblongi symmetrici vel raro paullo asymmetrici ; sepala 

 suborbicularia concava imbricata dorso carinata; petala sepalis duplo et 

 ultra longiora concavo-novicularia striata valvata; stamina 6 subaequalia 

 iilamentis subulatis apice ± inflexis; antherae versatiles oblongae vel 

 sagittatae, loculis basi d= sejunctis; ovarii rudimentum conicum vel colam- 

 nare apice ± trifido vel trilobo. Floris Q tantum post marum afithesio 

 bene evoluti et tunc illis paullo majores, ovoideo-conici, periantbio pos 

 anthesin vix aucto; sepala rotundata vel reniformia late imbricata; p«*a» 

 sepalis duplo et ultra longiora basi lata convolutivo-imbricata apial"* 

 breviter valvatis; staminodia 6 dentiformia interdum conspicua; ovarii"" 

 globoso-ovatum vel oblongum post anthesin gibbosum, stigmatibus 

 vibus trigonis in alabasl.ro conniventibus, tunc apice oblique acuta"*"' 



