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ongis. Fructus concinne biseriato-pectinati, 10 mm. longi, 5 mm. crassi, 
subobovato-elliptici, abrupte apiculato-rostrati. Semen ellipticum, foveola 
embrionali lateraliter basilari. Perianthium fructiferum cupulare, truncatum, 
in ore nee constrictum nec ampliatum, sepalis et petalis fere nitidis minime 
apieulatis in margine rotundatis et glabris. 
Hab. Kinabalu, near Kiau, 2500', gregarious in sec. forest. Feb. 3968. 
P. cochinchinensi ut videtur proxima. 
*DÆMONOROPS ELONGATUS, Blume, var. MONTANUS, Becc., var. nov. 
Scandens. Cataphyllorum vagine spinis horizontalibus seriatis armate. 
Frondium segmenta subsequidistantia, 2-3 em. inter se dissita, ensiformia, 
acuminata, majora 40 em. longa, 3 em. lata, supra in costa media prope 
apicem spinulosa et secus 2 nervos secundarios setis nonnullis sparsa, subtus 
in costa media tantum crebre setosa, venulis transversis numerosissimis 
minutis brevibus fere granuliformibus utrinque notata. Spada 9 ut in 
forma typica. Fructus sphærici, 85-9 mm. diam., abrupte breviterque 
mucronati, squamis per series longitudinales 18 ordinatis, semine globoso, 
6 mm. diametro. 
Hab. Tenom, hills above, 2000', abundant in high forest. Fr. Jan. 2893. 
Kinabalu, Gurulau spur, above Kiau, 5000', in high forest. Fl. Feb. 3983. 
A forma typica, Bornei meridionalis incola, differt frondium segmentis 
equidistantibus et fructu sphærico minori squamis numerosioribus przedito. 
D. Currani Bece. e Philippinis quoque proximus, qui vero fructus majores 
et squamas per series 12-14 ordinatas exhibet. 
D2 MONOROPS SABENSIS, Bece., sp. nov. 
Scandens. Caudices vaginati, circiter 2 em. diam. — Cataphyllorum 
vagine spinis laminaribus elongato-triangularibus majusculis majoribus 
3 em. longis 5 mm. basi latis sparsis vel basi confluentibus et oblique seriatis 
armate ; ocrea ligulieformis, dense hispida. rondes (petiolo brevi preeditze ) 
in parte pinnifera circ. 2 m. longe, interrupte pinnate ; segmenta 6—10 per 
greges approximata et inter se equidistantia, tenuiter papyracea, utrinque 
virentia, ensiformia, acuminata, majora 30-40 cm. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, 
costa media in facie superiore valida et prope apicem spinulosa ibique nervis 
secundariis tenuibus nudis percursa, subtus in costa media et secus nervos 
secundarios nonnullos pilis spinuliformibus sparsa, marginibus minute remote 
et appresse spinulosis. Spadicis d panicula stricta, paniculato-cupressi- 
formis, parte pedicellari elongata inermi ancipiti suffulta ; spathee primarize 
deciduse ; spieze appresse, complanate, majores 2-25 cm. longze, 12-14 flores 
bifarie utrinque ferentes ; spathelle dimidiato-infundibulares; involucrum 
subdiseoideum. Flores d approximati, ohlongi, obtusi, 4-5 mm. longi, 
