Griffith for his own use, and introduced, through inad- 

 vertence, into his work by the editor of his works. I am 

 indebted for the older synonymy of D. appendiculata to 

 Blume's Kumphia. 



D. appendiculata is a native of the Island of Gilolo, one 

 of the Moluccas, and of New Guinea ; its nearest ally is 

 D. olivrpformis, Scheff., which differs in having narrower 

 leaflets, and the fruit half immersed in the greatly enlarged 

 perianth. The plant here figured was received under the 

 latter name from Dr. Wendland, of the Royal Botanical 

 Gardens of Herrenhausen, Hanover. It flowered for the 

 first time in the Palm House at Kew in June, 1890, when 

 the trunks were three feet high and one and a half inches 

 in diameter, and fruited in the autumn of the same year. 

 T-he plant probably attains much larger dimensions. As 

 far as is recorded, the Drymophlm are not used for any 

 other purpose than for house-building.— J. D. H. 



^Zf\ forhe J 1 : m apli.) flower unexpanded ; 2, the same expanded ; 3, the 



same cut open vertically; 4, stamens; 5, fern, flower; 6, sepal; 7, ovary; 

 », the same cut off vertically -.-all greatly enlarged . 



