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campanulatus, ad + 3-lobatus, lobis lanceolatis, costatus et pilis albis tectus. 
Petala paullo longiora, lanceolata, obtusa, glabra, fere lignea, inferne excavata. 
Staminum urceolus tubo corolle adnatus, antheris oblongis 6. Ovarium globosum. 
Stigma parvum. 
Canoe Camp, about 150 ft. 
A very fine species with unusually large flowers in very densely crowded thick 
spikes. 
LICUALA PENDULIFLORA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 55. 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Islands. 
‘ Licuara Krossi, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia semi-orbicularia, lobis 12 linearibus dentibus brevibus latis terminatis 1 cm. 
longis 1-7 em. (vel minus) latis, nervis 1-3, petiolis 50 cm. vel ultra longis, dorso 
convexis, ad margines aculeatis. Spadir gracilis, 40 cm. longus, ramis 3-4 cm. 
longis 4-6 patentibus brunneo-furfuraceis. Spathe 2-3, glabre aut fugaciter 
furfuraces, limbo lanceolato inferioris spathz 4 em. longo, tubo sequilongo. 
Flores dissiti, pedicellati, pedicello 1 mm. longo furfuraceo. Calyx urceolatus, 
lobis brevibus ovatis, glaber, 1 mm. longus. Petala lanceolata, vix longiora. 
Stamina 6, urceolo brevi. Ovarium conicum. ‘Stylus petalis ferme sequilongus. 
Drupa globosa, breviter pedicellata, 5 mm. longa. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Nearest to L. Bacularia, Bece., but the spadix is only simply branched, the fruit less 
pedicelled, and the calyx with ovate lobes. 
LICUALA FLAVIDA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia quadranti-circularia, lobis exterioribus 2 angustis linearibus, creteris elongatis 
cuneatis latis 21 cm. longis 4 em. latis ad apices breviter fissis, lobulis 5-10 mm. 
longis bidentatis, nervis superne elevatis 5, lobis mediis per 4 connatis, petiolis ultra 
15 em. longis. Spadix 30 cm. longus, ramis apice ramulos 4 gerentibus 6-7 cm. 
longis, floribus dissitis. Spatha tubulosa, infima 5 em. longa, superne ad 1 cm. fissa, 
glabra, superior 2 em. longa. £%achis ferrugineo-furfuracea. Flores parvi, 3 mm. 
longi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Calyx obconoideus, ad basin attenuatus, lobis 
brevibus subaeutis. Petala duplo longiora, lanceolata, acuta. Staminum urceolus 
dimidium petalorum superans, lobis brevissimis, antheris parvis. Stylus equilongus. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
Flowers dull yellow. 
Allied to L. telifera, Becc., but the leaf is less split up with smaller lobes, the spadix 
less broken up, and the calyx lobes neither scarious nor lacerate. 
CALAMUS DEPAUPERATUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia brevia, vaginis dense aciculeis albis circulariter dispositis 3 mm. longis armata, 
rhachi gracili aculeis brevibus uncinatis minoribus rectis armata, lobis linearibus 
