COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINE ; 235 
acuminatis circiter 9 fasciculatis dissitis 15 cm. longis 1 cm. latis apice. pauci- 
setosis. Spadices 45 cm. longi, gracillimi, pedunculis 16 em. longis complanatis 
aciculatis, ramis 1-2, spicis 2-3. Spathe 2 cm. longs, tubulosæ, limbo lanceolato. 
Spice 2 lcm. longe, 5-floree. Flores2 mm..longi. Calyx tabuloso-campanulatus, 
lobis ovatis brevissimis. Petala triangularia, acuta, paullo longiora. Ovarium 
conicum. Stigmata recurva. Fructus oblongo-globosus, 1'5 cm. longus et latus, 
pallide brunneus vel flavus, squamis 10-seriatis latioribus quam longis 3 mm. 
latis rhomboideis apice obtusis flavis, margine tenuiter scarioso, linea marginali 
brunnea. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
Allied to C. Cuthbertsonii, Becc., a native of New Guinea, but differing in its linear 
leaflets, much more slender spadix and large fruit, much more slender spathes and 
shorter spikes. 
CALAMUS Krossit, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia basi longe nuda, lobis 7 lanceolatis longe acuminatis 19 cm. latis apice setiferis, 
setis nigris 12 mm. longis, ad marginem setis paucis munitis ceterum glabris, rhachi 
obscure triquetra rufo-furfuracea, aculeis 4 mm. longis decurvis acutis basi latis 
pallidis apice nigris. Spadix.masculus 53 cm. longus, pedunculo terete parce 
aculeato, ramis 2, rhachis aculeis binis 1:5 em. dissitis 2 mm. longis crassiusculis. 
Flagellum terminale 30 em. longum, medio spatha unica instructum. Spatha 2 cm. 
longa, limbo lanceolato acuto papyraceo mox in fibrillas disrupto. Spice g 2-4 cm. 
longs. Spathelle distichse, cupulate, limbo ovato porrecto, costatee, approximatze. 
Flores 5 mm. longi. Calyx campanulatus, lobis ovatis dimidium calycis sequan- 
tibus. Petala triplo longior, lanceolata, obtusa, cymbiformia. Stamina 6, filamentis 
quam petalis brevioribus antheris dorsifixis citrinis in medio curvis. Pistiliodium 
minutum. Spadix 2, brevior. Spice 2-25 cm. longs, latiores et magis 
compacts quam mascule. Petala breviora. Stigmata brevia, crassa, recurva. 
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft. 
The female flowers are all attacked by a fungus (Pleogibberella calamia, Bert. & Vogl.) 
which has destroyed the pistil. 
This species seems nearest to C. dilaceratus, Becc., of the Andaman Islands, but is 
much smaller with shorter spadices. 
PANDANACEZ. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
FREYCINETIA ANGUSTISSIMA, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (1886) 15. 
Camp I, 700 ft.. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea, also in British New Guinea. = 
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