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FREYCINETIA RHODOSPATHA, Ridl,, sp. nov. 
Caulis validus, lignosus, 2 em. crassus, internodiis 2 em. longis, radicibus elongatis 
validis. Folia linearia, acuminata, subobtusa, inermia, in sicco nigra, vaginis 
cervinis, 30 cm. longa, 2 em. lata. Spice laterales subsessiles; pedunculo brevi 
3 em. longo, bracteis distichis ovatis crasse coriaceis costatis marginibus aculeis 
brevibus dentiformibus pallidis armatis. Bracte@ florales crasse coriacee, fere - 
lignosæ, inermes, lanceolate, obtuse, 9 cm. longze, 3:5 mm. late, kermesine, costa 
vix elevata. Spice 4, flavw, cylindrice, obtus:e, 3 cm. longe, 5 mm. crasse, in 
peduneulis ligneis 8 cm. longis. Stigmata 4-6 in syncarpio, fere circularia. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. | 
Near F. arborea, Gaud. A very fine plant with crimson bracts. 
PANDANUS SETISTYLUS, Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 3, p. 81. fig. 21 A-C. 
Camp VI 5, 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Endemie in New Guinea. 
PANDANUS (§ ACROSTIGMA) PAPUANUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Planta humilis. Folia rigide coriacea, linearia, acuminata, sicca pallida, 15 dm. 
longa, 5-5-5 cm. lata, in marginibus et costa aculeata, aculeis ad basin 2 mm. 
longis pallide brunneis superue minoribus et magis copiosis, ad apicem densis 
minimis. Syrcarpium in pedunculo valido 13 em. longo solitarium, angulatum, 
angulis aculeis 1-3 connatis armatis. Bractee lanceolate, foliacee. Syncarpium 
(juvenile) oblongum, 4 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum. Drupe apicibus liberis conicis. 
Stylus brevis, 2 mm. longus, quam apex brevior, stigmate totius longitudinis. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Not closely allied to any species. 
 AROIDEX. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
ConocasrA ANTIQUORUM, Schott, Melet. i. 18. 
Camp I, 500 ft. 
Distrib. Cultivated throughout the tropics. 
ALOCASIA SCABRIUSCULA, N. E. Br. ? in Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 29, 296. 
Utakwa Valley, without precise locality. In fruit only. 
Distrib. Borneo. 
HOMALOMENA ($ CHAM £CLADON) APICULATUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba parva. Foliorum petioli gracillimi, 8 em. longi; vaginz 1 em. long ; lamina 
lanceolata, acuminata, mucronulata, a basi angustata, 5 cm. longa, 1 em. lata, 
nervis 4. Pedunculus 4 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha oblonga, 2 cm. longa, 
