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apiculo 3 mm. longo. Spadix spathe equilonga, 2 cm. longa. Pars d angus- 
tissima, acuta, quam pars 9 longior. Ovaria globosa, bilocularia, stigmatibus 
parvis disegideis. Staminodia minima, oblonga. Semina oblonga, minute tuber- 
culata. — 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Very near H. angustifolia, Jack, of the Malay Pons, but differing in the long 
point of the spathe and the longer male part of the spadix. 
HOoMALOMENA (§ CHAMJECLADON) Krossir, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Planta humilis. Foliorum petioli gracillimi, 7 mm. longi; vagine anguste, 2 em. 
longe ; lamina ovata, elliptica, apice acuta, mucronulata, basi rotundata, insequi- 
latera, emarginata, 8:5 cm. longa, 4 em. lata, margine incrassato, nervis 12 gracilibus 
in costa decurrentibus, secundariis circiter 70 inconspicuis. Pedunculus 5 em. 
longus, gracilis. Spatha 1:4 em. longa, oblongo-cylindrica, cuspide acuminato 5 mm. 
longo. Spadix breviter stipitatus, 1 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus, parte d 7 mm. 
longa. Flores d irregulariter oblongo-rotundati; 9 globosi, dissiti, pauci, 
stigmatibus magnis diseoideis. Staménodia nulla. 
Canoe Camp, about 150 ft. (dry country). 
I found this mixed with Homalomena inequalis (see below), from which it differs 
in the smaller leaves and long point to the spathe, which is also shorter and 
thieker. 
HOMALOMENA DISTANS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba pro sectione magna. Foliorum petioli graciles, 30 cm. longi; lamina ovata, 
cordata, a sinu usque ad apicem 13 cm. longa, basi 10:5 cm. lata, lobis late rotun- 
datis lobis 4 cm. longis, basi 42 cm. latis, apice acuminato, nervis e sinu orientibus 
8 tenuibus e costa 2, secundariis tenuibus copiosis fere seque conspicuis margine 
(in sicco) ineurvo. Pedunculus 8-16 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha cylindrica, 
medio haud angustata, cuspidata, 3 em. longa, basi 5 mm. lata. Spadix angustus, 
 eylindrieus, spathz fere sequilongus, 3 mm. crassus, breviter stipitatus, parte d . 
2 cm., 9 1 cm. longa. Flores 3 anguste oblongi, plurimi, remoti, ovariis cylin- 
dricis, stigmatibus discoideis. Staminodia oblonga, truncata, haud stipitata, quam 
ovarium multo breviora. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Allied to H. tenuispadiz, Engl., of New Guinea, from which it differs in the cordate 
not sagittate leaves, the much smaller spathe, and very short stipes to the spadix. 
HOMALOMENA (f CHAMJECLADON) INJEQUALIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba pro sectione magna. Foliorum petioli graciles, 32 cm. longi; lamina oblique 
ovata, basi rotundata, obscure vel haud lobata, apice longe acuminata, 14 em. 
longa, 6 cm. lata, cuspide 1:5 em. longo, nervis e costa ortis 18 tenuibus vix 
a secundariis distinguendis. Pedunculus 7-15 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha — 
