201 
ARACES. 
Hotocniamys Brocart Engl. in Malesia, i. 265; Schum. & Laut, 212; 
Nova Guinea, viii. (1912) 806. 
Humboldt Bay, ridge behind “campong,” 500', undergrowth in high 
forest. Fl, Jan. 6261. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Ramoi, Andai, Beccart ; D.S.W., Hellwig 
Mountains, von Roemer [fl. Nov.]; N.E.). Aru Islands (Moseley, 
‘Challenger’ Exp. Herb. Kew.). 
Spadix green when collected with only remains of spathe. 
CyRTOSPERMA MACROTUM Becc. (MS.) ex Engl. in Bull. Soc. Tose. Ort. iv. 
(1879) 295; Malesia, i. 279, t. xxiv. figs. 1-6; Nova Guinea, viii. 
(1910) 249; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, Bot. ix. (1916) 24. 
Manokoeari, track to Ambani, undergrowth in high forest, on “ korang.” 
Fl. (yg.). Jan. 6211. 
Distrib, New Guinea (D.N.W., Batanté, Beccari ; D.S.W., Noord River, 
Versteeg, Brandenhorst, marsh land, von Roemer; Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; 
S.E.). 
Plant 1 m. high. Spathe white. 
ScHISMATOGLOTTIS DURENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 
Herba parva; caudiculus hypogeus. Cataphylla lineari-lanceolata, mem- 
branacea. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi breviter late cordata, superne 
flavo-viridia, subtus pallida, nervis +16, vagina lata. Spatha solitaria, albida, basi 
constricta, lamina convoluta, dilatata, cuspidata. Spadicis pars feminea triente 
inferiori dorso spathe adnata, superne laxiflora, inflorescentia mascula a feminea 
interstitio nudo separata. Staminum filamenta quam anthere paullo longiora ; 
thece obovoider, concavo-rufescentes. Staminodia truncata, rufo-punctata. Ovaria 
oblonga, ovoidea, stigmate parvi sessili coronata, ovula plurima. 
Hab. Manokoeari, terrestrial in secondary jungle, forming large patches. 
200’. FL, Fr. Jan. 6167. 
Plant +3 dm. high. Largest leaf +1°5 dm. by 5 cm.,acumen 1 cm. 
Petiole +1°8 dm. long, vagina 3°5 cm. Peduncle +7 em. Jong ; cataphylls 
+2°5 em. long. Spathe white, 3°6 cm. long, basal portion 15 cm. by 
4 mm. Spadix white, 2 em. long; ¢ portion cylindric, 12 cm. by 
2°5 mm., constricted above ; upper part club-shaped, 1 em. by 4°5 mm., with 
stamens below and staminodes at the apex. Fruit green (when collected), 
2 cm. by ‘7 mm. 
Near S. Klossii Ridl., but differs in the longer petioles, larger and broader 
— leaves, longer peduncles, and the naked interval between the upper and lower 
portion of the spadix. Mr. N. E. Brown was good enough to give me his 
opinion on this plant as a new species. 
