202 
AGLAONEMA NOVO-GUINEENSIS Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 22; Schum. 
& Laut. 214. : 
Manokoeari, undergrowth in damp secondary jungle, 100’. Fl. Fr. 
Jan. 6164. 
Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 
Stem 1 m. high, with leaves aggregated at the top. Spathes green, 
sometimes bipartite ; spadix white ; fruiting spathes green, fruit red. . 
Anocasta acuta (Engl.) Hall. f. in Bull. Herb. Bois. vi. (1898) 605 ; 
Malesia, i. 294 ; Schum. & Laut. 214; Nova Guinea, viii. (1910) 251. 
Manokoeari, common on edge of forest, where damp, 200’. FI., Fr. 
6190. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Andai, Beccari; D.S.W., Noord River, 
Versteeg; N.E.). Skru and Aru Islands, Batyan (Herb. Kew.). 
A very striking plant with stem 2 m. high, the large fleshy leaves aggre- 
gated at the top, bearing numerous flowers, on short peduncles, in their axils. 
The greenish spathes enclose the spadix, which is white at the top (¢), then 
red (sterile), and green at the base (2). The fruit contains 2-6 bright red 
seeds, with fruiting spathes red at the base and green above. 
FLAGELLARIACES., 
Fuacetiaria inpica L. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 333; F. Muell. Pap. Pl. i. 73; 
Rid]. in Journ, Bot. xxiv. (1886) 358; Schum. & Laut. 215; Ridl. 
in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ix. (1916) 231. 
Manokoeari, scandent on the highest trees in the forest and in open 
clearings. Fl. Jan. 6210. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.8.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss; N.E.; S.E. and 
adjacent islands). Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
COMMELINACER. 
Poti1a Sorzogonensts (E. Mey.) Endl. Gen. Pl. (1841) 368 ; Schum. & Laut. 
216; Nova Guinea, viii. (1913) 907; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, 
Bot. ix. (1916) 231. 
Manokoeari, Langgén, undergrowth in secondary jungle. Fl. (white). 
Jan. 6222. 
Distrib. New Guinea ‘D.N.W., Salt Spring, Begowri River, Gjellerup ; 
D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss; N.K. and adjacent islands). India and Ceylon; 
Indo-China; Formosa ; Malaya, N.E. Australia, and New Caledonia. 
LILIACEA. 
DRacHNA ANGUSTIFOLIA Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 155; Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. 
(1886) 357; Schum. & Laut. 220 ; Nova Guinea, viii. (1914) 1002. 
Humboldt Bay, edge of forest. Fl., Fr. Jan. 6250. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Humboldt Bay, Bogowri and Tor rivers, 
