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acuminatis circiter 9 fasciculatis dissitis 15 cm. longis 1 cm. latis apice pauci- 

 setosis. Spadices 45- cm. loiigi, gracillimi, pedunculis 16 cm. longis complanatis 

 aciculatis, ramis 1-2, sjiicis 2-3. SpathcB 2 cm. lougae, tubulosae, limbo lanceolato. 

 Spicce 2 1 cm. longae, 5-fiorge. Floi^es 2 mm. loagi. (7«^ya; tubviloso-campanulatus, 

 lobis ovatis bi-evissimis. Petala triangularia, acuta, pauUo longiora. Ovarium 

 coniciim. Stigmata reciirva. Fnictus oblongo-globosus, 1'5 cm. lougus et latus, 

 pallide bruuneus vel flavus, squamis 10-seriatis latioribiis quam longis 3 mm. 

 latis ihom.boideis apice obtusis flavis, margine teiiuiter scarioso, liuea margiaali 

 brunnea. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 

 Allied to C. Ciithbertsonii, 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. 



Calamtjs Klossii, 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 

 aculeate, ramis 2, rhachis aculeis binis 1"5 cm. dissitis 2 mm. longis crassiusculis. 

 Flagellum terminale 30 cm. longum, medio spatha unica instructum. Spatha 2 cm. 

 longa, limbo lanceolato acuto papyraceo mox in librillas disrupto. Spicce 6 2-4 cm. 

 longaj. SpatheUce distichas, cupulatse, limbo ovato porrecto, costatse, approximatae. 

 Flores 5 mm. longi. Calyx campanulatus, lobis ovatis dimidium calycis sequan- 

 tibus. Fetala triple longior, lanceolata, obtusa, cymbiformia. Stamina 6, fllamentis 

 quam petalis brevioribus antheris dorsifixis citrinis in medio curvis. Pistillodium 

 minutum. Spadix $ , brevior. Spicce 2-25 cm. longse, latiores et magis 

 compacta3 quam masculae. Felula 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. 



PANDANACE^. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 



Fretcinetia angustissima, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (18S6) 15. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea, also in British New Guinea. 



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