COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 237 



V Fkeycinetia khodospatha, Ridl,, sp. nov. 



Crrulis validus, iignosus, 2 cm. ciassus, in+ernodiis 2 cm. longis, radicibus elongatls 

 validis. Folia liuearia, acuminata, subobtusa, iuermia, in sicco nigra, vagiuis 

 cervinis, 30 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. Sjncce laterales subsessiles, pedunculo brevi 

 3 cm. Ion go, bracteis distichis ovatis crasse coriaceis costatis marginibus aculeis 

 brevibus dentiformibus pallidis armatis. BractecB florales crasse coriacese, lere 

 lignosse, inermes, lanceolatse, obtusse, 9 cm. long^e, 3-5 mm. latse, kermesinse, costa 

 vix elevata. Spicce 4, flavee, cylindricse, obtusye, 3 cm. longse, 5 mm. crassse, in 

 pedunculis ligneis 3 cm. longis. Stigmata 4-6 in syncarpio, fere circularia. 



Camp III, 2500 ft. 



Near F. arborea. Gaud. A very fine plant with ciimson bracts. 



Pandanus setistylus, Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 3, p. 81. fig. 21 A-C. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic ia New Guinea. 



/ Pandantjs (§ 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 superuo minoribus et magis copiosis, ad apicem densis 

 minimis. Syncarpium in pedunculo valido 13 cm. longo solitarium, angulatum, 

 angulis aculeis 1-3 connatis armatis. Bractece lanceolatse, foliaceoe. SynGarpium, 

 (juvenile) oblongum, 4 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum. Brup^ apicibus liberis conicis. 

 Stylus brevis, 2 mm. longus, quam apex brevior, stigmate totius longitudinis. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Not closely allied to any species. 



AROIDEiE. 

 (By H. N. Ridley.) 



CoLOCASiA antiquortjm, Scliott, Melet. i. 18. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 

 Bistrib. Cultivated throughout the tropics. 



Alocasia scabriuscula, N. E. Br. ? in Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 29, 296. 

 ' Utakwa Valley, without precise locality. In fruit only. 

 Bistrib. Borneo. 



HoMALOMBNA (§ Cham^cladon) apictjlatum, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba parva. Foliormn petioli gracillimi, 8 cm. longi ; vaginae 1 cm. longte ; lamina 

 lanceolata, acuminata, mucronulata, a basi angustata, 5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, 

 nervis 4. Bedmiculus 4 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha oblonga, 2 cm. longa, 



