23S ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 



apiculo 3 mm. longo. SpadLv spatlise sequilonga, 2 cm. longa. Pars d angus- 

 tissima, acuta, quam pars ? longior. Ovaria globosa, bilocularia, stigmatibus 

 parvis discoideis. Stmnhiodia minima, oblonga. Sem'ma oblonga, minute tuber- 

 culata. 



Cnmp I, 700 ft. 



Very near H. angustifoUa, Jack, of tbe Malay Peninsula, but differing in the long 

 point of the spathe and the longer male part of tbe spadix. 



HoMALOMENA (§ Cham^cladon) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Flauta hnmilis. FoUorum petioii gracillimi, 7 mm. longi ; vaginae angustae, 2 cm. 

 longge ; lamina ovata, elliptica, apice acuta, mucronulata, basi rotundata, insequi- 

 latera, emarginata, 85 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, margiae incrassato, nervis 12 gracilibus 

 in costa decurrentibus, secundariis circiter 70 iuconspicuis. Pediuiculus 5 cm. 

 longus, gracilis. Spatha 1'4 cm. longa, oblongo-cylindrica, cuspide acuminate 5 mm. 

 Ion go. Spadix breviter stipitatus, 1 cm. longus, 2 mm. crasstis, parte 6 7 mm. 

 longa. Flares 6 irregulariter oblongo -rotundati ; 2 globosi, dissiti, pauci, 

 stigmatibus magnis discoideis. Staminodia nulla. 

 Canoe Caiup, about 150 ft. (dry counti'y). 



I found this mixed Avitli Homalomeiia inasqualis (see below), from which it differs 

 in the smaller leaves and long point to the spathe, which is also shorter and 

 thicker. 



HOMALOMENA DISTANS, Ridl., Sp. noV. 



Herba pro sectione magna. FoUorum petioii graciles, 30 cm. longi ; lamina ovata, 

 cordata, a sinu usque ad apicem 13 ciu. longa, basi lOo cm. lata, lobis late rotun- 

 datis lobis 4 cm. longis, basi 4-2 cm. latis, apice acuminate, nervis e siau orientibus 

 B teuuibus e costa 2, secundariis tenuibus copiosis fere seque conspicuis margine 

 (in sicco) iucurvo. Fedunculus 8-16 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha cylindrica, 

 medio baud angustata, cuspidata, 3 cm. longa, basi 5 mm. lata. Spadix angustus, 

 cylindricus, spathse fere sequilongus, 3 mm. ci'assus, breviter stipitatus, parte d 

 2 cm., ? 1 cm. longa. Flores 6 anguste oblongi, plurimi, remoti, ovariis cyliii- 

 dricis, stigmatibus discoideis. Staminodia oblonga, truncata, baud stipitata, quam 

 ovarium multo brevioia. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Allied to JI. tenuispadix, 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 (§ ChaM^CLADON) IN^QUALIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba pro sectione magna. FoUorum petioii graciles, 32 cm. longi ; lamina oblique 

 ovata, basi rotundata, obscure vel baud lobata, apice longe acuminata, 14 cm. 

 longa, 6 cm. lata, cuspide 15 cm. longo, nervis e costa ortis 18 teuuibus vix 

 a secundariis distinguendis. Peduncidiis 7-15 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha 



