240 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Raphidophora Peepla, Schott, in Bouplanrlia, v. (1857) 45. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Form with a rather large spadix, in fruit, 7 cm. long and 2 cm. across, with jHstils 

 4 mm. across. 



Distrib. India and Borneo. 



Raphidophora Veusteegii, Engl. & Krauss, in Nova Guinea, viii. Bot. 247. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Ctrtosperma macrotum, Becc. ex Engl, in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. iv. (1879) 295. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI a, 3100 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft. 

 " Spathe yellowish white." 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



PoTHOS CLAVATUS, Engl. 1. c. 266. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



PoTHOS brevispatha, Eidl., sp. no\\ 



Caules et rami graciles, costati, 2 mm. crassi, internodiis 2 cm. longis. Folia lanceo- 

 lata, acuminata vel elliptico-lanceolata, versus basin ohtusam angustata, tenuiter 

 coriacea, 14-15 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, nervis 10 inconspicuis a costa ascendentibus 

 marginibus subparallelis, petiolis 1 cm. longis ad geniculum alatis baud complanatis. 

 Dedunculi in axillis superioribus decurvi, 2-5 cm. longi. Spatha lanceolata, 

 acuminata, defiexa, 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Si^adix sessilis, 2 mm. longus, 

 oblongus, in fructu ad 6 mm. longus. Dacca ellipsoidea, 5 mm. longa. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 



Allied to P. Cumingianm, Schott, but diflfering in the venation, the ascending 

 primary nerves meeting and forming a marginal nerve, whilst the secondary nerves are 

 transverse ; the texture of the leaf is also ditiereut, being thinner, the petiole shorter 

 and broader and winded for its whole length. 



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EEIOCAULACEiE. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 



Eriocaulon liEUCOGENES, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Ilerba humilis. Folia lanceolata, linearia, acuminata, glabra, 3 cm. longa, 2 mm. 

 lata. Scajms gracilis, 11 mm. longus, tortus ; vagina basalis viridis, apice 

 lanceolata, 1'5 cm. longa. Capitulum hemisphsericum, 4 mm. latum. 

 Dractece involucrales oblongse, obovatise, glabrie, flavescentes, nitidaj. Dractcce 

 florales obovatoe, oblonga?, carinatse, nigrescentes, apice plurimis pilis albis. 

 Receptaoulmn glabruai. Flos 6 : sepala in tubum latum connata, ajiice aibo- 



