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obscure purpureus; stigma parvum, capitatiim, quam apex styli vix crassius, 

 luteum, sulco apicali haud profundo vix 2-lobulatum; inflorescentia mascula 

 femineae contigua, obconoideo-turbinata, lutea, circiter T'/î cm. longa (linea 

 apicali irregulariter undulata alternatim longior et brevior), bas! 5— 5'/2 cm. 

 crassa, sursum concavo-incrassata et apice abrupte paullum incrassata; 

 appendix elongato-conoidea, subcorniformis, -i^ 90 cm. longa, basi cras- 

 situdine apicem inflorescentiae masculae aequans, ± 12'/: cm. crassa, 

 apicem obtusiusculum versus sensim attenuata, irregulariter longitudinaliter 

 sinuato-undulata, dense et minutissime verruculosa, opaca, pallide rosea, 

 flavida vel cinerea 



In primeval forest; ait — The description is taken from a 



living spécimen cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, having flow^ered 

 November 1919. — The plate, which ought to accompany this description, is 

 not yet ready and will be given in a foUowing number. ■ 



/ava (Noesa Kambangan, Mt. Klètjèr, Kornassi). 



Atîiorphophallus timorensis, v. A. v. R. 



Foliorum petiolus , lamina Cataphylla .... Pedun- 



culus Spatha explanata ovata, ± 15 cm. longa vel forsitan longior. 



Spadix ± 17 cm. longus; inflorescentiae (feminea et mascula) aequilongae, 

 ± 5 cm. longae, cylindricae sed inflorescentia mascula sursum paullo 

 obconoideo-incrassata; ovaria subsessilia, plano-depressa, sublentiformia, 

 ± 1 mm. alta, 2—3 mm. diam., 2(-3 ?)-ovulata; stylus breviter cylindricus, 

 interdum subconoideus, ± '/a nim. longus; stigma capitato-discoideum, 

 sulcis indistinctis leviter lobulatum, potius laeve; appendix cylindrico- 

 conoidea, + 7 cm. longa, medio+l'/a cm. crassa, opaco-asperula, apicem 

 obtusum versus attenuata. 



Timor {Dilli, de Castro No. 99). 



Amorphophailus Hewittii, v. A. v. R. 



Foliorum petiolus ; lamina Cataphylla ... Pedun- 



culus ± 60 cm. longus Spatha explanata ovata, + 20 cm. longa. Spadix 

 ± 24 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea cyiindrica sed parte superiore sensim 

 in partem masculam transieiis, + 5 cm. longa; ovaria ovata vel obovata, 

 + 2 mm. longa; 2(-3 ?)-ovulata; stylus graciliter cylindricus, ± 4 mm. longus, 

 prope basin paullo incrassatus; stigma capitatum, sulcis indistinctis vix 

 lobulatum, potius laeve; inflorescentia mascula obconoidea, + 2V2 cm. 

 longa; appendix elongato-conoidea, j; H'/a cm. longa, infra médium + 

 2 — 3 cm. crassa, deorsum in partem masculam sensim transiens, apicem 

 acutiusculum versus sensim attenuata. 



The original label bears the note: Small spécimen of flower. 



Bornéo (J. Hewitt). 



Q Amorphophailus paucisectus, v. A. v. R. 



Foliorum petiolus ± 20 — 30 cm. longus, in planta adulta forsitan longior; 

 lamina 3-secta; segmenta primaria (plantae juvenilis?) 1 — 2-foliolata ; foliola 

 petiolulata, ± elliptica, ±9-12 X 3'/2-5 cm., abrupte cuspidata, basi 

 rotundato-cuneata, altero latere paullo longior. Cataphylla . . . Pedunculus 



