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X Cyrtosperma syapense, v. A. v. R. 



Foliorum petiolus ± 25-50 cm. vel ultra longus, copiose sed non 

 dense aculeatus, sursum aequaliter viridis, deorsum obscure viridis et striis 

 transversalibus, irregulariter acuteque flexuosis maculatus; lamina sagittato- 

 hastata; segmentum anticum oblongum vel ovatum,± 12— 24 X 7'/2— 12'/2cm , 

 apice late rotundatum vel obtusum, minutissime apiculatum; segmenta 

 postica lanceolata, quam segmentum anticum ± IV4— l'/z-P'o longiora, bas! 

 sinu late rotundato separata, apice acute vel obtuse acuminata; costae 

 laeves vel subtus parce aculeatae. Pedunculus + 60 cm. longus, parce 

 aculeatus. Spatha lanceolata, ± 10-12 X 3— S'/a cm. vel major, aperta, 

 acuminata, basi rotundata, intus pallide sordide flavida, longitudinaliter 

 pallide ^'iridi-venosa, extus sordide brunneo-flavida, longitudinaliter pallide 

 sordide flavido-venosa. Spadix brevissime stipitatus, cylindricus, ± 5 — T'/z 

 cm. longus et ^li—^U cm, crassus, obtusus, flavidus; ovaria l-(interdum 2-) 

 ovulata; tepala staminaque 4; baccae obovoideae, deorsum rubrae, sursum 

 virides; testa laevis. 



The description is taken from a iiving young spécimen cultivated in 

 the Buitenzorg Gardens, flowering and fruiting January 1919. 



New Guinea {Mt. Syap, Djibdja). 



Cyrtosperma Merkusii (Hassk.), Schott, in Oest. Bot. Wchbl. 1859, 

 61; KoORDERS, in Bull. Btz. 1919, P, 159; non Engl., Pflzrch, XLVlll 

 (IV, 23 C), Arac.-Lasioid., 20 (exe. fig. 7 A-F); Lasia Merkusii, Hassk., 

 Cat. Bog., 59; PI. Jav. Rar., 161 (!). 



Seeds provided on the back with about 3 elevated, wavy crests.— 

 The plants from New Guinea, determined by Engler as C. Merkusii, are 

 not this species; they belong to 3 différent species: C. cuspidispathum, 

 subulispathum and haslatum v. A. v. /?. 



\ Cyrtosperma cuspidispathum, v. A. v. R.; C. Merkusii, Engl. (non 



Schott), Pflzrch, XLVill (IV, 23 C), Arac.-Lasioid., 20. p.p. (vide Koorders, 

 in Bull. Btz., 1919, \\ 160, 1. 21-24). 



Foliorum petiolus ± 75 cm. longus, obscure olivaceo- et purpureo- 

 flammifer, parce et breviter aculeatus; lamina hastata vel sagittato-hastata. 

 ± 50 cm. ionga, lobo antico oblongo, ± 20 X 7 cm., apice abrupte et 

 graciliter rostrato. non acuminato, lobis posticis oblique sublanceolatis, 

 ± 30 X 10 cm., sinu rectangulari separatis (apicibus in specimine vitiatis), 

 costis posticis paullo decurvatis. in sinu breviter (+ '/s — 1 cm.) denu- 

 datis. subtus non aculeatis. Pedunculus ± 85 cm. longus, basin parce, 

 apicem versus subcopiose aculeatus. Spatha ± 35 cm. Ionga. obscure 

 violacea, parcius longitudinaliter venosa, parte inferiore longe oblonga, 

 ± 18 X 4 cm., in cuspidem linearem, apicem versus acute subulatam, 

 subaequilongam abrupte angustata. Spadix stipitatus, cylindricus, ± 7'/2 cm. 

 longus, 6 mm. crassus, viridi-albidus, stipite -(- 1 cm. longo; tepala stami- 

 naque 6; ovaria cylindrica, basi complanata, apice rotunda, truncata, 1 -ovulata. 



Shady clayey river side; ait. 85 m. 



New Guinea {Upper Tami, Eti River, K. Gjellerup No. 63, 2 April 1910). 



