— 376 — 



contracta, lobo antico breviter oblongo, + 15—20 X 8—9 cm., apice sub- 

 ovato-obtusato, minutissime mucronulato (non acuminato), lobis posticis 

 oblique sublanceolatis, ± 25— 27V2 X 7'/2 — 9 cm., apicem versus sensim 

 acuminatis, sinu lato, truncato separatis, costis posticis paullo decurvatis, 

 in sinu breviter (± 1— 3 cm) denudatis, subtus parce aculeatis. Pedunculus 

 + 70—80 cm. longus, parcissime aculeatus. Spatha longe ovato-lanceolata, 

 + 15 X l'/2 cm., apicem acutissimum versus sensim angustata, extus 

 copiose striato-venosa et copiosa minuteque glanduloso-puncticulata. Spadix 

 stipitatus, cylindricus, ± 3 cm, loiigus et 3 mm. crassus, fructifer major, 

 stipite fere ^/^ cm. longo, basi latere postico cum spatha breviter connaio; 

 tepala staminaque 4; ovaria subcylindrica, deorsum compressa, sursum 

 rotundata, apice truncata, 1-ovulata; semina in sicco brunnea, ubique 

 irregulariter obscurius maculata, laevia. 



New Quinea (Fak-fak, Jaheri). 



Epipremnum ceramense (Engl. & Krause), v. A. v. R ; Scindapsus 

 ceramensis, Engl. & Krause, in Engl , Pflzrch, XXXVll (IV, 23 B), Arac - 

 Monster., 70, fig. 29. 



Pétiole ±35 — 70 cm. long, canaliculate above, sheathed quite to the knee, 

 the sheath coriaceous, persistent, narrowed gradually from a broad base 

 towards the rounded apex, the knee d 3 V2- 5 cm. long, slightly canaliculate 

 above; lamina coriaceous, elliptical- or ovate-oblong, ± 50— 80x20 - 45 cm., 

 subabruptly, shortly acuminate (subapiculate) at the bluntish apex, the base 

 unequally or obliquely rounded or subcordate-emarginate and suddenly. 

 slightly decurrent upon the knee; primary veins ± 15-30 on a side, 2 — 5 

 cm. apart, much spreading, impressed above, distinctly prominent beneath, 

 accompanied by numerous fine, parallel secondary and teriiary ones. 

 Peduncle ± 10— 12 cm. long and 3 cm. diam. Spathe coriaceous, somewhat 

 longer than the spadix and closely enclosing it, shortly acuminate, inside 

 ivory-white, outside green, soon drying up, lacerated and falling off. Spadix 

 sessile, conoid-cylindric, ± 20 cm long, J;: 5 — 7'/2 cm. diam. below the 

 niiddle, somewhat attenuated towards the bluntish, flowerless tip; ovaries 

 10—15 mm. high, laterally compressed at the base, the apex truncate, 

 4 — 6-angular. 5 -7'/2 mm. diam, concavo-impressed, the margin somewhat 

 elevated, yellow when enclosed in the spathe, afterwards green, at length 

 orange, 1-locular, 2-ovulate: higher ovaria stérile; stigma small, of 

 the higher fertile ovaria round, of the lower obiong, wanting in the 

 stérile ovaria. 



An incomplète fragment of Robinson's No 114 from i4m/?o//2a, labelled 

 Scindapsus marantifolius Miq. (Merr., Interpr., 126), belongs probably to 

 this species; the ovaries are 2— 3-ovulate. 



Var. flavispathum : Foliorum lamina brevissime acuminata, potiusapi- 

 culata Pedunculus brevior, usque ad 7'/2 cm longus. Spatha juveniiis 

 postice flava, antice pallidior, fere eburnea. Spadix paullo brevior, juveniiis 

 sordide albidus, flavido-afflatus; ovaria apice non elevato-marginata. 



