— 378 — 



secundariae 0—1, tertiariae 2—6, primariis parallelae. Pedunculus gracilis, 



-t 1 cm. longus. Spatha Spidix subsessilis, breviter cylindricus, 



+ 13/4 cm. longus et '/2 — ^U cm. crassus, obtusus; ovaria adulta truncato- 

 obovoidea, apice irregulariter angulosa; semina 3-7, basalia, erecta. 



Swampy forest; ait. 20 m 



Sumatra (Deli, Loeboeq Pakam, J. A. Lôrzing No. 3295, 26 

 October 1914). 



Epipremnunt mampuanum, v. A. v. R. 



Caudex gibbis verruculiformibus vel transverse regiiliformibus asperulus. 

 Foliorum petiolus supra leviter sulcatus, laevis, 20—35 cm. longus, basi 

 brevissime vaginatus; lamina cordato-ovata, usque ad costam incisa; 

 laciniae + 4—6 utrinque; lacinia terminalis simplex et oblanceolata, vel 

 3-fida; laciniae latérales lanceolalae, medianae :t 15— 27' 2 x 4—8 cm., 

 aequilaterae vel pauUo inaequilaterae, apicem rectum vel subfalcatum versus 

 sensim acuminatae, basin versus usque ad '/4 — Va latitudinis laciniae contractae. 

 imo abrupte paullo dilatatae; venae primariae in laciniis solitariae; venae 

 secundariae tertiariaeque in utroque latere laciniarum 2, margini approximatae, 

 cum vena primaria et venis tertiariis obliquis connatae. Pedunculus 4^ 7 

 cm. longus, punctulato-asperulus. Spatha naviculiformis, ± 12'/^ cm. longa 

 et 4 cm. ampla, breviter acute acuminata, intus minute verruculosa. sordide 

 albida, pallide (flavescenti-virescenti-purpurascenti-)nebuloso-afflata, extus 

 laevis, partim viridis, partim flavo-viridis. Spadix fere sessilis, cylindricus, 

 ± 5 cm. longus, basi ± l'/4 cm. crassus, apicem rotundatum versus paullo 

 incrassatus, primum pallide viridis, deinde obscure viridis; ovaria prismatica, 

 ± 3 mm. longa, apice. crassa, truncata, hexagona, inter marginem elevatum 

 stiginatemque grosse et dense tuberculosa, 2-ovulata; stigma breviter lineare, 

 vix elevatum, tuberculum centralem coronatum vel inter tuberculos ab- 

 sconditum. 



Near E. Zippelianum Engl. — The description is taken from a living 

 spécimen cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens. 



Celebes (Mt. Mampoe, L. v. Vuuren's Exploration Commission). 



Hoiochlamys guineesis, Engl. & Krause. Pflzrch, XXXVIl (IV, 23 B), 

 Arac- Monster., 136, fig. 56 A-G. 



A full-grown plant cultivated in the Buitenzurg Gardens, on which the 

 diagnosis and plate quoted above probably hâve been based when it was 

 young, is distinguished as follows: Pétiole more than 100 cm. long, the 

 upper side canaliculate and sheathed to beyond the middle, the knee ± 

 10 cm. long, canaliculate above; lamina oblong, ± 75 X 37V2 cm., the 

 apex acute, minutely apiculate, the base obliquely and broadly rounded, 

 suddenly shortly and narrov^ly cuneately decurrent ; primary veins spreading, 

 ±30 on a side. Peduncle about 25 cm. long. Spath î and spadix -t 10 cm. 

 long, the latter ± 1'/^ cm. diam.; ovaries distinctly produced beyond the 

 perigonia; stigma convex above. 



