— 384 — 



dilacerata; geniciiliim j: '/2~^/i cm. longum; lamina subcoriacea, oblonga 

 vel saepius subobovato-oblonga, + 12'/ — 22'/2 ^ 5— 7'/e cm., apice 

 obtusiuscula, brevissime mucronulato-apiculata, basi obtusa vel rotundato- 

 cuneata; venae numerosae, approximatae, primariae cum seciindariis pauUo 

 gracilioribus regulariter alternantes, ascendentes, apicem versus incurvatae, 

 in sicco supra magis subtus minus prominentes. Pedunculus + 10 cm. 

 longus. Spatha in specimine deficiens, (ex sched.) convoluta, viridi-flavida. 

 Spadix fere sessilis, conoideus. + 9 cm. longus, e basi subrotundata, 3 cm. 

 crassa apicem versus attenuatus; ovaria + 5 mm. longa, apice subangulosa, 

 IV2 mm. crassa, truncata; stigma proportione magnum, rotundatum ad 

 oblongum, excavatum vel impressum. 



Forest; ait. 950 m. 



Sumatra {Dell, Upper Bandar Baroe, J. A. Lôrzing No. 4733, 15 

 February 1917). 



Raphîdophora gracilîpes, Hk. f., Flor. Br. Ind., VI, 545; Engl. & 

 Krause, Pflzrch, XXXVll (IV, 23 B), Arac-Monster., 30. 



A duplicate of King's No. 2102 (mentioned by Engler and Krause), 

 occurring in the Buitenzorg Herbarium, differs from tlie description given 

 in Pflanzenreich in having the costa beneath not „parce scaberula" but 

 «dense puberula". 



Raphîdophora conocephala, v. A. v. R. 



Ramorum floriferorum internodia + 1-2 V2 cm. longa. Foliorum pe- 

 tiolus + 5— 7V2 cm. longus. usque ad laminam vaginatus; vagina latiuscula, 

 in fragmentas mox dilabens; geniculum 4- ^h-^U cm. longum; lamina 

 coriacea, ovato- vel obovato-lanceolata, falcatula, ^ 10-25x3—6 cm., 

 inaequilatera, latera altero + l'/4 — l'/2-plo latiore, apice acuta, basi obtusa 

 vel rotundata; venae latérales parallelae, primariae copiosac, angulo acuto 

 ascendentes. apice pauUo incurvatae, venis secundariis tertariisque graci- 

 lioribus interpositis. F^edunculus ± 5 cm. longus, crassiusculus. Spatha 

 crasse coriacea, subcylindrica, convoluta, -+ 8—10 cm. longa, l'/2"2 cm. 

 diametiens, acuti vel breviter acuminata, flavida. Spadix sessilis, cylindri- 

 cus, + 7 cm longus, 172—1^/4 cm. crassus, obtusus, primum flavido-vi- 

 ridis, deinde sulphureus, demum viridis; ovaria + 5 mm. alta, apice + 

 hexagona, IV2 mm. crassa, in stylum conicum abrupte attenuata; stigma 

 parvum, discoideum vel pulvinatum, rotundatum vel ovale. 



Forest; ait. 450 m. 



Sumatra {Dell, Sibolangit, J. A. Lôrzing, 10 May 1917). 



Raphîdophora talamauana, v. A. v. R. 



Ramorum floriferorum internodia l'/2— 4V2 cm. longa. Foliorum pe- 

 tiolus gracilis, 3 — 9 (interdum usque ad 12) cm. longus, supra usque ad 

 basin laminae canaliculatus; geniculum ± 72— 1 '/s cm. longum; lamina 

 oblique ovato-lanceolata vel saepius obovato-lanceolata, subfalcata, maxima 

 20—2772 X 5-772 cm., inaequilatera, altero latere 172— l^/4-plo latiore, 



