Van Alderwerelt van RosenburoH: Malayan Araceae 2. 16Q 



Epiprcmnum clegans. EnGL., in Pflzrch, XXXVII (IV, 23 B), Arac- 

 Monster., 65. fig. 27. 



BEGUIN's No. Q3Q from Ternate Island {Kota Baroe, in a garden, ait. 

 3 m., flowering and fruiting 13 October 1920), whicii may be referred to 

 this species, is distinguished as follows : Stem to 40 m. high scandent. 

 Leaves with the lamina to 90 X 55 cm., with the laciniae more apjoroximate. 

 Ovaries with the stigma shortly linear: filaments very shortly and broadly 

 triangular at the apex. (Forma ternatensis). 



Holochlamys ornata, V. A. V. R. 



Herba majuscula, usque 40 cm. alta, caudice brevissimo,foliisnutantibus. 

 Foliorum petiolus + 12—22 cm. longus, inferne 3 — 13 cm. longe vaginatus, 

 ceterum subteres, antice anguste applanatus (transversaliter sectus truncato- 

 ovatus), deorsum sordide roseus vel olivaceus et minute, pallide maculatus, 

 sursum pallide viridis vel sordide albidus, obscurius maculatus maculis lon- 

 gitudinaliter ovalibus vel lineari-ovalibus, sparsis vel confluentibus, + olivaceis, 

 in medio puncto sordide albido munitis; vagina a basi latiuscula apicem 

 versus sensim angustata, sordide albida vel pallide rosea, extus maculis 

 minutis, pallidis vel obscurioribus, flavidis vel brunneis ornata, postremo 

 exsiccata, dilacerata ; geniculum + l'/2 — 2 cm. longum, antice canaliculatum 

 et anguste undulato-2-cristatum, postice teres, perpallide viride, leviter 

 obscurius viridi-punctatum ; lamina in vivo coriacea, lineari-lanceolata, ± 27'/2 

 — 37'/2X3--5 cm., utrinque subaequaliter acute angustata, basi in cristas 

 geniculi transiens, apice breviter et acute apiculata, margine subundulata, 

 surpra obscure viridis, saltem dimidia parte superiore secus costam vitta 

 pallidiore, flavido-viridi, irregulariter flammiformi ornata, subtus pallide 

 viridis; costa supra plana, pallide viridi-flava, subtus prominens, semiteres, 

 albida vel viridescenti-albida; venae primariae 8— 10 utrinque, angulo acuto 

 (+ 30°) ascendentes, apicem versus sursum curvatae, basi longe decurrentes, 



vena secundaria 1, subaequicrassa vel multo graciliore 

 et venis secundariis tertiariisque pluribus, gracillimis 

 interpositis. Pedunculus + 3cm.longus, demumlongior, 

 deorsum albidus, sursum viridis. Spatha relative tenuis, 

 elongato-ovoideo-cylindracea, +4 cm. longa, fere 1 cm. 

 ampla, leviter hians, sordide flavido-albida, acuta, 

 mox marcescens. Spadix sessilis, elongato-ovoideo- 

 cylindraceus, + 3'/2 cm. longus et ^/j cm. crassus, 

 perpallide flavidus, apicem rotundatum versus paullo 

 attenuatus; perigonia prismatico-cupuliformia, 2 mm 

 alta, 4— 6-angulosa; ovaria prismatico-oblonga ve 

 -obovoidea, 3 mm. alta, 4-angulosa, apice rotundata, 

 dissipemento spurio valde intruso sub-2-locularia, ovulis 

 Fig. a. haud multis, basifixis; stigma depressum, cruciformi- 



4-lobatum, hinc inde breviter lineari-oblongum vel 3-lobatum, mox 

 nigrescens. (Fig. a). 



