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Spadix subsessilis, usque l'/2 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea breviter 

 cylindracea; ovaria conoideo-ovoidea, 2 — 3-Iocularia, ovulis placentae 



centrali fere tota longitudine affixis (fig. c); stigma 

 late discoideum, quam apex ovarii latius, deci- 

 duum ; staminodia longitudinis ovarii ^j^ partes 

 metientia, stipitato-clavata ; inflorescentia mascula 

 elongato-conoideo-cylindracea, quam inflorescen- 

 tia feminea + 2-plo longior; flores mascuii plerum- 

 que 2-andri, thecis sub connectivo non absconditis 



(fig. C). 



The description is tatcen from dried material of 

 a spécimen cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens. 

 — Resembles in aspect very much H. batuensis 

 Engl., of which, however, the flower isunknown. 

 Sumatra {Dell, JAHERI). 



Homalomena lucidula, V. A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon. — Herba parva, caudiculo 

 + 2 cm. longo. Foliorum petiolus 2'/2 -— 6'/2 cm. 

 longus, viridis vel purpurascenti-afflatus, dimidia 

 parte basali vaginatus; lamina subcoriacea, elon- 

 gato-lanceolata,6V2 — 13 X 1 V2~2cm., paullo(vix) Pig (,' 



inaequilatera, supra lucidula, obscure viridis, 



subtus pallidior, basi acuta, apice acuminata, breviter apiculata; venae 

 primariae 3 utrinque, subtus prominentes, venis secundariis tertiariisque 

 gracilibus, immersis interpositis, angulo acuto ascendentes, apicem versus 

 sursum curvae et margini subparalleiae. Pedunculus + 2 cm. longus. 

 viridis vel purpurascens. Spatha conoideo-cylindracea, i l'/4 cm. ionga, 

 viridis, apice cuspidato-acuminata. Spadix subsessilis, 8—12 mm. longus; 



inflorescentia feminea + 2 — 3 mm. Ionga, pallide 

 viridis; ovaria conoideo-globosa (fig. d), 2-locu- 

 iaria, ovulis apicem placentae non attingentibus; 

 stigma parvum, rotundum ; staminodia breviter 

 clavata, sordide albida, breviter stipitata; inflo- 

 rescentia mascula quam feminea 

 + 3 — 4-plo longior, pallide 

 flavida, subeburnea ; flores 

 mascuii 3-andri, thecis sub con- 

 nectivo non absconditis (fig d'), 



The description is taken from a young spécimen 

 cultivated in the Buitenzorg Oardens, flowering December 

 1919 and January 1920. The adult plant bas the dimensions 

 probably somewhat larger. 



Sumatra {Dell, Haboko, in forest, W. DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN). 



Fig. d. 



Fig. d'. 



