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inflorescence pale-green, masculine pale-green or -yellow; masculine flowers 

 3— 4-androus. The dried plant has the lamina olive-green or -brown, not dark. 

 MlQUEL describes the plant as having a black-red spathe. — H. velutina 

 SCORT. is said to differ in having the pétiole somewhat shorter than the 

 lamina, the lamina more velvety, with more numerous (10— 15) primary 

 veins on a side, and the spathe blood-red or purplish. A duplicate 

 of SCORTECHlNl's No. 276 mentioned in Engler's monograph under 

 H. humilis Hk. F. var. velutina, occurring in the Buitenzorg Herbarium, has 

 the lamina not invariably longer than the pétiole, with only 4—6 primary 

 veins on each side. 



Homalomcna obscurifolia, V. A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon. — Tota planta in sicco obscure fusca, relative parva, 

 + 25 cm. alta, caudiculo + 5 cm. longo et 1 cm. crasso, Foliorum petiolus 

 quam lamina nunc paullo brevior nunc paullo longior, 4—8 cm. longus, 

 '/s — '/2 parte basali vaginatus; vagina in sicco rubescens; lamina in sicco 

 relative firmiter herbacea, ovato-lanceolata, + 5— lO X 2'/4 — 5 cm., supra 

 sub lente densissime et minutissime papillosa, subtus dense et minute pal- 

 lide verruculosa, ad venas et inter verruculas minutissime papillosa, basi 



rotundato-cuneata vel late rotundata, imo breviter 

 cuneata, margine crispatula, apice acuminata, brevi- 

 ter et graciliter apiculata ; venae primariae + 3 — 5 

 utrinque, venis secundariis, tertiariis quaternariisque, 

 sensim gracilioribus interpositis, ascendentes, apicem 

 versus valde sursum curvae, basi decurrentes. Pedun- 

 culi brèves, usque + 1 '/2 cm. longi. Spatha 

 conoideo-fusiformis, + 1 — 1 '/2 cm. longa et 3 mm. 

 ampla, apice breviter et graciliter cuspidata. Spadix 

 '^" ■ subsessilis, usque l'/4 cm. longus; inflorescentia 



feminea brevis, + 2 mm. longa; ovaria conoideo-ovata (fig. f), ovulis 

 specie subbasalibus; stigma parvum, discoideum ; staminodia 

 breviter clavata; inflorescentia mascula quam feminea + 

 5-plo longior, + 1 cm. longa; flores masculi 3— 5-andri, thecis 

 sub connectivo non occultis (fig. V). 

 Bornéo (H allier No. 3223). 



Homalomcna pusilla, V A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon. — Herba parva, foliis nutantibus tantum usque 

 5 cm. alta, caudiculo brevi. Foliorum petiolus 2'/2 — 5 cm. 

 longus, sordide roseus, basi '/a viridi-vaginatus, ceterum antice 

 canaliculatus, lateraliter, longitudinaliter rugulosus; lamina in 

 vivo relative firmiter herbacea, in sicco tenuior, lanceolata, '^' ' 



foliorum majorum 5 — 7'/2 X 2 — 2^/4 cm., smaragdina, supra opaco- 

 velutina, apice sensim breviter acuminata, breviter apiculata, margine 



