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crispatula. basi rotundata vel rotundato-cuneata; costa subtus basin versus 

 lateraliter rugulosa et saepe sordide rosea; venae primariae 3 utrinque, 

 erecto-patentes, subtus prominentes, apicem versus sursum curvae, basi in 

 Costa decurrentes; venae secundariae tertiariaeque graciliores. Pedunculus 

 + l'/a cm. longus, sordide roseus. Spatha cylindracea, l'/2 cm. vel plus 

 longa, 3 mm. ampla, sursum smaragdina, deorsum sordide rosea, apice 

 acuminata, basi obconoideo-attenuata. Spadix stipite 2 mm. longo, roseo 

 suffultus, juvenilis ± 11 mm. longus; inflorescentia feminea breviter cylin- 

 dracea, juvenilis ± 2 mm. longa et (cum staminodiis) flavido-viridis; ovaria 

 depresso-globosa ad sublentiformia, 2-locularia, ovulis basifixis; stigma 

 parvum; staminodia ovaria aequantia, clavata; inflorescentia mascula cylin- 

 dracea, juvenilis + 9 mm. longa et smaragdina, apice sensim conoidea, 

 acutiuscula; flores masculi plerumque 3-andri, thecis sub connectivo non 

 occultis. 



The description is taken from a plant cultivated in the Buitenzorg 

 Gardens, flowering July 1920. 



Celebes {Mt. Taloang, Capt. L. VAN VuUREN's Exploration Expédition). 



Homalomcna aencifolia, V. A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon. — Herba parva, foliis nutantibus tantum usque ad 

 10 cm. alta, caudiculo usque ad 4 cm. longo. Foliorum petiolus 4— 8cm. 

 longus, usque ad médium vaginatus, ceterum antice canaliculatus, lateraliter 

 leviter longitudinaliter rugulosus, apicem versus sordide ruber, basin 

 versus (cum vagina) coccineus; vagina relative lata, albido-marginata; 

 lamina in vivo relative firmiter herbacea, in sicco tenuior, ovata vel ovato- 

 oblonga, foliorum majorum T'/a— 12 X 3'/2— 5 cm., supra in vivo 

 nitido-velutina, in juventute obscure sordide rubra, post aeneo-viridis (rubro- 

 viridis), postremo (marcescens) aurantiaca, subtus in juventute viridis, post 

 obscure sordide rubra, postremo (marcescens) miniata, basi rotundata vel 

 rotundato-truncata, apice sensim obtusiuscule acuminata, breviter, acute 

 apiculata; costa subtus leviter, longitudinaliter rugulosa et cum venis sordide 

 rosea ad obscure rubra; venae primariae 4— 6 utrinque, subtus prominentes, 

 ascendentes, apicem versus sursum curvae, basi in costam decurrentes; 

 venae secundariae tertiariaeque sensim graciliores. Pedunculus + l'/2 cm. 

 longus, coccineus. Spatha cylindracea, + 2 cm. longa, 3 mm. ampla, obscure 

 sordide rubra, basi obconoidea, apice acuminata, aeneo-viridis, acumine 

 curvato, viridi. Spadix subsessilis, + l'/2 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea 

 breviter cylindracea, apice obliqua, circiter 2'/2 mm. (antice 2 mm., postice 

 3 mm.) longa; ovaria (cum staminodiis) flavido-viridia, crasse conoideo- 

 ovoidea vel lageniformi-globosa et apice styliformi-attenuata, 2-locularia, 

 ovulis subbasifixis; stigma parvum; staminodia clavata, ovaria aequantia 

 vel breviora; inflorescentia mascula cylindracea, + 12'/2 mm. longa, pallide 

 viridis, basi obliqua, apice sensim conoidea, obtusiuscula; flores masculi 

 3-andri, thecis sub connectivo non occultis. 



