Van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh: MaLayan Araceae 2. 179 



longus; inflorescentia feminea '/4 cm. longa; ovaria ovoidea, plus minusve 

 crassa, pallide viridia, apice in stylum crassum, longius vel brevius 

 cylindraceum attenuata, ovulis infra médium 

 piacentarum congregatis (fig, i) ; stigma 

 plano-discoideum, rotundum, leviter 3—4- 

 lobatum, perpallide viride; staminodia non 

 vidi; inflorescentia mascula quam feminea 

 5— 6-plo longior, juvenilis-viridescenti-albida, 



demum ; flores masculi 5- vel 



saepius 6-andri, rotundi vel 5-angulosi, 

 saepius elongati et 6-angulosi, thecis sub 

 connectivo non occultis (fig. i'). 



The description is taken from living 

 plants cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens. — Habitat unknown. 



Fig. 



Fig \'. 



Homalomena rupicola, V. A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon, — Herba majuscula, + 40 cm. alta, caudiculo usque 

 15 cm. longo et ^,'4 cm. crasso. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina 

 pauUo brevior, 10—20 cm. longus, plerumque obscure viridi-purpureus, 

 basi breviuscule (+ ^le—^ls) vaginatus; lamina in sicco firmiter herbacea, 

 lanceolata, 12— 22'/2 X 3—9 cm., vix inaequilatera, viridis, basi acuta, apice 

 breviter et obtusiuscule acuminata, brevissime apiculata; venae primariae 

 in foliis majoribus 9—12 utrinque, angulo acuto ascendentes, apice sursum 

 arcuatae, venis secundariis distinctis, tertiariis quaternariisque occultis 

 interpositis. Pedunculi 2 — 2'/2 cm. longi, graciles, rubro-brunnei. Spatha 

 elongato-conoideo-fusiformis, cuspide exclusa l^jo—'^^U cm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. 

 ampla, rubro-brunnea, acute cuspidata, cuspide H. Scortechinii Hk. F. more 

 recurvata, plus minusve sigmoidea. Spadix subsessilis, l — l'/2 cm. longus, 

 in média parte + 2 mm. crassus; inflorescentia feminea brevis, + 2— 3 mm. 

 longa; ovaria conoideo-ovata (fig. j), pallide carnea, specie 

 2-locularia, ovulis apicem piacentarum non attingentibus; 

 stigma discoideum, rotundatum, quam apex ovarii latins; 

 staminodia clavata, quam ovaria + 2-plo breviora; inflores- 

 centia mascula elongato-conoidea, quam feminea + 3 — 4-plo 

 longior, acutiuscula, flavido-viridis; flores masculi plerumque 

 3-andri, thecis sub connectivo non occultis (fig. d'). 

 Sumatra (Dell, Sibolangit, on rocks and slopes in deep shade of 

 primeval forest, ait. + 450 m., J. A. LÔRZING, No. 5197, 10 July 1917). 



Fig- j- 



Homalomena silvatica, V. A. V. R. 



Chamaecladon, — Herba majuscula, usque + 30 cm. alta, caudiculo 

 usque 10 cm. longo, -V4 cm. crasso. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina nunc 

 paullo brevior, nunc paullo longior, 7'/2 — 15 cm. longus, '/4— '/2 P'^^te 



