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BULLETIN JARD. BOT. BUITENZQRG, VOL. IV. LlVR. 1 



postici obtuse triangulares vel semiovales, quain lobus anticus + 3— 4-plo bre- 

 viores, retrorsi vel apice leviter extrorsi, sinu satprofundetriangulariseparati; 

 venae primariae + 7—9 utrinque, venis secundariis, tertiariis quaternariisque 

 gracilioribus iiiterpositis, apicem versus sursum curvae, basales radiantes, costa- 

 les sensim ascendentes. Pedunculus + 10 cm. longus, demum longior (usque 

 20 cm). Spatha elongato-ovoideo-ellipsoidea, 5—6 cm. longa, 1 cm. ampla, 

 demum maior, acuminata. Spadix stipite + '/a— '/2 cm. 

 longo suffultus, florifer + 4V2— 5 cm. longus, demum 

 longior; inflorescentia feminea cylindracea, + IV2 cm. longa, 

 in sicco V2— 1 cm. crassa; ovaria ovoideo-lageniformia 

 (fig. p), in specimine examinato 3-locularia ; stigma subsessile 

 vel stylum brevem coronans, discoi. 

 deum, specie sub-3-lobatum ; staminodia 

 altitudinem pistillorum + aequantia, 

 dimidia parte inferiore filiformia, in 

 dimidiam partem superiorem elongato-clavatam sensim 

 transiente ; inflorescentia mascula elongato-conoideo- 

 cylindracea, quam feminea + 2 — 3-plo longior, + 

 3 — 3V2 cm. longa; flores masculi saepe 4-(interdum 3-) 

 andri; antherae connectivo tenui thecas non occultante 



(fig. PO- 



H. aromaiica SCHOTT and H. cordata SCHOTT 



differ, according to the figures given by Engler in 



Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), 59—60, in having the thecae 



hidden under a thick connective.— The description 



is taken from dried spécimens provided with labels 



not mentioning the colours. 



Forma typica. — Java {Preanger Regencies, Tjibodas, in forest, near 



river side, ait. ± 1400 m., SAPll No. 117; J. A. LÔRSING No. 1716, 



6 May 1914). 



A plant cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, flov^ering May-August 



1920, which may be a form of this species, is distinguished by the fol- 



lowing characters: Foliorum petiolus viridis, longitudinaliter obscurius 



vaginatus; lamina breviter acuminata, supra saturate, 

 subtus pallide viridis. Pedunculus colore stipitis. 

 Spatha longior, usque 4: 10 cm. longa, flavido-viridis 

 et punctis minutis rubescentibus specie brunneo-afflata 

 vel palîidissime viridis, apicem versus rosea, marginem 

 versus subalba, breviter apiculato-acuminata, acumine 

 viridi, basi brunneo. Spadix longior, usque 8 cm. 

 longus; inflorescentia feminea usque 2'/2 cm. 

 longa; ovaria oblonga, pallide viridia; stigma sessile, 

 perpallide viride; staminodia alba, dimidia parte 



superiore crasse clavata (fig. q); inflorescentia mascula usque ad 5'/2 cm. 



Fig. p' 



striolatus, fere '/s 



Fig. q. 



