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eburnea, crasse capitatum, longius et graciliter stipitatum, stipite quam 



apice l'/2-plo longiore ; inflorescentia mascula 

 conoideo-cylindracea, quam feminea IV4 — 

 2-plo longior, 3— 3'/2 cm. longa, eburnea, apicem 

 obtusiusculum versus sensim attenuata; flores 

 masculi 2- vel saepius 3— 4-andri; antherae 

 connectivo crasso thecas non occultante (fig. s'). 

 The description is taken from fresh material, 

 flowering December 1919). 



Java {Buitenzorg, Tjampea, in secondary 

 forest, ait. 300 m., D. F. VAN Slooten 

 Fig. s'. No. 245). 



Homalomena bancana, V. A. V. R. 



Eiihomalomena. — Herba majuscula caudice usque 17'/2 cm. longo 

 et l'/a cm. crasso. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina + l'/2 — 2-plo longior, 

 30—45 cm. longus, '/s — '/4 parte basali vaginatus; vagina a basi lata sur- 

 sum angustata; lamina in sicco firmiter herbacea et brunnea, subsagittato- 

 triangularis, imo (in sinu) brevissime et late cuneata, 17'/2— 30 X 15 — 20 cm.; 

 lobus anticus triangularis, 15 — 22'/2 X 10— 15 cm., basi linea incurva in 

 lobos anticos transiens, apicem versus linea paullo excurva angustatus, 

 apice acute et auguste acuminatus, tubuliformi-apiculatus; lobi postici 



triangulares, saepe distincte extrorsi vel excurvi, 



'/s longitudinis lobi 



antici metientes, apice rotundati, sinu obtuso, late triangulari separati ; venae 

 primariae H- 8 — 10 utrinque, crassiusculae, venis secundariis, tertiariis 

 quaternariisque gracilioribus interpositis, basales recurvatae et horizontales, 

 parte apicali sursum curvae, costales sensim ascendentes. Pedunculi 7'/2— 

 10 cm. longi. Spatha elongato-ovoidea vel -ellipsoidea, 

 4—8 cm. longa, primum + l'/2 (postremo usque 

 272) cm. ampla, acuta vel apiculata. Spadix breviter 

 stipitatus, florifer quam spatha paullo brevior; inflo- 

 rescentia feminea cylindrica, + ï'/2— 2 cm, longa, 

 primum 72—^/4 (fructifera usque + l'/2— ï^/4) cm. 

 crassa; ovaria conoideo-ovoidea, obscure puncticulata, 

 in specimine examinato 3-locularia (Fig.. t); stigma 

 sessile, discoideum, rotundum, latitudinem apicis 



ovarii metiens; staminodia parte basali filiformia, parte apicali obconoideo- 

 clavata, altitudinem pistillorum plus minus aequantia ; inflorescentia 

 muscala conoideo-cylindracea, longitudinem femineae l'/2 — 2-plo metiens; 

 flores masculi sublaxi, plerumque 4-andri ; ahtherae brèves, latae, 

 thecis sub connectivo crasso, supra leviter verruculoso absconditis 



Fig. t. 



