IQO Bulletin Jard. Bot. Buitenzorq, Vol. IV. Livr. i. 



same plant, however, occurring in the Buitenzorg Herbarium, is provided 

 with a label bearing a name dedicated to the discoverer of the plant, 

 written by Engler himself. The description of the habit and dimensions 

 is taken partly from the dried material, partly from recently gathered 

 alcohol material, of the colours partly from the living plant, partly from 

 a water-colour by the late J. W. HuiJSMANS. 

 Bornéo (NlEUWENHUljS No. 1882). 



Homalomena subemarginata, V. A. V. R. ; H. aroniatica, Enol. (non 

 Schott), MS. in Hort. Bog. 



Eiihomalomena. — Caudex usque + 25 cm. longus. Foliorum petio- 

 lus quam lamina paullo longior vel brevior, 15— 25 cm. longus, viridis, basi 

 ad '/3~V2 partem vaginatus, antice apicem versus leviter applanatus; vagina 

 persistens, margine brunneo-scarioso, deciduo; lamina late ovata, 17'/2— 20 

 X 12'/2 — 17V2 cm., supra saturate viridis, subtus pallide viridis, apicem 

 breviter acuminatum versus linea excurva angustata, basi truncata vel potius 

 leviter cordato-emarginata; venae primariae utrinque 8 — 10 (plerumque 9), 

 subtus prominentes, apicem versus .sursum curvae, basales horizontales, 

 costales sensim ascendentes; venae secundariae tertiariaeque graciles. 

 Pedunculus 7 — 8 cm. longus, viridis. Spatha + 7 cm. longa; tubus leviter 

 oblique ellipsoideus, 3'/2 cm. longus, l'/2 cm. amplus, viridis; lamina 

 convoluta conoideo-cylindracea, 3'/2 cm. longa, ^jj^ cm. ampla, demum 

 antice oblique aperta, viridi-flavida, breviter acuminata vel acuta. Spadix 



stipite '/4 — '/2 cm, longo suffultus; inflorescentia feminea cylindracea, 2— 2'/2 

 cm. longa, ^/4 cm. crassa; ovaria oblonga, primum pallide viridia, demum 

 pallide brunneo-flavida, 3-locularia, multi-ovulata; stigma sessile, crasse 

 discoideum, latum, primum pallide brunneo-griseum, demum brunneo-flavi- 

 dum ; staminodia adsunt, pistilla aequantia, crasse capitata, alba, graciliter 

 stipitata; inflorescentia mascula a feminea interstitio '/4 cm. longo, organis 

 neutris, paucis, subsessilibus, crasse capitato-clavatis, albis vel sordide albis 

 sparse obsesso separata; inflorescentia mascula conoideo-cylindracea, 3'/2 

 cm. longa, basi '/2 cm. crassa, pallide grisea vel sordide albida, apice 

 subacuta; flores masculi 3— 4-andri; antherae thecis sub connectivo crasso, 

 apice truncato absconditis. 



Near H. schismatoglottoides Engl. — The description is taken from a 

 living spécimen cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, flowering May 1920. 



Habitat iinknown, probably Malayan. 



Homalomena Miqueliana, SCHOTT, in Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B, I, 120; 

 Engl., Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), Arac.-Philod.-Homal.-Schism., 69, fig. 44. 



Haller's No. 1465, mentioned by Engler, differs from the diagnosis 

 given in having the lamina oblanceolate, 25—40X4—8, broadest above 

 the middle, the base sometimes acute, generally broadly rotundate-cuneate, 

 suddenly shortly acuminate, the peduncle to 25 cm. long. — Figure 44 is 

 incorrect. 



