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stout, short, longitudinal, white or pale-rosy stripes, especially towards 

 and at the carmine-red, obconically thickened apex. Spalhe convolute; 

 tube obliquely oblong, 5—6 cm. long by 2'/2— 3 cm. diam., emerald- 

 green, olivaceous or red-green, red-margined, provided witli copions very 

 short, longitudinal, partly pale-green, partly pale-rosy stripes; lamina 

 ellipsoidal-oblong, 8-10 cm. long by + 3 cm. diam. at the middle, 

 narrowed towards the truncate base and the rather suddenly, shortly acum- 

 inate apex, rosy, carminé or purple, red-margined, copiously and very 

 shortly rosy-striolate. Spadix on a thick, oblique stalk about 3 mm. long; 

 féminine inflorescence cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, 2'/2— 3 cm. 

 long, l'/2~2 cm. thick, oblique at the base; ovaries subprismatical, 4 — 

 6-angular, very pale-green, rounded at the apex, 4(-6?)-locular, with numer- 

 ous ovules arranged in each loculus in 2 central, longitudinal rows; stigma 

 sessile, discoid, obtusely 4— 6-angu!ar, slightly 4— 6-lobed, very pale- 

 green or pale-rosy; masculine inflorescence conoid-fusiform from a slightly 

 truncate-conoid, stérile base; stérile portion i 2 cm. long, 2 cm. thick at the 

 base, l'/2 cm. thick at the apex, provided v^ith 2—3 contiguous, broad, trans- 

 versal rows of crowded, shortly subprismatical-obpyramidal, white or rosy, 

 truncate staminodes; fertile portion + 8'/2 cm. long, l'^/j cm. thick atthe middle, 

 narrowed towards both ends, pale-green-yellovv or milk- or ivory-white, the 

 base passing gradually into the stérile portion, the apex blunt or subacute; 

 masculine flowers 4 — 8-androus; stamens prismatical, about 2'/2 X as long 

 as thick, truncate at the apex, the thecae hidden under the thick connective. 



Piptospatha angustifolia, Enol., MS. in Herb. Bog. 



Herba parvula, usque 25 cm. alta, caudiculo brevi, usque + 2 

 cm. longo. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina brevior, 5 — 11 cm. longus, 

 antice latiuscule canaliculatus ; lamina rigide coriacea, glabra, lanceolata, 

 8 — 14 X l'/a— 2'/2 cm. vel forsitan longior (in omnibus foliis speciminis 

 pars apicalis laminae brevius vel longius rupta), margine auguste recurvata, 

 basi acuta, subdecurrens; venae primariae ut videtur paucae (x 5 utrinque?), 

 conspicue ascendentes, indistinctae, gracillimae, subtus vix prominentes; 

 venae secundariae absconditae. Pedunculus gracilis, 15—20 cm longus. 



Spathae pars basalis persistens late obconoidea, + l'/a cm. longa; lamina 



Spadix cylindraceus, parte basali stipitiformi (rachis organis neutris caducis 

 denudata?), + '/g cm. longa, ceterum + 2^U cm. longus, 4 mm. crassus; 

 inflorescentia feminea brevis, + '/2 cm. longa; ovaria breviter oblonga, 

 apice truncata, obtuse angulosa, stigmate parvulo, sessili, discoideo, rotun- 

 dato coronata; ovula 6 — 12 — 18, basilaria, erecta; inflorescentia mascula 

 quam feminea + 3-plo longior, obtusa ; antherae basem staminorum non 

 attingentes, apice truncatae, connectivo thecas non superante. 



The description is taken from a spécimen determined by EnQLER, of 

 which, however, 1 could not find the diagnosis. 



Bornéo (H allier No. 614). 



