194 Bulletin Jard. Bot. Buitenzqrg, Vol. IV. Livr. i. 



Piptospatha marginata (EnGL.), N. E. BR., in Curt. Bot. Mag., LI, in 

 descr. ad tab. 7410; ENGL., in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 D^), Arac.-Philod.-Homal.- 

 Schismat., 125; Rhynchopyle marginata, Engl., in Becc, Mal., I, 288, tab. 

 XXIII, fig. 1—2; Scliismatoglottis marginata, Engl,, in Bull. Soc. Tosc 

 di Ort., 298 ,'oldest name). 



Teysmann's No. 16705 from Lingga (not Liangga) and No. 11540 

 from Bornéo, referred both by Engler to this species, do not agrée with 

 the description given by ENGLER in Pflanzenreich. — No. 16705, consisting 

 of 3 spécimens, resembles too much Teysmann's No. W^Z^ixom Bornéo, 

 referred by ENGLER to P. elongata N. E. Br. The plants hâve the leaves 

 with the pétiole distinctly shorter than the lamina; the flower is still too 

 young and has the spadix clavate but in the said young state it was not 

 difficult to me to settle that the ovaries are /j/z/ri-ovulate, i.e. with 16—20 

 ovules arranged along 2 opposite pariétal placentae. According to Engler's 

 diagnosis quoted, P. marginata has the leaves with the pétiole distinctly 

 longer than (to twice as long as) the lamina, and the ovaries are described 

 as being but 2-ovulate. — No. 11540 is an undeterminable small plant having 

 the leaves with the lamina 5 — 8 cm. long on a pétiole 3—4 cm. long; the 

 ripe spadix has the berries /7////"/-spermous. 



Raphidophora ternatensis, V. A. V. R. 



Planta usque + 8 m. alte scandens, ramosa, ramis pendulis; rami floriferi 

 + V2 cm. crassi, in sicco longitudinaliter rugulosi, internodiis 1—2 cm. longis. 

 Foliorum petiolus in sicco pro ratione gracilis, 7'/2— 10 cm. longus, antice 

 canaliculatus, nunc usque ad laminam, nunc haud ultra geniculum vaginatus; 

 vagina membranacea, mox exsiccata, dilacerata, caduca; lamina coriacea, in 

 sicco flaccida, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 20— 30 X 6-7 cm., levissime 

 falcato-curvata, ad vel infra médium latissima, paullo inaequilatera, latere altero 

 + l'/4-plo latiore, supra obscure viridis, copiose minute albido-puncticulata, 

 basi rotundato-cuneata, acuta, apice leviter falcata, acuminata, acute apiculata ; 

 venae latérales primariae copiosae, graciles, quam secundariae tantum paullo 

 crassiores, ascendentes, basi patentes, apicem versus sursum curvatae; venae 

 tertiariae gracillimae. Pedunculus ± 9 cm, longus, cataphyllo moxmarcescente, 

 dilacerato, deciduo cinctus. Spatha conoideo-cylindracea, + 12'/2 cm. longa, 

 convoluta 1 cm. ampla, apicem versus sensim longe acuminata. Spadix stipite 

 + 6 mm. longo suffultus, conoideo-cylindraceus, + l^jo cm. longus, 2/4 cm. 

 crassus, apicem subacutum versus sensim attenuatus; overia prismatica, + 

 2 mm. alta, apice applanata, 1 mm. lata, 4— 6-angulosa, levissime rugulosa; 

 ovula multa; stylus angustus, brevissime cylindraceus, interdum subco- 

 noideus; stigma parvulum, rotundatum vel suboblongum. 



Ternate Island {Akè Bobotja, in ravine, ait. 20 m., V. M A. BEGUIN 

 No. 1004, 20 October 1920; Malay name: koki). 



Forma major: Dimensiones fere omnes majores. Foliorum petiolus 

 usque 12'/2 cm. longus; lamina oblonga, + 20— 22 X 8V2— 9'/2 cm., basi 



