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latius rotundato-cuneata, apice sensim ad abrupte breviter acuminata. Pedun- 

 culus usque 12 cm. longus. Spatha usque 22 cm. loiiga, l'/, cm ampla, 

 apice sensim ad abrupte acuminata. Spadix stipite usque 2 cm. longo suffultus, 

 usque 15 cm. longus et 1 mm. crassus ; ovaria pauilo longiora. — Ternate 

 IsLand (V. M. A. BEGUIN No. 1141; Malay name: koki - Periiaps a more 

 developed form of No. 1004 oniy). 



Raphidophora octovulata, V. A. V, R. 



Planta suffruticosa, florifera fructiferaque in juventute erecta vel e basi 

 decumbente, radicante ascendens, + 50 cm. alta, postremo forsitan scandens, 

 caudice + 2 cm. crasso, internodiis inferioribus + 2'/2 cm., superioribus 

 + 1 cm. longis. Foliorum petiolus 10—15 cm. longus, ultra médium 

 vaginatus, antice apicem versus canaliculatus; vagina in vivo coriacea, in 

 sicco herbacea, interdum geniculum + ^/4 — 1 cm. longum fere attingens, 

 persistens; lamina in vivo coriacea, viridis, subtus quam supra pallidior, in 

 sicco subcoriacea, lanceolata, 1 2—21 X 3— 6'/2 cm., ad, supra vel infra médium 

 latissima, utrinque angustata et acuta vel plus minusve acuminata, breviter et 

 graciliter apiculata ; costa glabra, subtus prominens; venae primariae numer- 

 osae, cum venis secundariis pauilo gracilioribus regulariter alternantes, in vivo 

 absconditae, in sicco subtus pauilo prominentes, venis tertiariis gracilioribus 



interpositis, ascendentes, basi decurrentes, apicem 

 versus sursum curvae. Pedunculi elongati, 20 — 

 22'/2 cm. longi, teretes. Spatha juvenilis acuminato- 

 fusiformis, arcte convoluta, viridis, demum aperta 

 et latissime navicularis, quam longa latior, antice 

 conspecta transverse ovalis, + 4'/2 cm. longa 

 et 6'/2 cm. lata, breviter apiculata, intus albida, 

 extus pallide viridis, marginem versus paliescens, 

 albescens, mox decidens. Spadix stipite + '/2 cm. 

 longo suffultus, subcylindraceus, florifer + 5 cm. 

 longus et 9 mm. crassus, apicem sterilem obtusum 

 et basin versus pauilo attenuatus, pallide citrinus, 

 fructifer + 6V2 cm. longus et Vj^ cm. crassus, 

 apice sterili non incrassatus, aurantiacus ; ovaria 

 subobpyramidata, + 3 mm. alta, deorsum latera- 

 liter compressa, apice subtruncata, 6-angulosa, + 3 mm. 

 crassa, lamellis 2 angustis, longitudinalibus, oppositis, in 

 placentam basilarem continuatis imperfecte 2-locularia (fig. 

 x); ovula 8, basilaria, 2-seriata; stigma parvum, rotundatum, 

 breviter oblongum, vix elevatum, sordide album, mox fus- 

 cescens; baccae ovariis similes sed majores; semina 8, 

 oblonga, recta, albuminosa (fig. x'); embryo rectus. 



The stamens are placed on opposite sides of the 

 ovaries so as to form conspicuously flexuose, ascending, pja. x\ 



Fig. 



X. 



