200 BULLETIN J ARD. BOT. BUITENZQRQ, VOL. IV. LlVR. 1. 



Schismatoglottis asperata, EnGL., in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), 105. 



Var. albomaculata, ENGL., 1. c. \0ô; Sch. crispata, HK. F., m Bot N[Rg., 

 6578. Teysmann's No. 11545 (not 1 151), mentioned in EnGLER's diagnosis, 

 has the pétiole provided witii 2 opposite, unduiate, wing-shaped crests, and 

 the very siiort setae piaced in clusters on minute tuberculiform élévations. 



Schismatoglottis puberulipes, V. A. V. R. 



Herba parva, usque + 15 cm. alta, caudiculo epigaeo, brevi. Fo- 

 liorum petioius 2'/2 — 6 cm. longus, viridis, cum vagina (extus) et costa 

 venisque primariis (subtus) dense et breviter gianduloso-piiberulus, postremo 

 hic illic glabrescens, dimidia parte basilari vel longius aut brevius vaginata, 

 inter vaginam et laminam teres, antice cristis decoloratis, angustis, alifor- 

 mibus 2-marginata; vagina pallide viridis, persistens; lamina herbacea, 

 ovalis, 5 — 10 X 3— 6V2 cm. vel paullo major, medio latissima, viridis, subtus 

 quam supra pallidior, apice rotundata, specie acumine brevissimo, mox 

 decidente munita, basi breviter sed distincte cordata, lobis '/a— 1 cm. iongis, 

 rotundatis, hamato-incurvatis et paullo imbricatis; costa subtus prominens; 

 venae primariae 12 — 18 utrinque, plus minus horizontales, apicem versus 

 sursum curvae, subtus prominentes, hic illic vena secundaria, paullo pro- 

 minenti, ceterum venis tertiariis quaternariisque copiosis, gracilibus, sub- 

 parallelis interpositis. Pedunculi brèves, 3/4 cm. longi, pallide virides, Spatha 

 + 3 cm. longa, demum longior, infra médium paullo constricta, viridis, 

 demum pallide viridis, venis paullo obscurioribus, longitudinalibus ornata, 

 tubo obovoideo, primum 1 cm. longo et subaequiamplo, lamina primum 

 acute ovoidea, 2 cm. ionga, convoluta, clausa vel vix aperta, demum 

 irregulariterdecidua. Spadix sessilis, florifer 2'/2 cm. longus; inflorescentia 

 feminea subconoidea, 1 cm. longa, basi subaequicrassa, obliqua, organis 

 neutris 1— 2-seriatis, pallide brunneo-flavidis vel albidis, obpyramidato- 

 conoideis, apice applanatis, 4-6-angulosis cincta; ovaria obovoidea, pallide 

 viridia, supra conspecta obtuse 4— 6-angulosa ; stigma rotundum, discoideum, 

 subsessile, albidum; inflorescentia mascula a feminea interstitio brevi, '/4 cm. 

 longo, organis neutris contiguis, albis, longiusculis. auguste obconoideis, apice 

 applanatis, paullo incrassatis munito separata, ceterum suboblongo-ellipsoidea, 

 1 '/4 cm. longa, medio ^U cm. crassa, dimidia parte inferiore fertilis, alba, dimidia 

 parte superiore sterilis, pallide flavida, apice obtuse rotundata; antherae 

 filamenta lata et aequicrassa subaequantes ; thecae obtuse subobconoideo- 

 prismaticae, apice applanatae, supra conspectae anguloso-hamato-reniformes, 

 connectivo non superatae ; partis apicalis sterilis staminodia auguste obco- 

 noideo-pyramidata, obtuse 4 — 6-angulosa, apice rotundato-truncata. 



The description is taken from spécimens cuHivated in the Buitenzorg 

 Gardens, flowering December 1919, January to September 1920. Other 

 particulars unkown. 



Bornéo. 



