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breviter acuminata. Spadix (ex sched.) albus; inflorescentia feminea obconoi- 

 deo-oblonga, 2 cm. longa, ^U cm. crassa, basi attenuata, fere '/a partem 

 iisque dorso spathae adnata; ovaria oblonga; stigma sessile, crasse pulvini- 

 forme, rotundum ; staminodia inter ovaria nonvidi; inflorescentia mascula a 

 feminea interstitio crasse, subconoideo, 1 cm. longo, organis neutris sparsis, 

 breviter obconoideis, saepe 2— 4-nis munito separata, parte basali fertili 

 cyiindracea, 2 cm. longa, '/a cm. crassa, parte apicali sterili conoideo-cylin- 

 dracea, 5 cm. longa, infra médium ^/^ cm. crassa, basi et apicem obtusum versus 

 paullo attenuata; antherae thecis elongato-cupuliformibus, quam filamento 

 paullo longioribus; staminodia partis apicalis sterilis elongato-obpyramidata, 

 subprismatica, apice applanata, relative acute, irregulariter 3-6-angulosa. 



Distinguished by the proportionally large inflorescence. 



Sumatra {ML Talamau, in forest, ait. 500 m., H. A. B. BuNNEMEljER 

 No. 536, 1 May 1917). 



Schismatoglottis monticola, V. A. V. R, 



Herba usque + 40 cm. alta, caudiculo e basi breviter repente 

 ascendente, usque + 15 cm. alto, ^U cm. crasso. Foliorum petiolus quam 

 lamina + l'/2— 2-plo longior, 15—30 cm. longus, vagina 5—10 cm. longa 

 instructus, juvenilis probabiliter brevissime glanduloso-puberulus, glabrescens; 

 lamina in sicco herbacea, triangulari- vel ovato-cordata, + 1 1 — 15 X 5'/2— 

 7'/2 cm., supra obscure viridis, immaculata, subtus pallide viridis; lobus 

 anticus linea extrorsum curvata apicem acuminatum versus angustata; lobi 

 postici semiorbiculares vel obtuse triangulares, + '/e— Vs longitudinis lobi 

 antici metientes; costa (cum venis lateralibus primariis) subtus prominens et 

 brevissime glanduloso-puberula, postremo plus minusve glabrescens; venae 

 primariae + 10—12 utrinque, apicem versum sursum curvae, vena collectiva 

 crassa, submarginali unitae, basales radiantes, constales sensim ascendentes; 

 venae secundariae tertiariaeque sensim graciliores. Pedunculus gracilis, usque 

 7'/2 cm. longus, postremo longior. Spatha viridis ad rubescens (carnea); 

 tubus r/2 cm. longus, demum longior, usque 2'/2 cm. longus; lamina 

 aperta, 4V2 cm. longa, explanata T/, cm. lata, acuminata. Spadix 4'/2 cm. 

 longus; inflorescentia feminea florifera oblongo-eilipsoidea, ^U cm. longa et 

 '/3 cm. crassa, postremo sat ovoideo-conoidea, usque + 2-plo maior; 

 ovaria parva, oblonga vel ovoidea; stigma sessile, crasse discoidea, rotun- 

 data, pro ratione magna; staminodia inter ovaria non vidi; inflorescentia 

 mascula cyiindracea, 3 cm. longa, '/g cm. crassa, basi apiceque obtusius- 

 cula, a feminea interstitio gracili, + '/a cm. longo, organis neutris minutis- 

 simis, capituliformibus sparse munito separata, parte apicali sterili partem 

 fertilem basalem + aequante; stamina minuta; staminodia partis apicalis 

 sterilis apice applanata, in circuitu rotundata vel rotundato-angulosa. 



Near Sch. batuensis EnQL. 



Sumatra (Deli, Bandar-baroe, in primeval forest, ait. 1200 m., J. A. 

 LôRZiNG No. 4584, 30 December 1916). 



