204 BULLETIN JARD. BOT. BUITENZORG, VOL. IV. LiVR. 1, 



radiantes infimae deflexae, costales plus niiiiusve patentes; venae secun- 

 dariae plus minusve graciles; venae tertiariae quaternariaeque gracillimae, 

 absconditae. Pedunculus 10 — 15 cm. longus, carneus ad pallide rubro- 

 brunneus, apicem versus incrassatus et in basin spathae sensim transiens. 

 Spatha 10 — 11 cm. longa; tubus elongato-urceolatus, 2'/2— 3 cm. longus, 

 pallide viridis; lamina conoideo-fusiformis, pallide viridis ad carnea, demum 

 sublactea, acute acuminata. Spadix 7'/2 — 9 cm. longus; inflorescentia 

 feminea conoideo- vel ellipsoideo-oblonga, + 2 cm. longa, in sicco 4 — 5 

 mm. crassa, basi obliqua et apice staminodiis breviter stipitatis, capitato- 

 clavatis, inferioribus 1— 2-seriatis, superioribus numerosis, plus minusve 

 confertis instructa; ovaria conoideo-oblonga, perpallide viridia; stigma 

 pulvinatum, rotundum, quam apex ovarii latius; inflorescentia mascula e 

 basi subgracili subcylindracea, potius elongato-clavato-fusiformis, 5 — o'/a cm. 

 longa. lactea, in sicco + 3 mm. crassa, a feminea interstitio 1 — l'/a cm. longo, 

 organis neutris sparsis, sessilibus vel breviter stipitatis, tuberculiformibus 

 vel capitatis munito separata; pars basalis fertilis basi plus minusve laxiflora; 

 pars apicalis sterilis partem fertilem + aequans, obtusa; thecae breviter 

 cupuliformes, filamenta ± aequantes, apice truncatae, leviter annuliformi- 

 incrassatae; staminodia partis sterilis prismatico-cylindracea, apice truncata. 



Probably nearly allied to Sch. batuensis and Sch. hastifolia Enol. 



Sumatra {Dell, Sibolangit, on dry slopes in primeval forest, ait. 400 m., 

 J. A. LoRZiNG No. 5450, 2 December 1917). 



Schismatoglottis sagittifolia, V. A. V. R. 



Herba + 60—65 cm. alta, caudiculo in specimine brevissimo. Folio- 

 rum petiolus 30—35 cm. longus, basi vagina + 7'/2 cm. longa instructus, 

 ceterum brevissime et plus minusve decidue glanduloso-puberulus; lamina 

 in sicco tenuiter herbacea, submembranacea, elongato-sagittata, + 27'/2X6cm., 

 supra obscura, immaculata, subtus pallidior, in vivo specie glauca; lobus 

 anticus lineari-oblongus, margine paullo extrorsum curvata, apicem versus 

 sensim subulato-triangulari-acuminatus, breviter apiculatus; lobi postici sub- 

 elongato-triangulares, retrorsi vel vix extrorsi, 3— 4 X l'/2— 2'/2 cm., apice 

 obtuse rotundati; costa venaeque primariae subtus relative dense et minu- 

 tissime glandulso-puberuli; venae primariae + 15—20 utrinque, apicem ver- 

 sus sursum curvae, apice vena collectiva crassa, intramarginali unitae, ven- 

 arum basalium infimae retrorsae, ceterae basin versus patentes vel horizon- 

 tales; venae secundariae, tertiariae quaternariaeque graciles. Pedunculus + 

 7'/2 cm. longus, demum longior. Spatha usque + 9 cm. longa (vel long- 

 ior?); tubus obovoideo-obconoideus, + VU cm. longus; lamina longe 

 conoideo-fusiformis, + 7'/4 cm. longa, acuminata. Spadix in specimine in- 

 complète evolutus, (ex sched. albus); inflorescentia feminea oblongo-ellip- 

 soidea, + 1 cm. longa, apice staminodiis copiosis, crebris munita; ovaria 

 oblonga; stigma discoideum, rotundum, relative latum ; staminodia inter 

 ovaria non vidi; inflorescentia mascula probabiliter longe cylindracea vel 



