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6 — 12 utrinque, basales horizontales vel radiantes, apicem versus sursum 

 curvatae, costales sensim valde ascendentes et incurvatae; venae secundariae 

 tertiariaeque graciliores, tertiariae gracillimae. Pedunculus 5 — 10 cm. loiigus. 

 Spatha juvenilis 6 — 8 cm. longa, '/i' cm. ampla, tenuis, pallide viridis ad 

 rosea vel lurido-violacea; tubus obconoideo-obovatus, l'/2^ 2'/2 cm. longus; 

 lamina conoideo-cylindracea, acuminata. Spadix juvenilis 4— 6'/2 cm. longus, 

 albus vel pallide viridis ; inflorescentia feminea subconoideo-cylindracea, 

 1— 1'/2 cm. longa, '/3~'/2 cm. crassa, apice et basi staminodiis obconoideis 

 vel clavatis cincta; inflorescentia mascula a feminea interstitio '/2 — ^ cm. 

 longo, subgracili, organis sterilibus parvis, sparsis obsito separata, cy- 

 lindracea, 3—4 cm. longa, 2—4 mm. crassa, obtusa, parte basali fertili 

 partem apicalem sterilem + aequante; staminodia partis sterilis apice 

 truncata. 



The incomplète description of the flower has been taken from young 

 spécimens; the fully developed flower has the dimensions perhaps some- 

 what larger. — Probably near Sch. mutata SCORT. 



Sumatra (Mt. Koerintji, in forest, ait. 1300-1600 m., H. A.B. BuNNEMEljER 

 Nos. 8547, 8731, 8975, 9037, 7-20 March 1920). 



Schismatoglottis Ruttenii, V. A. V. R. 



Herba majuscula, + 50 cm. alta, caudice + 20 cm. longo. Foliorum 

 petiolus 20—30 cm. longus, inferne '/s^Vs vaginatus, obscure viridis et 

 cum vagina longitudinaliter obscurius striatus, antice apicem versus (usque 

 ad 7'/2— 10 cm. infra laminam) subplanus et auguste acuteque marginatus; 

 lamina herbacea, oblongo-sagittata, 22V2 — 30X I2V2 — 17'/2 cm., supra 

 obscure viridis, immaculata, lucida, subtus pallide viridis, subglauca; lobus 

 anticus ad vel infra médium latissimus et saepe inaequilaterus, apicem 

 relative longe et anguste sed obtusiuscule falcato-acuminatum, relative longe 

 et graciliter cylindraceo-apiculatum versus linea plus minusve conspicue 

 extrorsum curva angustatus; lobi postici triangulares, 4 — 6X5 — 8 cm., 

 retrorsi vel subextrorsi, sinu + rectangulari separati, apice obtusi; venae 

 primariae 11 — 15 utrinque, basales radiantes et apicem versus valde, costales 

 patentes et apicem versus leviter sursum curvae, omnes apice vena col- 

 lectiva intramarginali, sat gracili unitae. Pedunculus + 7'/2 — 10 cm. longus. 

 Spatha + "772 — 10 cm. longa; tubus breviter conoideo-ovoideus, 1^/4 — 

 2 cm. longus et + 1 cm. amplus, viridis; lamina conoideo-fusiformis, 

 amplitudine fere eam tubi aequante, pallide flavido-viridis vel demum flava, 

 relative longe acuminata, subcuspidata. Spadix 4 — 5 cm. longus; inflores- 

 centia feminea conoidea, l'/2— 2'/2 cm. longa, '/2 cm. crassa, basi + usque 

 ad médium spathae adnata, apice relative crasso sublaxiflora; pistilla 

 staminodiis paucis, quam pistillis usque ad 2-plo longioribus, albidis, clavatis^ 

 longe stipitatis intermixta; ovaria ovoidea, cum stigmate sessili, rotundo- 

 discoideo perpallide viridia; inflorescentia mascula a feminea interstitio 

 subnudo, brevissimo separata, ellipsoideo-clavata, 2'/2— 3 cm. longa, medio 



