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longitudinaliter venosa, inter venas copiose, pallidius puncticulata. Spadix 

 + 6'/2 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea conoideo-cylindracea, VU cm. 

 longa, 7'/2 mm. crassa, in dorso a basi fere ad médium usque cum spatha 

 connata, apice leviter laxiflora, a basi usque ad apicem staminodiis pluribus 

 ( + 25—35), sparsis munita; ovaria oblonga, pallide viridia, subalba, apice 

 in stylum brevissimum crassumque contracta, stigmate discoideo, quam stylo 

 paullo crassiore, rotundato, concolore coronata ; staminodia quam pistilla paullo 

 longiora, capitata vel clavato-capitata, albida, longe stipitata; inflorescentia 

 mascula femineae contigua et equilonga, 9 mm. crassa, elongato-ellipsoideo- 

 clavata, parte basali fertili obconoidea, VU cm. longa, pallide brunnescenti- 

 flavida, subalba, parte apicali sterili breviter conoideo-cylindracea, l'/a cm. 

 longa, pallide sulfurea, subalba, apice rotundata; antherae filamenta + 

 aequantes, thecis cupuliformibus, apice truncatis ; staminodia cuneato-prismatica, 

 apice subrotundato-truncata, obtuse angulosa. 



The description is taken from a living spécimen of unknown origin^ 

 cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens. 



Schismatoglottis Treubii, Engl., in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 ''a), Arac- 

 Philod.-Homal.-Schism., 119, fig. 73. 



A spécimen of an unknown habitat, cuHivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, 

 determined by EnGLER, is distinguished from Engler's diagnosis by the 

 following characters: Pétiole green, sheathing •/4— V2 its length ; sheath soon 

 dilacerated; lamina 30—45 X 17'/2~25 cm., above dark-green, beneath 

 pale-green, the postical lobes V5— '/4 as long as the antical one; primary 

 veins 15—20 on a side; peduncle 7V2— 10 cm. long; spathe 15-20 cm. long, 

 the tube ovoid-oblong, 5-6 cm. long, 2-3 cm. diam., pale-green, the 

 lamina subcylindrical when convolute, 10-15 cm. long, r/4 cm. diam., 

 yellowish, the apex conoid-acute or -acuminate; spadix r2'/2 cm. or more 

 long; féminine inflorescence subconoid ; ovaries pale-green ; stigma discoid, 

 pale-brown-yellow; staminodes elongate-obconoid with a thickened, white 

 or rosy apex; interstice between the féminine and masculine inflorescences 

 l'/2— 2 cm. long, pale-green. the base beset with crowded white or rosy 

 staminodes, for the rest with scattered, very small, white neuter organs; 

 masculine inflorescence with the fertile portion cylindraceous, 3'/2— 4 cm. 

 long, 8 mm. thick, dirty-white, the stérile portion conoid-cylindraceous, 

 4'/2-6 cm. long, 1 cm. thick, ivory-white, the apex bluntish ; staminodes 

 of fresh material provided at the apex with glittering, iridescent points, the 

 higher much thicker than the others. (Forma viridipes). 



Schismatoglottis latifolia, MlQ., Flor. Ned. Ind., III, 214; EnGL. & 

 KRAUSE, in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), 117; 5c/?. rupestris, ZOLL. e^ MORR., 

 Syst. Verz., 77; Engl., in ENGL. & PRANTL, Nat. Pflzfam., IF, fig. 84; 

 O; — var. rubescens, EnGL., Engl. & KRAUSE, 1. c, fig. 71 (the spadix 

 net quite correct); Sch. rubescens, EnGL., MS. 



