218 BULLETIN J ARD. BOT. BUITENZORG, VOL. IV. LiVR. 1. 



Schismatoglottis maculata, V. A. V. R. 



Herba + 40—50 cm. alta, caudice in specimine 1 cm. longo, '/2 cm. 

 crasso. Foliorum petiolus 20—2772 cm. longus, basi vagina 5 — 7V2 cm. 

 longa instructus, antice specie canaliculatus et cristis 2 anguste aliformibus 

 marginatus; lamina in sicco tenuiter herbacea, elongato-cordata, + I7V2 X 

 7_8 cm., supra obscura, maculis pallidioribus, irregulariter sparsis ornata, 

 subtus pallidior, lobo antico linea paullo extrorsum curvata apicem relative 

 breviter acuminatum et graciliter apiculatum versus sensim angustata, lobis 

 posticis brevibus, subsemiorbicularibus, 1 — 1 '/2 X 2'/2— 3'/2 cm.; venae 

 primariae 12—15 utrinque, apicem versus sursum curvae, apice vena col- 

 lectiva crassa, intramarginali unitae, basales paullo radiantes, costales basi 

 patentes; venae secundariae tertiariaeque quam primariae sensim graciliores. 

 Pedunculus + 5 cm. longus. Spatha ± 6 cm. longa; tubus ovoideo-fu- 

 siformis, 2 cm. longus; lamina conoideo-fusiformis, 4 cm. longa, acuminata. 

 Spadix + 4 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea elongato-fusiformis, 2 cm. 

 longa, 4 mm. crassa, basi obliqua, apice gracilis et laxiflora; ovaria oblonga 

 vel ovata; stigma sessile, crasse pulvinuliforme; staminodia sparsa, pistilla 

 aequantia, graciliter cylindracea, apice paullo globoso-capitato-incrassata ; 

 inflorescentia mascula clavata, femineam ± aequans, parte basali fertili 

 obconoideo-turbinata, a basi apicem versus linea paullo introrsum curvata 

 sensim in partem apicalem sterilem, aequilongam, ellipsoideam, 5 mm. crassam, 

 basi truncatam, apice rotundatam transiente; staminum antherae filamenta 

 aequantes; thecae apice oblique truncatae, connectivo superatae; partis 

 sterilis superioris staminodia elongato-ellipsoidea, inferiora apice rotundato- 

 truncata, superiora apice obtusiuscula ad acutiuscula. 



Plants cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, probably gathered by 

 NIEUWENHUIS (No. 1286), flowering August 1Q20, agrée with this with the 

 following exceptions: Leaves with the pétiole shorter than the lamina; 

 lamina smaller, 10 — 15X4—6 cm., with the upper surface, relatively dark- 

 green, the spots pale-grey-green, the under surface pale-green ; peduncle, 

 spathe and spadix proportionally smaller; spadix 3 cm. long; féminine 

 inflorescence IV2 cm. long, pale-green; masculine inflorescence with the 

 fertile basai portion ^U cm. long, dirty-white (rather pale-brown-yellowish), 

 the stérile apical portion as long, pale-brimstone-coloured, characterized by 

 the subacute highest staminodes.— The smaller dimensions may be due to 

 the conditions in which the cultivated plants are placed. 



Near Sch. neo-guineensis N. E. Br. 



Bornéo {Majoep, in forest, H. WiNKLER No. 2199 p.p.? May 1908; 

 erroneously referred by Enoler to Sch. Nieuwenhuisii EnGL.). 



Schismatoglottis neo-guineensis (LlND.), N. E. BR., in Oardn. Chron., 2nd 

 Ser., XXIV, 776; Sch. novo-gaineensis, N. E. Br., Engl. & Krause, in 

 Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), Arac.-Philod.-Homal.-Schism., 1 13 ; Colocasia neo-gui- 

 neensis, LIND., Hort. ; LlND., in 111. hort., XXVI 1, 68, tab. 380 ; XXVIII, 60, fig. C. 



