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interstice + '/4— '/2 cm. long, the fertile basai portion obconoid, ± 1 cm. 

 long, 6— 7'/2 mm. thick at the apex, dirty-white, the lower stamens some- 

 times stérile, clavate, the stérile apical portion semiellipsoidal, + 7'/2 mm. 

 long, 6— 7'/2 mm. thick at the base, yellow-white to brimstone-coloured, 

 the apex broadly rounded; stamens with the thecae short or more 

 elongated, somewhat shorter to somewhat longer than the filaments, when 

 young oblong, urceolate-attenuate at the truncate apex, when ripe cup-shaped, 

 the outer side rather grooved ; lower stamens sometimes stérile, clavate; 

 staminodes of the upper portion elongate-cuneate, subprismatical, the apex 

 rotundate-truncate, obtusely and irregularly 3-6-angLilar, with a single 

 dépression in the centre. 



Forma typica. — New Qiiinea {Mf. Alkmaar, DJIBDJA). 



Forma staminodiifera: Folia minora; petiolus 4'/2~9 cm. longus. 

 Va— V2 longitudinis vaginatus; lamina T'/a— 12'/2 X 3—5 cm.; venae 

 primariae pauciores, 8—11 utrinque. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea 

 pistillis inferioribus staminodiis perpaucis, attenuato-capitatis, longe stipitatis, 

 quam pistillis pauUo longioribus intermixtis; interstitium organis 

 neutris sparsis, elongato-clavatis vel obconoideis, albidis munitum; parte 

 apicali sterili staminodiis apice minutissime foveolatis. New Giiinea {Mt. 

 Alkmaar, DjlBDjA; cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, flowering May— 

 june 1920). 



Schismatoglottis ornata, V. A. V. R. 



Herba foliis nutantibus usque 15—20 cm. alta, caudice perbrevi. 

 Foliorum petiolus +6 — 12 cm. longus, opaco-olivaceus, antice apicem 

 versus applanatus vel leviter concavus, anguste 2-marginatus, ceterum teres, 

 basi brevissime vaginatus; lamina in vivo subcoriacea, in sicco tenuis, lan- 

 ceolata, ± 9 — 15X2—4 cm., saepe infra médium latissima, supra obs- 

 cure viridis, opaco-velutina, copiose, minutissime albido-puncticulata, linea 

 albida (non pellucida) angustissime marginata, secus costam viridem vitta 

 pallide griseo-viridi, erosa ornata, subtus pallide viridis, basi rotundato-cu- 

 neata, potius acuta, apice longiuscule et anguste falcato-cuminata, apiculata; 

 venae latérales ascendentes, apicem versus sursum curvatea, primariae 4: 

 6—8 utrinque, secundariae, tertiariae quaternariaeque quam primariae sensim 

 graciliores. Pedunculus l'/2 — 2 cm. longus, viridis. Spatha ± 3 cm. longa, 

 viridis, apicem versus pallescens; tubus obovoideo-globosus, + 1 cm. longus 

 et 7 mm. ampius; lamina conoidea, + 2 cm. longa, a basi 4 mm. ampla 

 apicem acutum versus sensim attenuata, basin versus convoluta, apicem 

 versus leviter hians, marcescens. Spadix sessilis, 2^/4 cm. longus; inflores- 

 centia feminea subconoidea, potius subcylindracea, '/2 cm. longa, basi 3 mm. 

 crassa, ad basin obliquam et apicem staminodiis 1-seriatis, brevibus, crassis, 

 obpyramidatis, albidis fperpallide flavidis), apice applanatis, irregulariter an- 

 gulosis munita; ovaria lageniformi-ovoidea, pallide viridia, in apicem longius- 

 culum, subcylindraceo-conoideum, styliformem attenuata; stigma parvum. 



