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rotundum, albidum ; inflorescentia mascula subcylindracea, femineae arcte 

 contigua, parte basali fertili + 8 mm. longa, 2' /a mm. crassa, supra 

 médium paullo attenuata, pallide griseo-brunnea, parte apicali sterili ± 14 

 mm. longa, a basi 3 mm. crassa apicem obtusiusculum versus attenuata, 

 albida (perpallide flavida); stamina brevia; thecae quam filamenta brevi- 

 ora; staminodia partis sterilis subprismatica, apice applanata, irregulariter 



angulosa. 



The description is tai<en from a living spécimen cultivated in the Bui- 



tenzorg Gardens. 



Bornéo (NIEUWENHUIS No. 1395). 



Schismatoglottis Vanvuureni, V. A. V. R. 



Herba parva, + 25 cm. alta, caudicuio brevi. Foliorum petiolus quam 

 lamina brevior, 8— Q cm. longus, pallide viridis, usque ad médium (nunc 

 paullo brevius, nunc paullo longius) vaginatus, antice apicem versus planus 

 vel subcanaliculatus, anguste cristato-2-marginatus, cristis in venas infimas 

 transientibus; lamina herbacea, elongato-lanceolato-cordata, 12 — 14X3— 

 4'/2 cm., supra saturate viridis. copiose albido-puncticulata, secus costam 

 pallidam vitta pallide griseo-viridi ornata, subtus pallide viridis; apex leviter 

 falcatus, sensim acuminatus, breviter apiculatus; basis late sed non profunde 

 cordata, lobis late triangularibus vel semiorbicularibus, ^/4— 1 '/2 X 1 '/a— 2 cm., 

 sinu subrectangulari separatis, apice obtusis vel rotundatis ; venae primariae 

 9—11 utrinque, basales radiantes, costales oblique ascendentes, apicem 

 versus sursum curvae, basi decurrentes; venae secundariae tertiariaeque 

 quam primariae graciliores. Pedunculus 7 cm. longus. Spathae tubus oblique 

 obovoideus, 2'/4 cm. longus, r/2 cm. amplus, pallide viridis; lamina aperta, 

 naviculari-ovoidea, A^j^ cm. longa, flavido-albida, breviter et acute acuminata. 

 Spadix 4'/2 cm. longus; inflorescentia feminea conoidea, 2 cm. longa, + '/a 

 cm. crassa, a basi usque ad médium cum spatha connata, apice sublaxiflora; 

 ovaria oblongo-ovoidea, viridi-albida; stigma sessile, majusculum, discoideum, 

 rotundum, viridi-albidum ; staminodia inter ovaria pauca, sparsa, quam ovaria 

 l'/2-plo longiora, alba, subcapitata, longe stipitata; inflorescentia mascula 

 femineae contigua, clavata, parte basali fertili obconoidea, l'/a cm. longa, 

 3/4 cm. crassa, pallide brunneo-flavida, subalbida, parte apicali sterili semi- 

 oblonga, ^U cm. longa, aequicrassa, eburnea, apice rotundata; antherae 

 contiguae; staminum thecae cupuliformes, quam filamenta paullo breviores 

 ad paullo longiores, apice trancatae; stamina inferiora hinc inde sterilia; 

 partis sterilis superioris staminodia inferiora subprismatica, apice rotundato- 

 truncata, obtuse angulosa, staminodia superiora elongato-clavata, apice 

 rotundata, minute foveolata. 



Near Sch. emarginata Engl.- The description is taken from a living 

 spécimen cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, flowering June 1920. 



Celebes {Mt. Taloang, Capt. L. VAN VuUREN's Exploration Expé- 

 dition). 



