224 Bulletin Jard. Bot. Buitenzorq, Vol. IV. Livr. i. 



Schismatoglottis picta, SCHOTT, in Ost. Bot. Ztschr., VIII, 317; 

 EnGL., in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), Arac.-Philod.-Homal.-Schism., 114. 



Stérile spécimens of the typical form, occurring in the Buitenzorg 

 Herbarium, gatiiered by Hallier F., mentioned by Enqler, hâve the pétiole 

 sheathing much less than half its length. 



Forma robusta, Engl., 1. c. : Spécimens of this form, collected in 

 Java and Bornéo, cuHivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, one of which 

 (Kremboeng) has been determined by Engler as Sch. calyptrata Z. & M., 

 var. robusta, hâve the pétiole sheathing hardly more than '/a Jts length, 

 the spadix with the féminine inflorescence conspicuously laxiflorous at the 

 apex, and the masculine inflorescence occasionally provided with few 

 neuter organs at the base. ( ? Sch. calyptrata Z. & M., var. ornata). 



Schismatoglottis bifasciata, Engl , in Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), Arac- 

 Philod.-Homal.-Schism., 107, fig. 66. 



An undetermined plant from /^cr/z^c» (NiEUWENHUlS No. 1311), cuHivated 

 in the Buitenzorg Gardens, which, for several reasons belongs very prob- 

 ably to this species, is distinguished from the diagnosis and figure given 

 by Engler as foUows: Pétiole green, sheathing about '/a its length, terete, 

 the anterior side narrowly sulcate towards the apex, longitudinally rugulose 

 throughout, the lower side smooth ; lamina cordate-triangular, subsagittate ; 

 the 2 stripes pale, yellowish- or greyish-green, with the base not reaching 

 the margin of the sinus but reaching, and then suddenly ascending along, 

 the lowest veins; primary veins 8—11 on a side; secondary, tertiary and 

 quaternary veins growing gradually finer but the secondary ones not rarely 

 nearly as thick as the primary ones. Spathe and spadix larger; féminine 

 inflorescence conoid, 3—4 cm. long, + 7—8 mm. thick, laxiflorous at the 

 apex, provided with several scattered pale staminodes which are about 

 11/2 X 3S long as the pistils, obconoid, truncate at the apex, long-stalked ; 

 stigmata rather large, as broad as the ovaries, laterally contiguous (except 

 in the upper ovaries); masculine inflorescence elongate, subcylindrical- 

 fusiform, 5— 5'/2 cm. long, 6—8 mm. thick at the middle, about '/2 

 as thick at the base and the rotundate apex; fertile basai portion r/2— 

 2 cm. long, with the lower stamens intermixed with a few short-oblong 

 or truncate, conoid neuter organs; stérile apical portion + 3'/2 cm. long. — 

 The description of the leaves is taken from the living plant, of the flower 

 from material preserved in alcohol, which has the stalks of the lower 

 staminodes, the higher staminodes, the filaments and the apices of 

 the anthers provided with dark, brown, very short stripes or minute 

 points. 



I should be inclined to consider the spécimen quoted as a new 

 species were it not that in several cases the plants mentioned by ENG- 

 LER in his monograph proved to me to differ much from his diagnoses 

 and drawings. 



