322 Bulletin Jard. Bot. Bui tënzorg, Série 111. Vol. IV. Livr. 2. 



in his beautiful plate the upper surface of the leave is bright-green without 

 any trace of a pale, nebulose spot. 



A fruiting plant from Luzon (Mt. Mariveles, R. Meyer, Bur. of 

 Sci. No. 2586), received under the name of this species which is reduced 

 by Merrill to A. oblongifoUum Knth (Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin., 

 129), but which does not agrée with the spécimens mentioned hereafter 

 under A sunplex Bl., has the leaves with the lamina smaller than given 

 in Enqler's diagnosis 10-15 X 3'/2— 6 cm. 



Àglaonema obovatum, V. A, V. R. 



Caudiculus usque + 15cm. altus vel post forsitan altior. Foliorum 

 petiolus 2—4 cm. longus, basi vagina ^'4 — IV2 cm. longa, lata instructus; 

 lamina in sicco tenuis, flaccida, obovato-oblonga, 10— 15 X4— 6' , cm., 

 paullo inaequilatera, apice abrupte, obtusiuscule acuminata, breviter, gracili- 

 ter apiculata, basi rotundato-cuneata; venae primariae j: 6 utrinque, ascen- 

 dentes, longe juxta marginem procurrentes, cum venis secundariis gracili- 

 oribus supra insculptae, subtus conspicue prominentes; venae tertiariae 

 quaternariaeque graciles. Pedunculus 2'/2— 3 cm. longus. Spatha obovato- 

 ellipsoidea, usque P/4 cm. longa, abrupte, breviter acuminata, pallide viridis. 

 Spadix stipite 3—5 mm. longo suffultus, postremo spatham paullo superans; 

 inflorescentia feminea breviter cylindracea; ovaria breviter conoideo-ovoidea, 

 + 2-seriata; stigma rotundum, peltatum, latitudine crassitudinem ovarii 

 aequans; inflorescentia mascula breviter clavata, quam feminea -f- 4 — 5-plo 

 longior, alba, apice late rotundata. 



Lingga Island: Panggak, in sago forest, ait. 30 m. (H. A. B, 

 BiiNNEMEIjER No. 7039, 27 July 1919; Malay name: Seri dewa). 



Àglaonema oblanceolatum, V. A. V. R. 



Caudex usque '/z— ^ ^n. altus, apice spiraliter foliatus. Foliorum 

 petiolus 12'/2— 27'/2 cm. longus, vaginatus; vagina 10— 22V2 cm. longa, 

 hinc inde laminam fere attingens, scarioso-marginata; lamina firma, oblan- 

 ceolata, 30—40 X 9—12 cm., ad vel supra médium latissima, paullo in- 

 aequilatera, basi acuta vel auguste rotundato-cuneata, apice proportione 

 abrupte, brevissime acuminata, brevissime apiculata ; costa supra subplana, 

 subtus prominens; venae angulo acuto ascendentes, arcuatae, longe prope 

 marginem procurrentes, in sicco utrinque (subtus quam supra magis) 

 prominentes; venae primariae secundariaeque 10—16 utrinque, primariae 

 quam secundariae paullo crassiores; venae tertiariae quaternariaeque gra- 

 ciliores. Pedunculus 10—15 cm. longus. Spatha fusiformi-ellipsoidea, 6—7 

 cm. longa, 1 — 1 V2 cm. ampla, perpallide flavido-viridis, utrinque acutata. 

 Spadix breviter petiolatus, 4— 4'/2 cm. longus, ^4—^ cm. crassus; inflo- 

 rescentia feminea relative longa, 174— l'/a cm. longa; ovaria breviter 

 ovoidea, perpallide viridia, subalba; stigma late discoideum, pallide flavidum; 



