324 Bulletin Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Série HI, Vol. I V. Livr. 2. 



Aglaoncma brcvivaginatum, V. A. V. R. 



Caudex usque + 50 cm. altus, postremo forsitaii altior, internodiis longius- 

 culis. Foliorum petiolus gracilis, 4—8 cm. longus, breviter et late vaginatus, 

 vagiiia plerumque '/a— 1 (raro l'/2— 2) cm. longa, apice abrupte angustata ; 

 lamina in sicco tenuis, flaccida, oblongo- vel elliptico-lanceolata, raro ovato- 

 lanceolata, 14—18X4—6 cm., vix inaequilatera, apice longiuscuie acuminata, 

 basi saepe utrinque aequaliter rotundato-cuneata, interdum rotundata, raro 

 oblique rotundato-truncata, imo saepe breviter cuneato-decurrens; venae 

 primariae + 6 utrinque, cum venis secundariis distincte gracilioribus supra 

 insculpta, subtus prominentes, angulo acutiusculo ascendentes, longe juxta 

 m.arginem procurrentes; venae ceterae graciles. Pedunculus + 4 cm. longus. 

 Spatha oblonga vel obovoideo-oblonga, + 2'/4— 2'/2 cm. longa, pallide viridis, 

 acuminata. Spadix florifer spatham subsuperans, stipite fere '/2 cm. longo 

 suffultus; inflorescentia feminea fere 'Z, cm. longa; ovaria ovoideo-conoideo- 

 lageniformia; stigma rotundato-peltatum, latitudine crassitudinem ovarii 

 aequante; inflorescentia mascula subcylindracea, vix clavata, + l'/4 — 1 '/2 cm. 

 longa, 4 mm. crassa, obtusa, alba; stamina inferiora sterilia, partim clavata, 

 partim staminibus fertilibus similia. 



Lingga: Panggak, in forest, ait. 60 m. {H. A. B. BiiNNEMEljER 

 No. 7044, 27 July 1919). 



Àglaonema cmarginatum, V. A. V. R. 



Herba majuscula caudice + 1 m. alto. Foliorum petiolus 12'/2 — 17', 2 cm. 

 longus, vagina 5 — 10 cm. longa instructus; lamina in sicco tenuiter 

 papyracea, ovato-oblonga, 16—23 X 8—11 cm., basi leviter obliqua, plus 

 minusve cordato-emarginata, apice abrupte, longiuscuie acuminata, brevis- 

 sime graciliterque apiculata; venae primariae 6—9 utrinque, patentes vel 

 inferiores horizontales, parte superiore conspicue ascendentes, longe juxta 

 marginem procurrentes, supra non vel vix impressae, subtus in sicco 

 depressae; venae secundariae quam primariae partim paullo, partim dis- 

 tincte graciliores; venae tertiariae quaternariaeque graciles. Pedunculus 

 4—8 cm. longus. Spatha oblonga, subobovoidea, 5—6 cm. longa, involuta 

 2 — 3 cm. ampla, obtusa, abrupte, brevissime acuminata. Spadix spatham 

 aequans vel superans, stipite '/2— ^/4 cm. longo suffultus; inflorescentia 

 feminea leviter oblique cylindracea, '/2~1 cm. longa, usque 1 cm. crassa; 

 ovaria 3— 4-seriata, depresso-globosa vel -ovoidea; stigma magnum, quam 

 ovarium saepe latius, obconoideum, apice applanatum, rotundatum, medio 

 saepe leviter depressum; inflorescentia mascula subcylindraceo-ellipsoidea, 

 usque 5'/2 cm. longa, medio usque 1 '/4 cm. crassa, apice obtusa; stamina 

 inferiora sterilia, fertilia subsimulantia. 



The label bears the field-note: flower pale-cream-coloured. 



Poeloe Sebesi, between Java and Sumatra, in primeval forest, 

 ait. to 100 m. (W. DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN No. 5412, 29 April 1921). 



