Van Alderwerelt van RosenburgH: Malay an Araceae 3. 325 



Àglaoncma latius, V. A. V. R. 



Caudex usque + 50 cm. altus, apice foliatus. Foliorum petiolus 6 — 10 

 cm. longus, plerumque ad 2/3 longitudinis (interdum fere usque ad laminam) 

 vaginatus; lamina in sicco tenuis, late ovata ad obovata, 16 — 23X10V2cm. 

 (quam lafa plerumque 2-plo, interdum 3-pIo longior), basi aequaiiter vel 

 oblique, late rotundato-cuneata, rotundata vel leviter emarginata, apice 

 sat abrupte et acute acuminata, graciliter apiculata; venae primariae i 6—8 

 utrinque, oblique ascendentes, sursum curvatae, longe juxta marginem 

 procurrentes, in sicco utrinque leviter prominentes, quam secundariae cras- 

 siores; venae tertiariae quaternariaeque gracillimae. Pedunculus + 4'/2 cm. 

 longus. Spatha oblonga, 3V2 cm. longa, acuminata. Spadix spatham +aequans, 

 stipite ± '/a cm. longo suffultus, cylindraceo-ellipsoideus; inflorescentia 

 feminea 3 — 5 mm. longa; ovaria breviter ovoidea, stigma late discoideum ; 

 inflorescentia mascula + 2'/2 cm. longa, + '/g crassa, parte basali steriiis; 

 stamina sterilia partim oblongo-ellipsoidea, partim stamina fertilia simulantia; 

 baccae obscure rubrae. 



One of the spécimens bas the label provided with the field note „flovver 

 pale-yellow" with which the spathe is probably meant. 



Simaloer Island: in forest. (ACHMAD No. 487, 12 June 1918, 

 flowering spécimen, No. 1009, 29 March 1919, fruiting spécimen). 



Aglaonema grande, V. A. V. R. 



Caudex usque 1 — 1'/2 rn- altus, apice foliatus. Foliorum petiolus 10— 15 

 cm. longus, crassiusculus, pallide viridis, vagina 5 — 12';2 cm. longa instructus, 

 supra vagmam teres, antice apicem versus planiusculus, vix canaliculatus ; 

 lamina coriacea, oblongo-ovata, 25 — 35 X 11 '/2 — 15 cm., vix inaequilatera, 

 supra obscure viridis, subtus pallidior, basi aequaiiter vel oblique rotundata 

 vel late rotundato-cuneata, apice abrupte et acute acuminata, vix apiculata ; 

 Costa supra apicem versus insculpta, ceterum leviter prominens, planiuscula, 

 subtus valde prominens, semiteres, quam lamina pallidior; venae primariae 

 + 8—12 utrinque, supra insculptae, subtus prominentes, ascendentes vel 

 inferiores subhorizontales, conspicue sursum arcuatae; venae secundariae 

 quam primariae graciliores; venae tertiariae quaternariaeque gracillimae, 

 absconditae. Pedunculus + 9 cm. longus, proportione gracilis, pallide viridis. 

 Spatha oblonga, + 5 cm. longa, l'/2 cm, ampla, perpallide viridis, fere alba, 

 basi obliqua, apice abrupte, breviter acuteque acuminata. Spadix in juventute 

 spatham aequans vel post probabiliter paullo longior, stipite '/2 cm. longo, 

 basi obliquo suffultus; inflorescentia feminea + '/2 cm. longa; ovaria 2— 3- 

 seriata, breviter ovoidea, pallide flavescenti-viridia ; stigma latiuscule disco- 

 ideum, citrinum, medio leviter foveolatum ; inflorescentia mascula cylindracea, 

 quam feminea + 7-plo longior, 372 cm. longa, •^;4 cm. crassa, obtusa ; stamina 

 inferiora 2— 3-3eriata sterilia, stamina fertilia simulantia, sterilia lactea, fertilia 

 albida. 



