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relatively broad, brown-purple on the outer side, black-purple and pale- 

 puncticulate on the inner side; spadix dirty-yellow; ovaries cylindraceo- 

 lageniform, green, 1-ovulate. 



Epiprcmnopsis Zippcliana, V. A. V. R. — ? Epïprcmnum Zippeliamim, 

 Engl. p.p., in Pflzrch., XXX VU (IV, 23 B), Arac.-Monster., 66; in Becc, 

 Mal., I, tab. XX, fig. 10-12. 



Caiidex usque 4 m. alte scandens, in sicco hic illic ruguloso-aspe- 

 rulus, cataphyllis stupose decompositis obsessus. Foliorum petiolus 25 — 40 

 cm. iongus, antice canaliculatus, basi breviter vaginatus, in sicco hic illic 

 puncticulato- vel ruguloso-asperulus; lamina rotundato- vel cordato-ovata 

 vel rotundato-cordata, 35—50 cm. longa, ± aequilata vel paullo angustior, 

 usque ad costam pinnatim incisa; laciniae 3 — 5 utrinque, obovato-lan- 

 ceolatae; lacinia terminalis recta; laciniae latérales subfalcato-curvatae, 

 inaequilaterae, latere altero V\^ — P/4-plo latiore, apice breviuscule ad 

 longiuscule et acute acuminatae vel valde oblique truncatae angulo antico 

 acute acuminato, postico obtuso vel rotundato, basin non-perforatum ver- 

 sus plus minusve (laciniarum superiorum minus, inferiorum valde) angustatae, 

 basi abrupte dilatatae ; laciniae maximae usque 30X8 cm.; venae primariae 

 in laciniis solitariae; venae secundariae 2, inter costam marginemque + me- 

 dianae, venae tertiariae 2, ad marginem approximatae, omnes inter se et cum 

 vena primaria vep.is secundariis tertiariisque obliquis unitae; venae quater- 

 nariae numerosae, reticulatae. Pedunculus 17' /s— 25 cm. Iongus, in sicco 

 graciliter, longitudinaliter rugulosus. Spatha conchiformis, + 10 cm. longa, 

 explanata + 6'/2 cm. lata, longitudinaliter venosa, extus in sicco gra- 

 ciliter puncticulato-asperula, cellulis spicularibus deficientibus. Spadix sti- 

 pitatus, florifer cylindraceo-clavatus, 3 cm. Iongus et 1 cm. crassus vel paullo 

 major, stipite ± 1 cm. longo, fructifer 5 cm. Iongus et 2'/2 cm. crassus, 

 stipite l'/2 cm. longo; ovaria conferta, apice applanata, angulosa, cellulis 

 spicularibus deficientibus, ovula 2; stigma majusculum, oblongum, leviter 

 elevatum ; baccae obovoideae, apice subrotundatae, aurantiaco-rubrae ; semina 

 2, lateraliter compressa, oblique obovata, i.e. leviter curvata, subreniformia, 

 embryo crassus, curvatus. 



The original label bears the note „petiole shortly puberulo-asperulous", 

 but I could not find any trace of hairs. — The cataphylla are provided 

 with numerous acicular cells which are wanting in the other portions of 

 the plant, as is the case in ail the spécimens of Epipremnopsis média 

 Engl., occurring in the Buitenzorg Herbarium, determined by Engler. 

 Some of the latéral laciniae of the leaf resemble exactly that of £"/;//7/-^//z /////« 

 Zippelianiun ENGL. represented in Engler's figure quoted above and it 

 may be possible that this species is identical with the Epipremnum Zip- 

 peliamim reported from Ternate but perhaps not from the other habitats 

 given by ENGLER in Pflanzenreich. The original Raphidophora Zippeliana 

 SCHOTT from New Guinea is unknown to me. 



