332 Bulletin J ard. Bot. Buitenzorg, S érie m, Vol. IV. Livr. 2. 



viridis, ima pallide roseus, antice canaliculatus, ceterum cum parte inferiore 

 costae venis primariis decurrentibus longitudinaliter rugosus ; vagina obscure 

 rosea (potius perpallide viridis vel rosea et punctis minutis vel liniis brevis- 

 simis, innumerabilibus, coccineis munita), pallide marginata; lamina herbacea, 

 îate elliptica, 5—10 X 3—5 cm., medio latissima, saepe paullo inaequilatera, 

 iino latere usque + l'/rP'o latiore, utriiique aequaliter angustata, acu- 

 iiuscula, supra obscure smaragdiiia, nitidula, subtus pallidior, basi Iate 

 rotuiidato-cuneata, margiiie crispatulo-undulata, apice brevissime acute api-, 

 cuiata ; venae primariae 3—5 utrinque, leviter prominentes, oblique ascendentes, 

 apicem versus sursum curvatae, basi decurrentes; venae secundariae ter- 

 tiariaeque sensim graciliores. Pedunculus 2— 2'/2 cm. longus, viridis. Spatha 

 îusiformi-oblonga, l'/2— 2 cm. longa, 3—6 mm. ampla, demum hians, viridis 

 vel flavida, apice breviler acute acuminata. Spadix brevissime stipitatus, 

 fusiformi-cylindraceus, l'A— 1'/2 cm. longus, 2—3 mm. crassus, albidus vel 

 pallide flavidus ; inflorescentia feminea 2 — 3 mm. longa ; ovaria crasse ovoidea, 

 2-locularia, ovulis basifixis ; stigma discoideum, rotundum, quam apex ovarii 

 îatius; staminodia crasse clavata, sessilia, fere ovaria aequantia; inflorescentia 

 mascula 10—12 mm. longa, acuta; flores masculi saepe 3-andri; antherae 

 ihecis sub connectivo non occultis. 



The description is taken from fresh material. 



Java: Buitenzorg, Mt. Tjipoetih, along water-side in forest, ait. 600 m. 

 (R. C. Bakhuizen van DEN Brink No. 5030, 24 September 1920). 



Var. subpurpurea: Foliorum petiolus (vagina excepta) aeneo-viridis; 

 lamina supra nigro-viridis, subtus sordide purpurea (rubra et dense, pallide 

 viridi-puncticulata) ; venae primariae subtus distincte prominentes. Pedun- 

 culus sordide purpureus (viridis et rubro-puncticulatus), basin versus sordide 

 roseus. Spatha parte inferiore sordide purpurea, sursum aeneo-viridis. Spadix 

 ovariis pallide viridibus, floribus masculis perpallide viridi-flavidis, subalbis, 

 2 — 3-andris. 



The description is taken from a living plant cultivated in the Buitenzorg 

 Gardens. 



Java: Mt. Tjikorai. 



Homalomena pygmaea (HASSK.), Enql., Pflzrch., LV (23 Da), Avâc- 

 Homal.-Schismat., 34., fig. 15. — Aglaonema pyginaeiim, HASSK., Cat. 

 Hort. Bog., 57. 



H. J. Lam's No. 722 from New Guinea (near Pionier Bivak, 

 in forest, ait. 10 m., 29 July 1920) seems to be a form of this species or 

 a nearly related species. It has, however, the flov\/ers too old for identification 

 and differs from the common form of this in having the leaves with the 

 lamina oblanceolate, broadest above the middle, with the base on one side 

 somewhat longer than on the other side, and, according to the field note, the 



