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crassa, apicem obtusiusculum versus attenuata, 

 '/e parte basali sterilis, staminodiis confertis, 

 brevibus, pro ratione latissimis, irregulariter 

 4— 6-angulosis, apice rotundatis composita 

 (fig. b); flores masculi fertiles 4- vel saepius 

 5-, interdum 6-andri, subirregulariter 4— 6-angu- 

 losi; thecae sub connectivo crasso, apice 

 truncato abscondi- 

 tae (fig. c). 



The label bears 

 Fig. b. ihe field-note: flo- 



wer cream-colour- \ 



éd. — Distinct by the rather large stérile basai 



portion of the masculine inflorescence. 



Sebesi (between Java and Sumatra): in 



dry brook-bed between high rocks in primeval 



forest near sea-shore (W. DOCTERS VAN LEEUWEN No. 5349, 27 April 1921). 



Fig. c. 



Homalomena rosea, V. A. V. R. 



Eiihomalomena. — Caudex brevis. Foliorum petiolus usque 1 m. longus, 

 teres sed antice apicem versus leviter canaliculatus, potius applanatus angulis 

 obtuse rotundatis, basin versus '/s longitudinis vaginatus, olivaceus, apicem 

 versus pallide viridis; lamina in vivo subcoriacea, supra obscure viridis, 

 subtus pallidior, in circuitu late ovato-cordata, usque 60X45 cm., lobo 

 antico apice obtusiusculo, abrupte brevissime acuminato, lobis posticis 

 + '/2 longitudinis lobi antici metientibus, semireniformibus, introrsis, sinu 

 angusto acuto separatis, hinc inde leviter imbricatis; costa subtus valde 

 prominens, supra flavido-viridis ; venae primariae 10—12 utrinque, subtus 

 prominentes, 4—5 basales radiantes, costales ascendentes, omnes apicem 

 versus sursum curvatae; venae secundariae, tertiariae quaternariaeque sensim 

 graciliores. Pedunculus 6—9 cm. longus, fructifer probabiliter longior, 

 perpallide sordide roseus, lineis angustis, compactis, obscure roseis, non 

 interruptis longitudinaliter striatus. Spatha oblonga, T^jo—S cm. longa, 

 2 — 3 cm. ampla, abrupte, brevissime apiculata, intus albida, extus perpal- 

 lide rosea, lineis angustis, compactis, obscure roseis, copiosissime interruptis 

 longitudinaliter striata. Spadix breviter stipitatus, spatham aequans vel 

 paullo superans; inflorescentia feminea cylindracea, 2'/2— 3'/2 cm. longa, 

 1 — 1'/4 cm. crassa; ovaria oblonga, perpallide viridia, subalba; stigma late 

 discoideum, crassitudinis ovarii, sordide album ; staminodia pistilla aequantia, 

 obconoideo-clavata, alba, graciliter stipitata ; inflorescentia mascula conoi- 

 deo-cylindracea, + 4'/2 cm. longa, crassitudinis inflorescentiae femineae, 

 eburnea, obtusiuscula vel acutiuscula; flores masculi 3- vel interdum 4-andri, 

 thecis sub connectivo crasso, apice truncato absconditis; stamina inferiora, 

 1— 2-verticillata sterilia. 



