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the masculine inflorescence somewhat remote from the féminine, with the 

 lower stamens scattered, submutilate (i. e. rather undeveloped, stérile). 



Hallier's No. 1465 from Bornéo, referred by Engler and Krause 

 io this species, formerly determined by ENGLER as H. laiicea RlDL., is in 

 my opinion not this species. See my description of H. ensifonnisv. k.W.R^ 



Var. truella. Differs from SCHOTT's diagnosis of the type asfollowsr 

 Foliorum petiolus 42'/2— 47'/2 cm. longus, 2/3 — ^/j longitudinis vaginatus; 

 lamina in sicco subcoriacea, quam lata 4 — 4'/2-plo longior, 37'/2 — 45 X 

 9 — 11 cm., basi conspicue oblique rotundata ad truncata angulis rotundatis, 

 imo abrupte breviter cuneata; venae prominulae; venae primariae 5—6 

 utrinque; venae ceterae (secundariae, tertiariae, quaternariaeque) sensim 

 graciliores. Cataphylla linearia, + 22 X l'/2 cm., obtusa. Pedunculus 20— 25 

 cm. longus. Spatha viridis; tubus oblongus, 4'/2 cm. longus, 1 '/a cm. amplus; 



lamina lineari-conoidea, S'/s cm. longa, 1 cm. ampla,. 

 acuta. Spadix albus, stipite + '/a cm. longo suffuHus; 

 inflorescentia feminea cylindracea, + 2'/2 cm. longa, 

 1 cm. crassa, staminodiis crassis, depresso-globosis, 

 longe filiformi-stipitatis, pistilla aequantibus; ovaria 

 depresso-globosa, basi apiceque applanata (fig. d), 

 3-locularia; stigma magnum, discoideum, rotundum, 

 fovea centrali, profundiuscula, 3-radiata (sub-3-angulosa> 

 obscure 3-lobatum ; inflorescentia, mascula a feminea 

 interstitio nudo, brevissimo separata, subcylindracea, 

 8 cm. longa, ^/j cm. crassa, supra basin paullo 

 contracta, apicem versus plus minusve attenuata; 

 antherae 3- vel saepius 4-andri, staminibus inferioribus 

 sterilibus, haud sparsis. — Riouw Archipelago: 

 Pulo Bintan, Anjoelai, in forest, ait. 30 m. (H. A. B. BiiN- 

 NEMEIJER No. 6200, 14 June 1919). 



Fig. d. 



Pothos quinqucvenosus, V. A.V.R. — (? P. Alberfisii, Engl., forma vel var.). 

 Eupotlws, Papiiani. — P. Albertisii EnGL. affinis. — Foliorum petiolus 



4'/2— 7'/2 cm. longus, apice 1 



cm. latus, truncatus, vix auriculatus, 



angulis rotundatis, venis collectivis 5 utrinque ; lamina ovata, 8—10X3 — 4cm., 

 ad vel infra médium latissima, basi rotundata vel subtruncato-rotundata, 

 apice sensim acuminata, venis collectivis 5 utrinque, interiore e medio 

 costae nascente. Pedunculus + 7'/2 cm. longus, postremo paullo longior.. 

 Spatha ovata vel ellipsoideo-oblonga, 2'/2— 3Xl'/2 cm., basi rotundata vel 

 rotundato-cuneata, apice sensim acuminata. Spadix sessilis, conoideo-fusi- 

 formis, florifer 3 — V'io cm. longus, infra médium 4 — 5 mm. crassus, apicem 

 obtusiusculum versus sensim paullo attenuatus; baccae in specimine sub- 

 globosae vel crasse ovoideae, ± 1 cm. longae. 



New Guinea: near Prauwen Bivak, in svvampy forest, ait. 90 m. 

 (H. J. Lam No. 1041, 5 September 1920j. 



