340 BULLETIN lARa^J\_ BUlTENZORG, SÉRIE 111, VOL. IV. LlVR. 2. 



The description is taken from living plants cultivated in the Buitenzorg 

 Gardens, fiowering April 1Q21. 



New Guinea: Varenrivier (DjlBDjA). 



Raphidophora drepanophylla, V. A. V. R. 



R. silvestri Enql. affinis. — Caudex ramosus, internodiis 1—5 cm. longis, 

 teretiusculis, in sicco 4—5 mm. crassis. Foliorum petiolus 2 — 5 cm. longus, 

 antice canaliculatus, pleriimque usque ad basin laminae vaginatus; lamina 

 tenuiter flaccido-coriacea, subpapyracea, lanceolata, 6-16 X 2-4 cm., 

 leviter inaequilatera, apicem acuminatum versus plerumque falcata, basi 

 obtusa; venae graciles, primariae interdum crassiusculae. Pedunculus 

 1 — 1 ' /,' cm. longus. Spatha oblongo-ellipsoidea, 4 ~ 5' /, cm. longa, acuminata. 

 Spadix breviter stipitatus, oblongus, + 3 cm. longus, usque 8 mm. crassus, 

 obtusus; ovaria in sicco non distincte prismatica, + 3 longa, apice plana, 

 1 mm. crassa; stigma parvum, leviter elevatum. 



New Guinea: near Prauwen Bivak, in forest, ait. 100 m. (H. J. Lam 

 No. 1014, 1 September 1920). 



Raphidophora oligospcrma, V. A. V. R. 



Caudex usque 15 m. alte scandens, ramis pendulis, internodiis ramulorum 

 fioriferorum r/2-2 cm. longis. Foliorum petiolus T'/g— 12'/2 cm. longus, antice 

 canaliculatus, usque ad vel ultra basin geniculi ^/^-^ i cm. longi vaginatus; 

 vagina apicem versus sensim angustata, mox exsiccata, dilacerata, decidens; 

 lamina in sicco tenuiter coriacea, supra obscure viridis. punctis et striolis 

 brevissimis, venis parallelibus munita, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, plus minusve 

 falcata, utrinque subaequaliter angustata, 18—27 X 4—5 cm., inaequilatera, 

 latere altero + l'/2-plo latiore, basi acuta, apice acute acuminata, longiuscule, 

 graciliter apiculata; venae numerosae, erecto-patentes, utrinque prominentes, 

 secundariae quam primariae pauUo graciliores, quam tertiariae paullo cras- 

 siores. Pedunculus 8—9 cm. longus. Spatha conoideo-fusiformis, 6 cm. 

 longa, 1 cm. ampla, acuminata. Spadix brevissime stipitatus, cylindraceus, 

 florifer 4'/2 cm. longus, ^/4 cm. crassus, demum major; ovaria prismatica, 

 in sicco graciliter, longitudinaliter rugulosa, apice applanata, 4— 6-angulosa, 

 in medio leviter depressa; ovula numerosa ; stigma sessile, majusculum, 

 rotundatum vel oblongum ; baccae in specimine examinato oligospermae. 

 Ternate: North Foramadiahi, in forest, ait. 1000 m. (V. M. A. BEGUIN 

 No. 1457, 5 March 1921). 



Raphidophora obliquata, V. A. V. R. 



R. Dahlii Enql. differt ramis internodiis in sicco gracilioribus, 5 mm. 

 crassis, inferioribus et superioribus r/2-2 cm. longis, ceteris 5 — 10 cm. 

 longis, foliis petiolo breviore, maxime + 9 cm. longo, lamina plerumque 

 18—23 X 6'/2— 8 cm. saepe ad vel supra médium latissima, apice obtusiuscule 

 et breviter falcato-acuminata, venis primariis utrinque 6—10, spatha basi 



