Van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh: Mala yan Araceae 3. 341 



valde oblique affixa, + 8'/2 cm. longa, longe et graciliter, abrupte acuminata, 

 spadice stipitato, subfructifero + 5 cm. longo, in sicco '■^j^ cm. crasso, 

 ovariis stigmate suboblongo. 



New Guinea: near Pioiiier Bivak, hemiepiphytical in forest, ait. 

 10 m. (H. J. LAM No. 483, 30 June 1920). 



Raphidophora Bcccarii, Engl., Pflzrch., XXXVII (IV, 23 B), Arac- 

 Monster., 46, fig. 20. 



A spécimen from Pulo Lingga (Resoen, river-side, ait. 40 m, 

 H. A. B. BuNNEMEljER No. 6785, 18 July 1919) is distinguished in having 

 but a few sparingly incised leaves and many entire leaves with the pétiole 

 sheathing mostly to the base of the knee, the lamina lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, 6—7 or more commonly 7 — 9 times as long as broad, 

 36 — 42 X 4 — 7 cm., broadest at or more commonly above the middle, 

 unequal-sided, the broadest side l'/4 — 1'/2 X as broad as the narrowest 

 side, the base mostly very acute, the apex rather acutely long-acuminate, 

 the peduncle 7'/2 — ^0 cm. long, the spadix 5 — 7'/2 cm. long, ^l2—^U cm. 

 thick, pale-green. — Apparently a young though copiously flowering spécimen. 



Raphidophora Korthalsii, SCHOTT, in Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., 1, 129; 

 Engl. & KRAUSE, in Engl., Pflzrch., XXXVIl (IV, 23 fî), Arac.-Monster., 49. 



A plant from Sumatra (Karo-plateau, Brastagi, in forest, ait. 1425m., 



J. A. LÔRZING No. 6787, 21 July 1919) agrées very much with the 



Javanese spécimens of this specie s,occurring in the Buitenzorg Her- 



barium, determined by Engler, and the diagnosis given by Engler and 



KRAUSE. 



Raphidophora latifolJa, V. A. V. R. 



R. Korthalsii Schott affinis sed lamina circiter 2-plo longiore, fere 

 3-plo latiore, laciniis 10 — 15 utrinque, 3 — 9 cm. latis, apice aiigulo antico 

 acuto, venis secundariis tertiariisque inter venas primarias 5 — 10; spatha 

 viridis; spadix florifer + 15 cm. longus, 2'/2 cm. crassus, flavido-viridis, 

 fructifer + 20 cm. longus, 3'/4 cm. crassus. 



New Guinea: near Pionier Bivak, hemiepiphytical in forest (H. J. LAM 

 No. 711, 23 July 1920). 



Schismatoglottis Brooksii, V. A. V. R. 



Caudiculus usque + 10 cm. altus, crassiusculus. Foliorum petiolus 

 10 — 15 cm. longus, ± usque ad médium vaginatus, olivaceus, inter vaginam 

 laminamque subteres, antice ± applanatus et auguste roseo-2-marginatus, 

 ceterum brevissime et decidue glanduloso-puberulus; vagina mox marcescens, 

 decidua; lamina herbacea, cordata, 15—20 X 8—12 cm., supra obscure 

 viridis, copiose, minutissime pallide puncticulata, auguste, pallide (albido-) 

 marginata, subtus pallidior, subglauca ; lobus anticus breviter acuminatus; 



