n.>o.. 1-.11B.1 (;_ KOTD/AJMI.— PI. ANTAK NOVAK MICRO^^ESTM': 401 



(9—)— in— 13,3 cm. lata, inacquilatera altcro circ. 10 mm. breviore, ncrvis 

 lateralibus I circ. 25—28 ad margincm arcuatim adsccndentibus parallelis 

 subtus promincntibus, II utrinquc acqtialitcr prominentibus numeros- 

 issiinis parallelis, III levitcr retictilatis. Fcdunculus teres validus circ. 



10 cm. longus. Spatha oblonga apice Spadix scssilis cylindricus 



apicc rotundatus 9 cm. longus. Pistilla 3 mm. longa vertice truncate 

 obscuritcr pentagono, stigmatc parvo sessili coronata. 



DisTR. The west Caroline group; the Palau subgroup, Angaur island. 

 (leg. G. KoiDZUMi, Jan. 31, 1915; Typ. in Herb. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, leg. T. Kamiya no. 154). 



3. Epipremnum palauense Koinz. nov. sp. 



Species Ep. carolincnsi affinis sed ovulis 2. 



Caudix teres validus alte scandcns. Foliorum petiolus validus circ. 

 24 cm. longus, sursuni in geniculum circ. 2 cm. longum attenuatus, ad 

 geniculum usque vaginatus ; lamina crasse membranacea vel papyracea 

 ovato-oblonga integerrima apice subito brevitcr acuminata, basi aequa- 

 liter rotundata 33 cm. longa, 16 cm. lata ; nervis lateralibus I utrinque 

 circ. 20 rectiusculis subtus validis erecto-patentibus prope marginem 

 arcuatis, nervis secundariis numerosissimis primariis parallelis. Pedun- 

 culus 7, 5 cm. longus. Spatha 16 cm. longa apice acuta. Spadix 

 sessilis cylindricus, florifer 10 cm. longus 2 cm. crassus. Pistilla 7 mm. 

 longa vertice truncate tetragono, stigmate leviter clevato coronata, 

 ovulis 2. 



DisTR. The west Caroline group: the Palau stibgroup, Gorol island, 

 (leg. G. KoiDZUMi! Feb. 2. 1915; Typ. in Herb. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo). 



7 4. Ginnamomum (Malahathrum) carolirense Koidz. nov. sp. 



Species C zeylanico ut videtur affinis, foliis longe triplinervis 

 rarissimc obsolete 5-nervis, florum tepalis ovalibus, cujiula ampla 

 partem % fructus includenti differt. 



Arbor ramis glabris siccitc pallidc grycco-bnnmeis nitentibus, 

 ramulis purpureo-fuscis. Foliii rigide coriacca ab initio glaberrima 

 opposita vel subopposita, ovata raro elliptico-ovata, apice brevi- 

 acuminata acumine acuto rarius obtuse acuto, basi rotundata raro 

 late obtusa, integerrima, supra nitida laevia, subtus pallida, 13— 19cm. 

 longa, 7 — 10cm. lata; costae 3 rarius 5 utrinque prominentes, nervis 

 supra obscuritcr subtus vix prominenti-reticulatis ; petiolis circ. 2 cm. 

 longis atro-fuscis supra late canaliculatis. Paniculae terminales e ramulis 



