ARACEÆ (A. D. Rendle) 115 
spectante; floribus masculis saepe 4-andris ; stamine prismatico, 
thecis longitudinalibus ; baccis subglobosis. 
Oban ; n. 766. 
Rhizome 8 mm. thick. Leaf 18 em. long, segments about 5:5 cm. 
broad; petiole slender 2 dm. long. Peduncle 8:5 cm. long; spathe 
8 em. long; spadix, stalk 7 mm. long, flowering portion 1:2 cm. long, 
female portion 5 mm. thick, male portion 8:5 mm. Pistil 2 mm. 
long; stamen 1°25 mm. long. Berry about 1 cm. in diameter. 
Near N. Poissonii N. E. Br. but distinguished by the tripartite 
leaf recalling that of Cercestis Afzelii Schott. 
AMAURIELLA Rendle gen. nov. 
Flores unisexuales nudi. Flores masculi 2-3-andri ; stamina 
subcuneata basi connata vertice rotundata et antheris geminis 
parallelis rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentibus tecta. Flores 
feminei 2-gyni ; ovarium biloculare ; ovulis plurimis hemianatropis 
funieulo in longo placenta centrali affixis, micropyle fundum 
spectante ; stylus subnullus, stigma discoideum. 
Herba folio petiolato trisecto, segmentis unicostatis, venis 
primariis frequentibus parallelis prominulis. Pedunculus solitarius 
folio brevior; spatha convoluta demum superne aperta; spadix 
protrudens ; inflorescentia feminea libera cum mascula contigua, 
floribus usque ad apicem dense aggregatis. 
A member of the subfamily Philodendroidee near Anubias, but 
distinguished by the partially separated stamens with apical anthers 
and the trisected leaf. 
The genus is named in compliment to Mr. and Mrs. P. Amaury 
Talbot; there is already a genus Amauria (Benth.) in Composite. 
Amauriella obanensis Rendle sp. unica. Herba glabra folii 
segmento mediano late lanceolato, segmentis lateralibus brevioribus 
faleate oblanceolatis obtusis; pedunculo petiolo breviore ; spatha 
superne aperta flores masculos ostendente ; spadice breviter 
stipitata, inflorescentia feminea mascula 4-plo breviore ; ovario 
subgloboso. (Pl. 16.) 
Oban; n. 1532. : 
Leaf, median segment 2:5 dm. long, 9:5 cm. broad, lateral © 
segments 16-17 cm. long, 4:5-5 em. broad, stalk (broken off below) 
12 cm. long. Peduncle 10°5 em. long; spathe 2-5 cm. long; spadix 
(not including short stalk) 2:5 em., female portion "5 cm. long, male 
portion 2 em. long, barely "5 em. thick. Male flowers 1*5 mm. long, 
anthers barely 1 mm. long. Ovary 1 jmm. long, emitting copious 
mucilage when cut in water. 
