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tectis, usque ad c. 10 cm. longis, c. is-floris, rachide angulata. Bractcac Icvitcr rccurvac, 

 rotundatae, basi latissimae, valde saccato-concavae, pallidc flavcsccntcs, 0.75 cm. longac, 

 0.65 — O.S cm. latac. Flores médiocres, valde aperti, carnosi, c. 2.7 cm. diam. Sepaia petalaquc 

 obovata, obtusa, leviter concava, extus convexa, intus ad apicem paulo incrassata, flava intus 

 et extus rubro-punctata; sepaia basi lata, 1.25 cm. longa, 0.9 cm. lata, latcraiia obliqua; 

 pctala c basi satis angusta cuneato-obovata, 1.25 cm. longa, i cm. lata. LabcUum basi 

 g\Tiostemii adnatum, a gynostemio distans, crasse carnosum, 3-lobum, brevitcr calcaratum, 

 totum 1.3 cm. longum ; lobi latérales paralleli, triangulares, acuti, basi lati, margine inferiore 

 curvati margine superiore crenulati, intus ad apicem dente parvo muniti, pallide flavi, rubro- 

 marginati ; lobus intermedius gynostemio parallelus porrectus, albus, basi purpureo-marginatus, 

 subtus dilute flavus, rubro-punctatus et antice macula fusca notatus, c. i cm. longus, 0.5 cm. 

 latus, parte inferiore oblonga, marginibus magnam partem parallelis, obtusa supra in fronte 

 callo magno, crasse carnoso, triangulo-conico munita, medio carnoso-carinata, supra basin callo 

 obtuso in aversum in costas 3 argutas longitudinales excurrentc, costis lateralibus ad margines 

 lobi decurrentibus, costa média calcar in duos loculos dividens, epichylio parvo, transverse 

 ovali, pulvinato, crasse carnoso, apice emarginato, supra sulco longitudinali instructo, margine 

 irregulariter crenulato, ochroleuco, 0.2 cm. longo, 0.275 cm. lato, a parte inferiore sulco 

 transverso profundo separato; calcar retroversum, brève, latum, sulco longitudinali profundo 

 apice 2-lobum, lateraliter visum obtuse conicum, flavum, 0.3 cm. longum, 0.5 cm. latum. 

 Gynostemium brève, crassum, basi in modum Vaiidae incrassatum, ochroleucum, rubro-punc- 

 tatum, subtus ad basin rubro-maculatum, 0.5 cm. longum, auriculis brevibus, acute dentiformibus. 

 Anthera fornicata, subrotunda, pallida, brunneo-tincta, rostro obtuso albo. Pollinia4, inaequalia, 

 in 2 corpora globosa unita, flava, stipiti mediocri, lineari, albo, marginibus involutis inserta, 

 glandula mediocri. RostcUum brève, 2-dentatum. Stigma profonde excavatum, quadrangulare. 

 Ovarium trigonum, 6-sulcatum, pallide viride, squamulis nigro-fuscis, 1.2 cm. longum. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Ohne nilhere Fundortsangabe [Meyer]. Geogr. Verbr. : Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. 



Sarcanthus Lndl. 



■ Sarcanthus bicornis J. J. S. in Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. néerl. n. XIX (1908), 35. 



Tab. XLII. 139. 



Caulis dependens, radicans, ramosus, fle.xuosus, c. 45 cm. longus, internodiis c. 2 — 3 cm. 

 longis. Folia patentia, linearia, apice oblique obtusa et minute crenulato-erosa vel condupli- 

 cato-acuta, saepe lateraliter compresso-mucronata, nervo intermedio supra sulcato, subtus con- 

 vexa, c. 10 — 15 cm. longa, 0.7 — 0.9 cm. lata; vaginae internodia paulo superantes, tubulosae 

 longitudinaliter et transverse rugosae. Inflorescentiae vaginas ad basin perforantes, solitariae 

 vel 2 superimpositae patentissimae, paulum ramosae, laxe multiflorae, c. 12 — 20 cm. longae, 

 pedunculo c. 3.5 — 6 cm. longo, vaginis paucis majusculis, c. 0.4 — 0.65 cm. longis donato, 

 rachide flexuosa, angulata. Bracteae adpressae, triangulae, acutissimc acuminatae, concavae, 

 c. 0.15 — 0.2 cm. longae. Flores parvi, c. 0.7 cm. lati, sepalis petalisquc patcntissimis, 

 niveis, striis 2 longitudinalibus dilute violaccis ornatis. Sepalum dorsale erectum, late oblon- 



