Plate 2584. 



SARAEANGA SINUOSA, Hemsl, mas. 



Paxdanack.e. 

 Sararanera, Hems!, in Journ. Linn. Sue. xxx. p. 216, t. 11 ; et 



xxxii. p. 488; Siapf y he. tit. pp. 479-4^7, tt. 4-7 (generis character hie 

 emendattis et avcttis). Flores dioicL Florum niasculinorum spatka 

 ignota ; spadix elongatus, 1}, -!> ped. longus, anguste paniculatus, rarais 

 primariis lateralibus subverticUlatis brevibus (H-5 poll, longis) den- 

 sissime ramulosis multifloris, bracteis per anthesin jam delapsis ; flores 

 distincte pedicellati ; perianthium gamophyllum, breve, cupulatum, 

 margine obscure lobulation vel crenatum ; stamina numerosa, libera, 

 filamentis apic< filiformia deorsum incrassatis (obclavatis),antherisamplis 

 versatilibus, pollinisgranis ellipsoideis minute papillaris. Florum femine- 

 orum spatha foliacea, folio parvo simillima, sed omnino inermis, circiter 

 bipedalis ; spadix amplissimus, pendulus, 4-5 ped. longus, densissime 

 racemoso- paniculatus, rhachi prope basin usque 4^ poll, diametro, 

 ramulis compressis ; flores breviter pedicellati ; perianthium liberum, 

 subcarnosum, gamophyllum, truncatuin vel irregulariter 3-4-lolmlatum, 

 fructiferum occultum ; staminodia nulla ; gynsecei carpella numero- 

 sissima, uniovulata, sinuoso-biseriata, seriebus nunc e centro gymecei 

 trifurcatis, ramiiicationibus bifurcatis, nunc valde irregularibus, 

 serierum dispositio stigmatibus sessilibus magnis cliscoideis vel hippo- 

 crepiformibus bene indicata. Fnictvs parvus, carnosus, drupokleus, 

 irregulariter 2 4 lobatus, multipyrenus, pyrenis osseis unispermis ; 

 semen a funiculo elongato e basi fere anguli interni loculi pendulum, 



embryone conoideo basilari. 



S. sinuosa, Hertisl. (up. unica). Arbor pandaniformis, sed foliis non 

 spiraliter dispositis, radices aeroas haud emittens, usque ad 60 ped. 

 alta, trunco nudo altitudine 20-30 ped. tan turn ramose, ramis paucis 

 divaricatis. Folia ad apices ramorum congesta, quadrifariam disposita, 

 crassissima, eoriaeea, lineari-lanceolata, usque ad 10 ped. longa et 4. ] , 

 poll, lata, prsecipue basin et apicem versus at que in margine et sec us 

 -ostam aculeis parvis vel minutis instructa, apice vix acuta. 



Solomon Islands: Siota, Island of Florida, Comins. Also in several 

 Other islands of this group and in Jbbie L, New Guinea. 



The accompanying plate and above description practically complete 



the definition of the remarkable genus Sararanga^ but as only a very 



