234 A. Engler. — Araceae-Aroideae. 



(E. D. Merrill n. 8147 in Herb, of the Bureau of Science — Herb. Berlin — blühend 

 Nov., Dez.). 



2. C. Versteegii Engl, in Lorentz, Nova Guinea, Res. de l'exped. 1907, VIII. 2. 

 (1910) 251. — Caudiculus brevis; rhizoma 2 — 3 mm crassum, internodiis ad 1,5 cm 

 longis, cataphyllis circ. 3 cm longis instructum, radices multas fibrosas emittens. Foliorum 

 petiolus 0,5 — 1 dm longus, anguste linearis, vagina membranacea 3 — 4 cm longa in- 

 structus, lamina crassiuscula lanceolato-ovata vel oblongo-ovata acuta, basi truncata vel 

 leviter cordata, 3 — 7 cm longa, 1 — 3,5 cm lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 6 vix 

 prominulis costae subparallelis. Pedunculus tenuis 2 — 3 cm longus; spathae 5 — 6 cm 

 longae fere ad apicem usque tubulosae tubus inferior ovalis vel cylindricus, 1,5 cm 

 longus, 6 — 7 mm amplus, superior cylindricus oblique apertus, lamina vix distincte libera 

 papulosa in cuspidem 6 — 7 mm longam transiens. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea 6 — 

 7-flora a mascula 2,5 — 3 mm longa interstitio duplo fere longiore sejuncta. Syn- 

 carpium 1,5 cm diametiens; semina claviformia, 6 — 7 mm longa. — Fig. 59. 

 Monsungebiet. 



Papuasische Provinz. — Niederl. Neu-Guinea: am Noord-Fluß bei Zandevort 

 und Sabanjkamp (G. M. Versteeg, Nieuw Guinea Exped. n. 1248 — Herb. Utrecht — 

 blühend im Juni 1907). 



• 3. C. Gomezii Schott in Bonplandia V. (1857) 221, Prodr. (1860) li; Engl, in 

 DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 600; Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 495. — Caudi- 

 culi internodia circ. 1 cm longa. Foliorum petioli 1 — 1,5 dm longi, lamina ovata vel 

 oblongo-ovata, vix cordata, obtusa, 4 — 6 cm longa, 3,5 — 4 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. 

 utrinque 2 — 3 infra medium a costa abeuntibus, venis oblique transversis. Pedunculus 

 3 — 4 cm longus; spathae tubus inferior ovoideus 1 — 1,5 cm longus, 8 mm amplus, 

 superior brevior (5 — 7 mm) et paullum angustior (6 mm), in laminam 4 — 4,5 cm longam 

 fere tubulosam rima angusta hiantem et in cuspidem circ. 1,5 cm longam productam 

 transiens. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea 4-gyna, a mascula 4 mm longa interstitio 

 nudo 1 ,5 mm longo separata, appendix breviter conoidea. Pistillorum ovarium ovoideum 

 in stilum duplo breviorem stigmate lato oblongo instructum contractum. 

 Monsungebiet. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Silhet (Gomez — Herb. Kew). 



4. C. bullosa Beccari ex Engl, in Beccari, Malesia I. (1882) 298, t. 27, fig. 1, 2. — 

 Caudiculus crassiusculus stolonifer. Foliorum petioli inferne pallidi, superne pur- 

 purascentes, minute verruculosi, 7 — 9 cm longi, lamina sicca nigrescens, oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, basi leviter cordata, 5 — 7 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 2 

 e basi adscendentibus apicem petentibus, venis transversis, diachymate inter venas 

 bullöse Pedunculus brevis vagina inclusus, fruetifer elongatus; spathae tubus inferior 

 oblongus vix 1,5 cm longus, 4 — 5 mm amplus, superior brevissimus (circ. 2 mm) et 

 in laminam 2,5 cm longam vel longiorem lanceolatam leviter tortam et breviter acumi- 

 natam transiens. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea 4 — 5-gyna, a mascula 2 mm longa 

 interstitio circ. 4 mm longo separata. Pistillorum ovarium oblongum, stilus brevis, 

 stigma fere orbiculare. Syncarpium album circ. 1,8 cm diametiens. 



Monsungebiet. 

 Südwestmalayische Provinz. — Borneo: Sarawak (Beccari, Piante born. 

 n. 3847 — Herb. Beccari, Florenz, Herb. Berlin); Saribas (Haviland n. 2079 — Herb. 

 Singapore). 



5. C. Meeboldii Engl. — Caudiculus validus, circ. 8 mm crassus. Cataphylla 

 elongato-triangularia 4 — 5 cm longa, basi 1 cm lata. Foliorum petioli supra plani quam 

 lamina longiores, circ. 0,6 — 1,5 dm longi, lamina oblongo-ovata usque oblonga, basi 

 emarginata, apice obtusa, 7 — 10 cm longa, 3 — 4,5 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 

 3 — 5 infra medium a costa abeuntibus, arcuatim adscendentibus. Pedunculus usque 

 2,5 cm longus; spathae crassiusculae ex toto atropurpureae tubus inferior oblongus 

 2,5 cm longus, 1 cm amplus, supra inflorescentiam leviter constrictus, tubus superior 

 intus verrucosus sursum attenuatus 2 cm longus, in laminam subuliformem tubo fere 



