Cryptocoryne, 243 



parce instructos emittens. Foliorum petioli 1,5 — 2 dm longi, lamina supra viridis, 

 subtus purpurascens, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, basi cordata, apice obtusa, 5 — 8 cm longa, 

 3,5 — 4 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 3 — 4 prope basin nascentibus, arcuatim 

 adscendentibus. Pedunculus brevis circ. 2 cm longus; spathae tubus inferior inflores- 

 centiam includens vix 2 cm longus, 4 mm amplus, superne constrictus, tubus superior 

 1,7 dm longus vel longior, 2 — 3 mm amplus, sursum ampliatus, pallide roseus, lamina 

 lanceolata 4 cm longa, inferne 1 cm lata, fauce lutescens, ceterum atropurpurea. Spadicis 

 inflorescentia feminea 5 — 6-gyna, a mascula 4 mm longa interstitio circ. 1 cm 

 longo separata, pistillodiis paucis verruciformibus minimis superata, appendix brevissima 

 superne in operculum dilatata. Pistillorum ovarium oblongum in stilum breviorem 

 stigmate lineari ovario fere aequilongo instructum contractum. Syncarpium maturum 

 ovoideo-globosum 1 cm altum et 1 cm diametiens. 



Nota. Spathae juvenculae tubus superior multo brevior quam stirpis adultae. Etiam in 

 stirpe adulta tubi longitudo ut ea petiolorum pro altitudine aquae variabilis. 

 Monsungebiet. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz. — Malakka (Griffith in Herb. East Ind. Comp.); 

 Perak, Briah am Larut (Wray in Herb. Mus. Perak, Herb. Calcutta); Johore, Bukit 

 Timah (Bidley — Herb. Kew, Herb. Singapore, Herb. Berlin). — Borneo (Motley — 

 Herb. Kew), Bejang Sibu (Haviland n. 1879 — Herb. Hort. Calcutta); Sarawak (Beccari, 

 Piante born. n. 170 — Herb. Beccari, Florenz). — Java (Herb. Leiden). 



22. C. grandis Bidley in Journ. As. Soc. Straits XLIV. (1905) 170. — Habitus 

 ut in Cryptocoryne cordata. Foliorum petioli 0,6 — 2,8 dm longi tenues, latius vagi- 

 nati, lamina utrinque viridis, ovata vel oblongo-ovat^, inferiorum basi obtusa, superiorum 

 leviter cordata, apice acuta, 7 — 9 cm longa, 4 — 6 cm lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 2 arcuatim adscendentibus. Pedunculus circ. 2 cm longus; spathae tubus inferior oblon- 

 gus, 1,5 cm longus, 8 mm amplus, superne constrictus, tubus superior 4 dm longus, 5 mm 

 amplus, sursum ampliatus, pallide roseus, lamina lanceolata 6 cm longa, inferne 1 cm 

 lata, fauce lutescens, superne purpurea. Spadicis inflorescentia haud descripta. 



Monsungebiet. 

 Südwestmalayische Provinz. — Borneo: Matang, in Dschungelbächen (Havi- 

 land n. 23 1 9 — blühend Sept. 1892 — Herb. Singapore n. 1822 — Herb. Calcutta), 

 Sarawak (Collected for the Bureau of science Manila n. 826). — Name der Ein- 

 geborenen: kumpai. 



23. C. pallidinervia Engl, in Bull. Soc. Tose, di Ort. (1879) et in Beccari, 

 Malesia I. (1882) 298. — Caudiculus brevis stolones longos emittens. Foliorum petioli 

 quam lamina duplo usque quadruplo longiores (0,8 — 1,6 dm), tenues, lamina breviter 

 ovata obtusa, basi cordata, 4 — 4,5 cm longa, circ. 3 cm lata, margine plana vel leviter 

 undulata, haud crispata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 3 prope basin nascentibus arcuatim 

 adscendentibus, cum costa pallidis, venis transversis, inter venas levissime bullata. 

 Pedunculus folii ultimi vagina inclusus; spathae fere ad apicem usque clausae tubus 

 inferior inflorescentiam includens ovalis vel oblongus circ. 5 mm longus, superior anguste 

 cylindricus 5 — 6-plo longior circ. 1,8 cm longus, lamina elongato-fusiformis fissura 

 angusta hians subulata circ. 2 cm longa. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea a mascula 

 interstitio 2 mm tantum longo separata. Pistillorum ovarium oblongum in stilum stig- 

 mate oblongo ornatum attenuatum. 



Monsungebiet. 

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

 n. 3857 — Herb. Beccari, Florenz). 



24. C. longicauda Becc. msc. ex Engl, in Bull. Soc. Tose, di Ort. (1879) 302 

 et in Beccari Malesia I. (1882) 299, t. 17, fig. 6. — Caudiculus brevis. Foliorum 

 petiolus quam lamina duplo longior, circ. 8 cm longus, lamina cordato-ovata, sub- 

 acuta, 5 cm longa, fere 4 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 2 — 3. adscendentibus. 

 Pedunculus 1 cm longus; spathae tubus inferior inflorescentiam includens oblongus circ. 

 1,5 cm longus et 1 cm amplus, superior cylindricus 6,5 cm longus, 5 — 6 mm amplus, 



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