Cryptocoryne. 245 



Vorderindisches Gebiet. 

 Ceylon: Matale East (T. W..N. Beckett, Ceylon Plants n. 3868 in Herb. Pera- 

 denyia), bei Nilgala, Uva — blüht Jan., Febr. 



28. C. lingua Beccari ex Engl, in Malesia I. (1882) 299. — Caudieulüs stolones 

 usque 1 dm longos emittens. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina paullum vel vix longior 

 planus, latiuscule vaginatus, 4 cm longus, 4 — 5 mm latus, lamina ovata vel oblonga 

 4 — 4,5 cm longa, 2 — 2,5 cm lata, sensim in petiolum contracta, nervis lateralibus I. 

 utrinque 3 — 4 costae subparallelis. Pedunculus brevissimus; spathae tubus inferior 

 anguste oblongus, paullum ultra 1 cm longus, 4 mm amplus, superior angustior 2 mm 

 tantum diametiens, superne in laminam lanceolatam cum acumine angusto fere 4 cm 

 longam ampliatus. Spadicis inflorescentia feminea pauciflora 5 mm longa, a mascula 

 breviore 3 mm tantum longa interstitio duplo longiore tenuissimo separata, appen- 

 dicis stipes brevissimus. Syncarpii ovaria oblonga stigmatibus oblongis extrorsis ma- 

 jusculis. 



Monsungebiet. 

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

 n. 3998. — Herb. Beccari, Florenz); Rejang Sibu (Haviland n. 3129 — Herb. Sin- 

 gapore). 



29. C. spathulata Engl, in Bull. Soc. Tose, di Ort. (1879) 301 et in Beccari 

 Malesia I. (1882) 300, t. 28, fig. 5, 6. — Foliorum petiolus quam lamina brevior 

 planus, circ. 4 mm latus, in vaginam latam fere aequilongam dilatatus, lamina ovata 

 vel cordato-ovata 3 — 3,5 cm longa 2 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 3 — 4 costae 

 subparallelis leviter arcuatis. Pedunculus brevissimus; spathae tubus inferior oblongus 

 circ. 1 cm longus, 6 mm amplus, tubus superior subinfundibuliformis 2 — 2,5 cm longus, 

 lamina lanceolata in acumen lineare transiens circ. 3,5 cm longa. Spadicis inflores- 

 centia feminea a mascula breviore interstitio tenui circ. 1 cm longo separata. Syncarpi 

 carpidia 4 oblonga. 



Monsungebiet. 

 Südwestmalayische Provinz. — Borneo: Sarawak (Beccari n. 3917 — 

 Herb. Beccari, Florenz). 



30. C. Nevillii Trimen msc. ex Hook. f. in Trimen, Handbook Fl. Ceylon IV. 

 (1898) 346. — Caudieulüs ramosus, 3 — 5 mm crassus, internodiis superioribus 3 — 

 5 — 8 mm longis. Foliorum petioli plerumque virides, rarius purpurascentes, 1 — 2 dm 

 longi, semiteretes, lamina mascula (linearis teste Hook, f.) vel oblonga vel oblongo- 

 lanceolata 2,5 — 7,5 cm longa, 0,6 — 1,8 cm lata, basi acuta vel obtusa late euneata, 

 costa inferne lata, nervis lateralibus 2 — 3 infra medium a costa abeuntibus vix promi- 

 nulis, venis haud perspieuis. Pedunculus brevis; spathae tubus inferior cylindricus circ. 

 1 , 2 cm longus, purpureo-maculatus, tubus superior anguste infundibuliformis circ. 4 cm 

 longus, lamina lineari-lanceolata acuminata 3 cm longa, intus atropurpurea. Spadicis 

 inflorescentia feminea 6 — 7-gyna, pistillodiis globosis aecumbentibus superata, a mas- 

 cula 3 mm longa interstitio 5 — 6 mm longo sejuneta. Ristillorum ovarium in stilum 

 brevem stigmate hemisphaerico instruetum contractum. 



Nota. Descriptio ad speeimina viva, quae ex horto Peradeniya sub nomine falso Lagen- 

 andra lancifolia aeeepi. 



Vorderindisches Gebiet. 



Provinz Ceylon: Östliches Ceylon, an feuchten Plätzen in der trockenen Region, 

 sehr selten. Bei Hinguima und Ekgalara unweit Yakkiniganna Heia, wenige Meilen von 

 Grukamana ' Tank und bei Wawinna zwischen Gras (Nevill — Herb. Peradenyia — 

 blühend im November). 



31. C. Cruddasiana Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIX. (1900) 174. — 

 Caudieulüs circ. 5 mm crassus. Foliorum petiolus sensim in laminam transiens circ. 

 3 — 4 cm longus, ad 2 cm usque latiuscule vaginatus, lamina anguste lineari-lanceolata, 

 acuta, 1,2 — 1,5 dm longa, 3 — 5 mm lata, costa tenui instrueta. Pedunculus brevis 



