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13 cm longi 3 cm lau, pedunculo 7 cm longo 12 mm lalo sufliilti, fruclus 7 mm longi, 

 staminodiis minutis cincti, Stigmata 2 rare 1 — 3. 

 Queensland, Daintrie River (Peutzke). 



9. F. ferox Warb. Monsunia IL (msc). — Folia in sicco pallida dense striato-, haud 

 reticulato-nervosa, 30 cm longa ca. 6 cm lata, basi dilatata, ad apicem denticulate trigonum 

 sensim angustata, margine distanter ferociter spinulosa, in costa subtus spinulis minoribus in 

 medio folio minimis instructa. Inflorescentiae q? ternae, spathis imbricatis vix acutis margine 

 et costa crasse dentatis, exterioribus 2 5 cm longis ad basim 1 cm latis, infimis 1 1 cm longis 

 8 cm latis circumdatae ; spicac crasse cylindraceae 7 cm longae 1 i / 2 cm latae, pedunculi 



4 cm longi 1 cm lati, filamenta 6 — 7 mm longa, antherae oblongae vix 1 mm longae. 



Pbilippinen, Mittel-Luzon (Warburg s. n.). 



10. F. latispina Warb. Monsunia II. (msc). — Folia 1 m longa, paullo infra apicem 

 latissima ibique 7 cm lata, ad basim paullo angustata, basi vaginantia ibique in margine 

 membranacea, apice in acumen crasse spinosum 1 — 1 y 2 cm longum contracta, in margine 

 spinis latis 2 mm altis distanter armata. Inflorescentiae tf cjlindraceae 8 cm longae 1 j / 2 cm 

 latae, pedunculi 3 cm longi, filamenta filiformia 3 — 4 mm longa, antherae oblongae vix 



I mm longae. 



Celebes, Minahassa (Sara sin n. 6 69). 



11. F. Reineckei Warb, in Engler's Bot,, Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 578 t. 8 fig. B. — 

 Scandens ramulis 8 — 12 mm latis, folia coriacea in sicco pallida subtus reticulate nervosa, 

 1 m superantia 3 cm lata, basi dilatata, caulem amplectentia, apice acuminata, margine 

 in parte basali et prope apicem spinuloso-dentata ceterum denticulata; costa ad apicem 

 tantum spinulosa. Inflorescentiae g ad apicem ramorum ternae vel quaternae late cylin- 

 dricae, 5 cm longae 1 cm latae, pedunculi 2 cm longi; syncarpium 6 — 7 cm longum 3 cm 

 latum, fruetus anguste lageniformes 1 cm longi y 2 — * mm kti, parte sterili lignosa fertili 

 sueculentae aequilonga, Stigmata bina distineta interdum confluentia. Semina vix falcate 

 linearia, strophiolo indistineto. 



Samoa-Inseln, Savai und Upolu. — Die Epidermis der Blätter liefert den Ein- 

 geborenen das Material zu sehr feinen Matten (Rein ecke n. 255, 255a, 255b, 353a, 362). 



12. F. insignis Blume, Rumphial. (1835) 158 t, 42. — Altissime scandens, caudice 

 brachii infantis crassitie ramulis 1 cm latis; folia 1 m longa 2V2 — 4 cm lata rigide coriacea, 

 in sicco pallida, subtus reticulate nervosa, apice acuminata, basi dilatata, caulem amplecten- 

 tia, margine ad basim et apicem in costa subtus versus apicem spinulosa. Inflorescentiae 

 terminales spathis imbricatis basi excavatis apice longe acuminatis et margine denticulatis, 

 externis 25 cm longis in parte inferiore carnosis, internis minoribus 10 cm longis omnino 

 petaloideis et purpureo-coloratis suffultae. Inflorescentiae q 1 ternae vel quaternae 6 cm longae 

 5 — 7 mm crassae, in peduneulis 2 cm longis 4 mm crassis, antherae parvae ovatae, fila- 

 menta plus duplo majora. Inflorescentiae § masculinis similes, binae-quaternae, pedunculi 



5 cm longi 5 — 6 mm lati, semiteretes paullo scabridi, spadices cylindrici 3 — 6 cm longi 

 1 Y 2 cm l a ti, Ovaria staminodiis circumdata, apice polygono-pyramidali rostrato stigmatibus 

 2 — 4 coronato. Syncarpia 6 cm longa 2 cm lata, fruetus elongato-obeonici parte fertili 

 sueculenti, apice brevi lignoso hexaedro-pyramidales. Semina raphe et strophiolo subaequi- 

 latis circumdata. 



Java, in den oberen Bergwäldern, nach Kurz auch auf den Andamanenf?); auch 

 in Kultur in den botan. Gärten Europas. 



1 3. F. pseudo-insignis Warb. Monsunia II. (msc). — Scandens ramulis 1 2 mm latis; 

 folia coriacea, in sicco pallida, subtus reticulate nervosa 1 m longa 3'/ 2 cm lata, basi valde 

 dilatata et membranaeeo-marginata, caulem amplectentia, apice sensim acuminata, in basi et 

 versus apicem margine et costa subtus denticulata. Inflorescentia (j* terminales, bracteae 

 pro parte delapsae coloratae haud magnae nee cuspidatae, spadices terni 4 cm longi 7 mm 

 lati cylindrici in peduneulis 4 cm longis 7 mm latis laevibus, filamenta densissima 1 y 2 mm 

 longa, antherae minimae ovatae. 



Neu -Guinea, deutscher Teil (Hollrung). 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. '.». 3 



