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lata ovata concava carnosa alba vel pallide lilacina subulato-lanceolatis usque 12 cm longis 

 circumdati; stamina 8 — 12 ovarii rudimentum circumdantia, filamenta elongata, antherae 

 ovatae: spadices O quam q 1 breviores elongato-oblongi, Ovaria staminodiis circumdata a 

 lateribus compressa cylindrica, parle ovuligera superiori sterili subaequilonga ; Stigmata pluria 

 nnmero varia; spadices fructigeri lale cylindracei 13 cm longi 4'/ 2 cm lati (Fig. 6 6r, Fig. 7 

 D, Fig. 8 J). 



Neu-Seeland, besonders auf der Nordinsei. 



Nota. Bracteae ab incolis comedimtur ot diligentissirae quaeruntur; folia ad corbulas 

 construendas usitantur. F. inclinans »Sol.« Br. et Benn. PI. jav. rar. 32 (nomen) e Nova Zelandia 

 fide Solmsii species est valde diversa, sed ad describendimi nimis incompleta; spec. originär, in 

 Mus. Brit. exstat. 



54. F. samoensis Warb, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 579 t. 8 fig. A. — 

 Caulis ca. 1 cm crassus; folia 50 — 75 cm longa 1 cm lata, basi vaginanlia, marginibus tenui- 

 bus cito destructis, apice sensim acuminata, margine in parte basali et apieali denticulata 

 ceterum integra, costa distanter minute denticulata. Spadices fructigeri terni vel quaterni 

 late cylindrici 5 — 7 cm longi 2 — 3 cm lati, pedunculi 3 — 5 cm longi 4 — 8 mm crassi in 

 latere applanati supra spinöse denticulati; fructus ovati apice rostrato-conici basi tantum 

 connati haud carnosi 5 mm longi 2 — 3 mm lati, area stigmalifera 1 mm lata elliptica vel 

 vulgo angulosa, Stigmata saepe paullo confluentia 4 — 6. Semina subfalcate linearia, 

 strophiolo vix distincto. 



Sautoa, Ins. Sawai und Tutuila (Reinecke n. 355c, 362a). 



55. F. scabripes Warb. Monsunia IL (msc). — Folia coriacea, lanceolata 50 — 80 cm 

 longa 4 cm lata, basi vaginanlia, apice sensim in acumen tenue longissimum subflagelli- 

 formem minute dentatum attenuata, in margine prope basim grosse dentata, in media parte 

 inermia, costa subtus inermi. Spadices fructigeri quaterni cylindracei 10 — 12 cm longi 

 2 — 2 72 cm l a ü? peduneulis 4 cm longis 4 mm lalis lineis 2 elevatis scaberrimis instruetis 

 suffulti; fructus columnares 2 mm lati, apice subclavati ibique sulcato-angulati ; Stigmata 6- — 8. 



Philippinen, Mittel-Luzon, Prov. Bataan (Warburg). 



56. F. arborea Gaudich. in Freycinet, Yoy. Ur. et Pbys. AÜ. Bot. (1826) t. 4 1. — 

 F. Arnotti Gaudich. Bot. Voy. Bonite (1843) t. 3 6, 37. — F. scandens Hook, et Arn. in 

 Bot. Beechey's Voy. (1841) 97 (nee Gaudich.) — Scandens caule ca. 2 l / 2 cm diametro; 

 folia elongato-lanceolata 40 — 75 cm longa 2 — 4 cm lala, basi vaginanlia sensim angustata, 

 apice acuta, margine et costa subtus serrulata vel hie illic subintegra. Inflorescentiae ter- 

 minales, spadices bini-quaterni, (^ cylindrici 8 — 10 cm longi 8 — 12 mm lati peduneulis 

 4 — 5 cm longis suffulti, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis 24 — 35 cm longis 6 cm latis rosaeeis 

 internis brevioribus oblongo-obtusis circumdati, filamenta 4 mm longa, antherae clavato- 

 oblongae obtusae; spadices O masculis similes sed latiores 6 — 9 cm longi ca. 2 cm lati, 

 ovaria cylindrica staminodiis circumdata, parte ovuligera superiore sterili multo longiore, 

 stigmata 5 — 10 vix confluentia; semina parva flavescentia ineurva, raphe crassa raphido- 

 phora, strophiolo subnullo instrueta (Fig. 10/)). 



Sandwich-Inseln (Gaudichaud, Hillebrand, [Seemann n. 2257, Wawra 

 n. 2243). 



57. F. formosana Hemsl. in Kew Bull. (1896) 166. — Robustissima, folia lincari- 

 lanceolata 60 — 90 cm longa, basi 2 l /- 2 — 4 cm lata, sursum valde attenuata, apice vix acuta, 

 basin et apicem versus et parce subtus in costa aculeolata. Spadices Q terni-quini cum 

 peduneulis validis 10 — 15 cm longi, 14 — 18 mm lati, bracteis foliaeeis basi usque 6 cm 

 latis coloratis exterioribus folia fere aequantibus circumdati; Ovaria inter se fere libera, 

 staminodiis obsoletis circumdata, stigmata 3 — 9 saepius ca. 6. 



Formosa, Kelung (Oldham n. 630, Ford n. 45). 



58. F. Milnei Seem. in Bonplandia (1861) 260 (nömen); Fl. vitiensis (1865 — 1873) 

 283 t. 86. — Scandens ramulis 1 1 mm latis, folia lanceolata, basi dilatata vaginantia, apice 

 in acumen triquetrum spinulosum desinentia, 60 — 70 cm longa 4 — 5 cm lata, versus apicem 

 et basim spinulosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, spadices cylindrici 6 — 7 cm longi, ca. 2 cm 



