Raphidophora. 



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apice 2 — 2,4 cm longe caudato-acuminata, 

 basi oblique acuta, subinaequilatera, 1,8 — 

 2,4 dm longa et 6,5 — 8 cm lata, nervis 

 lateralibus numerosis angulo ca. 45" a 

 Costa validiuscula abeuntibus erecto-paten- 

 tibus utrinque subaequaliter prominentibus 

 instructa. Pedunculus teres validus 4 — 

 i cm longus. Spatha ovata breviter acu- 

 minata 7 — 8 cm longa, extus et intus flava. 

 Spadix sessilis cylindricus obtusus, 5 — 6 cm 

 longus et \ — 1,2 cm crassus. Stamina fila- 

 mentis valde dilatatis basin versus paullum 

 angustatis, antheris ovalibus obtusis fila- 

 mentis multo brevioribus. Pistilla prismatica 

 vertice hexagono truncato stigmate parvo 

 rotundato vix elevato coronata. — Fig. 1 7. 

 Provinz des tropischen Hima- 

 laja: Khasia, Ghurra (Hooker f. — 

 Blühend Sept. 1850 — Herb. Kew), um 

 1000 — 2000m(Hooker f. et Thomson); 

 Garo Hills, Gari (C. B. Clarke n. 42 992. 

 — Steril, Febr. 1886 — Herb. Calcutta); 

 Assam (Jenkins — Herb. Calcutta). 



41. R. Storckiana Schott in Bonpl. 

 V. (1862) 346 et Seem. Fl. Vit. (1865— 

 18 68) 2 87. — B. peepla var. Storckiana 

 (Schott) Engl, in DC. Monogr. Phan. II. 

 (1879) 2 43. — Foliorum petiolus ad basin 

 geniculi usque vaginatus, ca. 1,5 dm longus, 

 lamina oblongo-elliptica , apice subsensim 

 angustata, acuta, basi cuneata, 2,7 dm 

 longa, 8 — 9 cm lata, nervis lateralibus 

 numerosis subaequalibus tenuibus densis 

 marginem versus arcuatim adscendentibus. 

 Pedunculus ca. 1,3 dm longus. Spatha 

 9 — 10 cm longa. Spadix sessilis 8 cm 

 longus, 1,3 cm crassus. 



Melanesische Provinz: Fidschi- 

 Inseln: Ovalau (Storck n. 912 — 

 Herb. Kew). 



Nota. Species imperfeete cognita ex affi- 

 nitate Raphidophorarum peepla et peeploides. 



42. R. Koordersii Engl, in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 6. — RamuH 

 teretes modice validi 7 — 8 mm crassi, inter- 

 nodiis mediocribus ca. 2 cm longis. Folio- 

 rum petiolus tenuis supra profundiuscule 

 canaliculatus, 7 — 12 cm longus, usque ad 

 geniculum breve vagina latiuscula mem- 

 branacea demum dilacerata instructus, 

 lamina subcoriacea oblique ovata vel obli- 

 que oblongo- ovata, inaequilatera , altero 

 latere 1 V2"Plo latiore, apice leviter curvata 

 caudato-acuminata acutissima, basi obtusa, 



Fig. 18. Raphidophora Hollrungn En^l J. Habi- 

 tus. B Spadix florifer. C Spadix fructifer. D Fila- 

 menla atque pistillum a latere visa. E Pislillurn 

 II sectum. F Ovulum. G Semen, H idem || sectum 

 cum embryone, J idem = sectum. (Icon. origin.) 



