201 



A RACEME. 



HOLOCHLAMYS BECCARii Engl. in Malesia, i. 265 ; Schum. & Laut. 212 ; 

 Nova Guinea, viii. (1912) 806. 



Humboldt Bay, ridge behind "campong," 500', undergrowth in high 

 forest. Fl. Jan. 6261. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Ramoi, Andai, Beccari ; D.S.W., Hellwig 

 Mountains, von Roemer [fl. Nov.] ; N.E.). Aru Islands (Mostley, 

 ' Challenger' Exp. Herb. Kew.). 



Spadix green when collected with only remains of spathe. 



CYRTOSPERMA MACROTUM Becc. (MS.) ex Engl. in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. iv. 

 (1879) 295; Malesia, i. 279, t. xxiv. figs. 1-6; Nova Guinea, viii. 

 (1910) 249 ; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, Bot. ix. (1916) 24. 

 Manokoeari, track to Ambani, undergrowth in high forest, on "korang." 

 Fl. (yg.). Jan. 6211. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Batanta, Beccari ; D.S.W., Noord River, 

 Versteeg, Brandenhorst, marsh land, von JKoemer ; Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; 

 S.E.). 



Plant 1 m. high. Spathe white. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS DORENSIS Gibbs, Sp. DOV. 



Herba parva ; caudiculus hypogaeus. Cataphylla lineari-lanceolata, mem- 

 branacea. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuininata, basi breviter late cordata, supenie 

 Mavo-viridia, subtus pallida, nervis 16, vagina lata. Spatha solitaria, albida, basi 

 constricta, lamina convoluta, dilatata, cuspidata. Spadicis pars feminea triente 

 inferior! dorso spathae adnata, superne laxiflora, inflorescentia mascula a feminea 

 interstitio nudo separata. Staminum filarnenta quam antherse paullo longiora ; 

 thecae obovoidese, concavo-rufescentes. Staminodia truncata, ruf o-punctata. Ovaria 

 oblonga, ovoidea, stigmate parvi sessili coronata, ovula plurima. 



Hob. Manokoeari, terrestrial in secondary jungle, forming large patches. 

 200'. FL, Fr. Jan. 6167. 



Plant +3 dm. high. Largest leaf +1*5 dm. by 5 cm., acumen 1 cm. 

 Petiole 1'8 dm. long, vagina 3'5 cm. Peduncle 7 cm. long ; cataphylls 

 + 2'5 cm. long. Spathe white, 3'6 cm. long, basal portion 1*5 cm. by 

 4 mm. Spadix white, 2 cm. long ; ? portion cylindric, 1'2 cm. by 

 2'5 mm., constricted above ; upper part club-shaped, 1 cm. by 4'5 mm., with 

 stamens below and staminodes at the apex. Fruit green (when collected), 

 2 cm. by '7 mm. 



Near S. Klossii Ridl., but differs in the longer petioles, larger and broader 

 leaves, longer peduncles, and the naked interval between the upper and lower 

 portion of the spadix. Mr. N. E. Brown was good enough to give me big 

 opinion on this plant as a new species. 



