202 



AGLAONEMA NOVO-GUINEENSIS Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 22 ; Sohum. 

 & Laut. 214. 



Manokoeari, undergrowth in damp secondary jungle, 100'. Fl., Fr. 

 Jan. 6164. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 



Stem 1 m. high, with leaves aggregated at the top. Spathes green, 

 sometimes bipartite ; spadix white ; fruiting spathes green, fruit red. 

 ALOCASIA ACUTA (Engl.) Hall. f. in Bull. Herb. Bois. vi. (1898) 605 ; 

 Malesia, i. 294 ; Schum. & Laut. 214; Nova Guinea, viii. (1910) 251. 



Manokoeari, common on edge of forest, where damp, 200'. FL, Fr. 

 6190. 



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

 Versteeg ; N.E.). Skru and Aru Islands, Batyan (Herb. Kew.). 



A very striking plant with stem 2 m. high, the large fleshy leaves aggre- 

 gated at the top, bearing numerous flowers, on short peduncles, in their axils. 

 The greenish spathes enclose the spadix, which is white at the top (<$}, then 

 red (sterile), and green at the base ( ? ). The fruit contains 2-6 bright red 

 seeds, with fruiting spathes red at the base and green above. 



FLAGELLARIACE^E. 



FLAGELLARIA INDICA L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 333; F. Muell. Pap. PI. i. 73; 

 Ri.il. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (1886) 358 ; Schum. & Laut. 215 ; Ridl. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot, ix. (1916) 231. 



Manokoeari, scandent on the highest trees in the forest and in open 

 clearings. Fl. Jan. 6210. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; N.E. ; S.E. and 

 adjacent islands). Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



C M M E L I N A C E M. 



POLLIA SORZOGONENSIS (E. Mey.) Endl. Gen. PL (1841) 368 ; Schum. & Laut. 

 216; Nova Guinea, viii. (1913) 907; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. ix. (1916) 231. 



Manokoeari, Langgcn, undergrowth in secondary jungle. Fl. (white). 

 Jan. 6222. 



Distrib. New Guinea 'D.N.W., Salt Spring, Begowri River, Gjellehtp ; 

 D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss; N.E. and adjacent islands). India and Ceylon; 

 Indo-China; Formosa ; Malaya, N.E. Australia, and New Caledonia. 



Li LI ACE^E. 



DRACAENA ANGUSTIFOLIA Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 155 ; Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. 



(1886) 357 ; Schum. & Laut. 220 ; Nova Guinea, viii. (1914) 1002. 

 Humboldt Bay, edge of forest. FL, Fr. Jan. 6250. 

 Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Humboldt Bay, Bogowri and Tor rivers, 



