139 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. K. celebica. 
as long as wide, while those of the intermediate leaves are longer than broad ; 
by the inflorescences being not much divided; but especially by the spikes having 
a very tomentose appearance from the flowers being half immersed in the wool of 
their bracteoles, and by the spathels not being produced above that wool. 
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" PrarE 81.—Korthalsia Merrillii, Becc.— The entire upper flowering end of a plant 
(in two parts), from the type specimen (No. 9410) in the Manila Herbarium. 
PLate 82.—Korthalsia Merrillii, Becc.— Portion of the stem with an entire leaf 
from a young plant. From No. 9410 in the Manila Herbarium. 
: Latin Draeyosis.—Korthalsia Merrillii Bece. sp. nov.—Gracilis ; vaginis spinis 
gracilibus armatis, ocrea elongata, arcte vaginanti et crebre spinosa, truncata 
; membranacea, demum in fibris soluta ; frondibus breviter petiolatis, segmentis rhom- 
beis vel cuneato-rhombeis, utrinque viridibus, in margine anteriori argute dentatis 
dentibus nonnullis subaristatis ; spadice parce ramoso, spicis conspicue tomentosis 
spathellis omnino in tomento immersis. 
14. KorrHaLsia CELEBICA Bece. n. sp. 
Descriprion.—Slender. Sheathed stem 12—15 mm. in diameter. Leaf sheaths, 
more or less disintegrated, especially in their upper part, into a fibrous net on the 
ventral side, and armed on that side only with two lines of short, subtubereuli- 
form prickles. Ocree elongate (6—8 cm. long), closely sheathing, unarmed, coriaceous 
in their basal part on the side of the petiole, and disintezrated into a fibrous 
net in the remainder. Leaves having a very short petiolar part (2—4'em. long), 
flat above, convex below. 4—6 mm. wide, provided at its axilla with a conspicuous 
callosity, and deep transverse rima; rhachis fugaciously rusty furfuraceous, armed 
irregularly with rather robust claws; the pinniferous part 35—55 em. long; the 
cirrus irregularly clawed, the claws partly ternate, partly half whorled, and partly 
scattered. Leaflets not many, usually 5 on each side of the rhachis, oblong- 
cuneate or cuneately rhomboidal, longer than broad, acuminate, 15—20 cm long, 
6—10 em. wide, paler below than above (not mealy-white beneath), their upper 
margins undulate and obtusely lobulate toothed ; the lowest and intermediate leaflets 
about the same size; the upper slightly smaller ; ansae 10—15 mm. long, rusty- 
furfuraceous, thickish, apparently once fleshy. Flowers and Frust unknown. 
Ls 
Hasrrat.—In Celebes at  Kurosalimbo (Noerkas No. 483 in Buitenzorg and 
BeecaridHerbaria, native name “ Wwe Taimanu ” (type specimen); and at- Wadjo 
in the S.-W. Peninsula in the Gulf of Boni (Heyne No. 2586 in Buitenzorg and Beccari 
Herbaria. Aparently belong to X. celebica also Koorders No. 18398 B (Herb. Bogor. 
sterile; and another sterile specimen from Sula Mangoli, one of the group 
of Islands to the East of Celebes proper, at about 2° S. L. (Hulstijn No. 393 in 
Buitenzorg and Beccari Herbaria). 
OssERVATIONS.— Known only in a sterile condition. In general appearance it 
resembles the sterile specimens of K. Merilliî, but it has the ocres unarmed, the 
lower leaflets of each leaf of about the same size as the intermediate, and the 
ansae thickish, and apparently fleshy on the living plant. It is also characterized 
by its very developed axillary callosities and the obtusely undulate-toothed margins 
of the leaflets. 
