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Distinguishing characters of the tivo s^iecies of Hoivea : (1). 



Ilowea Forsteriana. 



Tall. Leaves 10 feet long and 

 more ; segments patently 

 arcuate, the largest ones 2^-3^ 

 feet long and I5-I5- inch 

 broad, very minutely and 

 densely pnnctate-sqtiamulose 

 on the lower surface. 



Spadices inserted above the scars 

 of fallen leaves to the number 

 of 3-6, collateral, aiising from 

 the same spathe, floriferous 

 part of spadix 1^-1 f feet long; 

 floral alveoli disposed in 7 

 longitudinal series. 



Upper spathe softly grey-tomen- 

 tose, shortly mucronate at the 

 apex. 



Male flowers : sepals densely 

 ciliate-tomentose on the mar- 

 gins; stamens 80-100 ; anthers 

 very unequal and angular; 

 filaments of the outer stamens 

 short, of the inner ones slender 



Hoivea Behnoreana. 



Smaller. Leaves about 7 feet 

 long ; segments in the begin- 

 ning erect-arcuate on the 

 rhachis, the largest ones 3^-3-^ 

 feet long and about 1 inch 

 broad, not punctate squamu- 

 lose on the lower surface. 



Spadices solitary at the nodes, 

 very long, floriferous part 

 measuring 2^-3|^ feet long ; 

 floral alveoli disposed in 9 

 longitudinal series. 



Upper spathe more or less co- 

 vered with reddish-brown 

 scales, often confluent, as to 

 the rest glabrous, very long, 

 mucronate at the apex. 



Male flowers : sepals ciliate on 

 the margins ; stamens 30-40 ; 

 anthers linear, subequal ; fila- 

 ments all short. 



and elongate. 



Fruit ovate-elliptical, 1| inch 

 long (including the perianth). 

 Seed ovate-rotundate at the 

 two ends, up to 4 inch long 

 and about -^ inch in diameter. 

 Embryo ^ inch long. 



Fruit ventricose-ovate or ovate- 

 elliptical, 1^-1 § inch long 

 (including the perianth) and 

 12 -t\- inch broad. Seed 

 ovate, rotundate at both ends, 

 I inch long and ?2 4 inch broad. 

 Embryo 3? long, (always?). 



HETFROSPATSHA, Scheff, in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. I. 141, 

 162. 



[From ' heteros', variable, and ' spathe ' a spathe ; alluding to the 

 inequality of the spathes.] 



Benth. and Hook. Gen., PI. Ill, II, 906, 51. 



Stem high, unarmed. Leaves terminal, long-petioled, regularly 



(1) Taken from Beccari. This table vvill facilitate the identiiication of the two 

 species which, for a lonf;: time, have been considered to be indentical. 



