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lino, septem-nervia, nervis mee Fes ad medium evanescenti- 
b lis reticulatis, supra infra prominentibus; petio- 
lus glaber, conspicue sulcatus, ‘ em. longus. Spice masculee 
ra hig tern vel screens ad axillas foliorum, u 
coriacex, ovato-oblonge, apice rotundate, biseriatew, brunneo-lin- 
eolate ; exteriores basi late ; interiores basi angustate, satiah 
bus minores. Stamina sex, ad basin perianthii inserta, Ae: ia; 
anthere oblonge, filamentis aa longiores. Plan ot feletuae 
gnota. . warburgiana, ine MS., ex Koorders in todede el, 
*SLands Plantentuin, xix (1898) 313. 
LA CxLeBes. In districtu Minahasa ( Menado ) in sylvis 
sents Pinamorongen, Koorders, 16720 ; ad Gorontalo, Riedel. 
Species haec ex exemplis a cel. Koordersio benevolente com- 
missis Acae Oe G st. 
Dioscorea Wartu. Tubera ignota. Caules glabri, striati 
lineis 8 vel pluribus, j juniores inermes, dextrorsum volubiles, viri- 
des, nec bulbilliferi ri. Folia utringue glabra, nitentia, viridia, cori- 
rectis supra subdistinctis infra distinctis ; UF essed glaber, late sul- 
catus, 3—4 cm.longus. Spice mascule -natee in inflorescentiis 
racemiformibus strictis ad 20 em, longis Bierce, 3—4 em. longe, 
15 -flore ; rhachis panicule fere 2 mm. diametro; rhaches 
spicarum recti vel aliquomodo curvati: alabastra obovoideo-glo- 
bosa, sessilia ; bractese ovatw, acuminate, a 
teole abs ant. Perianthii masculz lacinie aati es late oblonge, 
apice rotundate, firme, brunneo-lineolatex, interiores similes mino- 
res. eagp Sex, sequalia, antheris flamentis equilongis intror- 
sis. Spi we foeminese es ee 10—12-flo he magne, des- 
qitonrias: E praee! ; ale latiores quam sainiiel 
lacese mm. longe, aia late. Semina 
in quoque loculo gemina, subovata, on ala membranacea 
castanea parum inequaliter circumcinct 
Inptia Orrentatis. In montibus sikkimensibus ad Rishop 
Jhora, a 2 In montibus Khasianis provincie Assam ad Cherra- 
punji, Griffith ; ad apes et prope r vals Borpani, etcae eet A et 
mbo a d 3000 ped. alt., 0. B. Clarke, 43801 : ti- 
alt., ii mercenarius ; in districtu Sibsagar ad Rajahbari, 
Wait 1 1igée We Bengalia orientali, sine loco, Griffith, 5537, 5551, 
Typi in Herbario Horti Ror ad Calceuttam conservati sunt. 
Foliis D. aculeate, Linn., —— 
