42 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. HETEROSMILAX. 
masculi aut feminei adhuc ignorantur, unde divisio generis provi- 
soria. 
- 1* Petioli infra apicem. rumpentes. Limbi ovato-oblongi vel 
lanceolati. 
A Parvifoliæ. — Flores masc. (ubi cogn.) ovoidei; antheris columna et parte 
libera filamentorum longioribus, 
- 1. H. Sumatrensis; limbis petiolo 6°-7° longioribus ; geüunialis 
fetiole sensim longioribus, 
* Rami teretes, læves, squama ovato-acuta 5 mill. longa basi cincti. 
Petioli in ramo florifero centim. longi, in vetustiore 18 mill., usque ad 
1/4 anguste vaginati, Limbi ovato-oblongi, basi juniores acuti, deinde 
obtusi, apice acuti, in ramo florif. 4-7 cent. longi, 1-2 1/, cent. lati 
in vetustiore 10 cent. longi, 5 1/, lati, 5-nervii, pellucide punc- 
tulati, non lineati. Pedunculi inferiores ex axilla bracteæ ovato-acu- 
minatæ, 5 mill. longæ ; superiores folii evoluti, longitudine 2-2! /, cent, 
Receptaculum globosum, 3-4 mill. latum, bracteolis vix perspicuis. 
Umbella multiflora. Pedicelli in specimine vix evoluti, majores 6 mill, 
longi. Alabastra mascula obovoidea, maculata, majora 3 1/, mill. longa, 
apice clauso tuberculis minimis 3 obtusis donata. Stamina (immatura) 
medium usque filamentorum monadelpha. Antheræ ovato-acumi- 
natæ, filamentis 3°-4° longiores (an serius columna magis evoluta subæ- 
quales ?). Flores fem. ignoti. 
In Sumatra (Korthals in h. Mus. Lugd. bat., nec non in h, DC. a 
Mus. L. B. comm.) 
2, H. Borneensis; limbis petiolo 3°-4° longioribus, pellucide li- 
neatis; pedunculis petiolo sublongioribus. 
Rami (superiores) teretes, extremi subangulosi, leves, squama 
basis ovato-acuta 5 mill. longa. Petioli 1-2 cent, longi, usque ad 1/4 
et serius !/, angustissime vaginati, cirrhis nascentibus. Limbi ovato- 
oblongi, basi obtusi, apice acuminati, 5-9 cent. longi, 1 1/,-8 lati, 5- et 
latiores 7-nervii, nervis marginalibus nervulisque minimis in sicco 
distinctis, supra nitidi, subtus pallidiores, parenchymate crebre 
puncticulato et pellucide lineato, Pedunculi masc. ignoti, fem. 1-2 et 
deinde 3 cent. longi. Umbellæ 5-15-floræ. Receptaculum globosum, 
2 mill. latum, bracteolis ovato-acutis. Pedicelli florentes 3-4 mill., 
deinde centim. longi. Calyx ovoideus, 2-3 mill. longus, apice brevis- 
sime 3-lobatus, basi cireumscisse rumpens et tandem longitudinaliter 
paulo fissus. Stamina sterilia 3-2, ovario !/5-!/,? breviora. Ovarium 
ovoideo-oblongum. Stigmata brevissima, calycem vix superanlia, 
caduca, Baccæ juniores pedicello recto centim. longo insertæ. 
In Borneo, ad Bangarmassing (Motley 1211 in h. kew). 
