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fruit, and I observed that instead of the tubular portion 

 of the spathe, covering the fruit, disrupting irregularly 

 as is usual in Alocasias, the top of it came off whole 

 in the shape of a small conical cap, exposing the orange 

 red L-uit standing in a regular cap. In A. denudata 

 the spathe base disrupts irregularly, 



Homalomena Lindeni, Alocasia Lindeni, 1YL Hort. 1886 p, 111, 

 PI. DCLII. 



This plant was originally described (I.e.) under the 

 name of Alocasia Lindeni having been introduced from 

 " Papouasia " by Linden, who suggests that it may be a 

 Homalomena. 



A plant obtained from Rangoon this year flowered in 

 the Botanic Gardens Singapore, and proved to be a 

 species of Homalomena. The leaves are crate cordate 

 6 inches long and as wide, deep green with yellow veins, 

 petiole 1 1 inches long sheathing for 3 inches, white. 

 The plant when cut or broken exhales a strong scent of 

 aniseed. 



The spathes are produced several together each on 

 a greenish white peduncle 3-4 inches long, | inch 

 thick. Spathe cylindrical 2-J inches long tightly 

 fitting the spadix, pale green darker towards the tip 

 where it ends in a mucro \ inch long. The spadix barely 

 longer sessile. Female portion 1 inch long, rachis 

 thick and white, pistils very numerous, cylindric 

 rounded, green, stigma round flat capitate, broader than 

 the ovary, white, no abortive flowers. The male 

 portion cylindric slightly tapering at the tip, w r hite, 

 flowers oblong., very numerous. 



Homalomena midtinervia, n. sp. 



Leaves elliptic acuminate, slightly oblique, base 

 cuneate 8 inches long 3J wide, nerves primary very 

 numerous, about 50 pairs, hardly distinct from the 

 secondary ones, petiole rather slender 4-5 inches long. 

 Spathes thick 3 inches long constricted above the 



R. A. Soc., No. 49, 1907. 



