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inches, limb lanceolate cuspidate as long as the tube, 

 tube swollen at the base then narrowed. Spadix 3 inches 

 long, male portion cylindric acute 1^ inch long white 

 flowers similar to the tip. Below a narrowed portion, 

 female portion -J inch cylindric dilated towards base, on 

 a stout short peduncle. Pistils very numerous small 

 cylindric oblong narrow in 13 spirals dilated above with 

 a small pulvinate stigma, no sterile flowers intermixed. 

 Sarawak : Bau (Ridley). This plant brought alive 

 from Sarawak flowered in the Botanic Gardens in 

 January 1907. 



Piptospatha remiformis, n. sp. 



Stem short suberect. Leaves narrowly elliptic, tip 

 rounded cuspidate, base cuneate 3 inches long ^ inch 

 wide, nerves about five pairs ascending rather inconspi- 

 cuous, blade dark green minutely pustular, petiole 

 slender 2 inches long, sheathing about half an inch. 

 Peduncle 1£ inches long, spathe absent. Fruiting spathe 

 turbinate \ inch long. 



Sarawak : Mt. Lingga (J. Hewitt) Only a single speci- 

 men was collected of this plant, and that only fruiting. 

 It seems however a distinct little species in its foliage, 

 though it. must be admitted that as in most other aroids 

 the foliage of this genus is apt to vary very much. The 

 leaves in outline resemble a native boat-paddle. 



Baphidophora grandis, n. "sp. 



Stem very long and stout over an inch through, 

 Leaves of climbing stem ovate obtuse cordate 4 inches 

 long 3 inches wide, shining light green, very closely im- 

 bricate. Leaves adult of free part of stem very large, 

 the blade 18 inches long 9 inches across or more, pinnati- 

 fid with subalternate lobes 1 to 3 nerved truncate broad- 

 ly, lower ones acute at the upper margin, secondary 

 nerves 5 to 9 between each pair of main nerves, trans- 

 verse nervules conspicuous when dry numerous undulate 

 petiole woody 6 inches or more long t 3 6 inch through, 



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