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Raphidophora Hassk. 



4. R. peepla (Roxb.) Schott in Bonpl. V (1857), p. 45; Engl, in D. G. 

 Suites au Prodr. II, 242. 



Jungle near Lem Dan, a climber on trees. 

 Area: India orientalis, Java. 



Scindapsus Schott. 



5. S. siameiisis Engl. n. sp. 



Scandens, ramosus, internodiis quam petioli duplo vel magis 

 brevioribus; cataphyllis lineari - lanceolatis ; foliorum inferiorum 

 petiolo ad laminae basin usque, superiorum ad geniculum usque 

 late alato, quam lamina IV2 — 3-plo breviore, lamina rigido mem- 

 branacea, anguste lanceolata inaequilatera, basi subacuta, apice 

 acuminata subfalcata, nervis lateralibus numerosis adscendentibus ; 

 pedunculo petiolum superante; spatha convoluta oblonga, acuminata; 

 spadice oblongo, acuto; pistillis obpyramidatis truncatis subhexagonis, 

 stigmate in directione spadicis longitudinali lineari ; baccis prisma- 

 ticis; semine majusculo reniformi brunneo. 



Ramulorum internodia 2— 3 cm. longa. Getaphylla 4 — 5 cm. 

 longa, inferne fere 1 cm. lata. Foliorum petiolus 5 — 7 cm. longus, 

 superiorum geniculum 2 — 3 mm. longum, lamina 1,3 — 1,7 dm. longa, 



2 — 3 cm. lata, nervis lateralibus inter se cire. 2 mm. distantibus. 

 Pedunculus 7 — 8 cm. longus. Spatha cum accumine 5 mm. longo 



3 — 3,5 cm. longa. Spadix florifer circ. 3 cm. longus, 1 cm. crassus, 

 fructifer 4 cm. longus, 1,5 cm. crassus. Pistilla vertice fere 3 mm. 

 diarnetientia. Baccae vertice 5 mm. diametientes. Semen 5 mm. 

 longum, 4 mm. latum, 2,5 mm. crassum. 



A Scindapso hederaceo (Zoll.) Schott, cui haec species magis quam 

 alteri accedit, diffeit foliis duplo angustioribus, longins petiolatis. 



Jungle near Klong Munsé, a climber on trees. 



Pseudodracontium N. E. Brown. 



6. P. Harmandii Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. XXV, p. 15. 

 var. Schmidt ii Engl. 



Folii segmentis anguste lanceolatis. sursum longius angustatis 

 usque 1,2 dm. longis, 4 cm. latis; spatha usque 1,5 dm. longa. 



Klong Majum, on rocks in the jungle. 

 Area of type: Cambodia. 



Hydrosme Schott. 



7. H. loiigitiiberosa Engl. n. sp. 



Tubere cylindrico valde elongato, crasso; folii petiolo viridi 

 immaculato, lamina trisecta, segmentis I, bipinnatisectis, segmentis 

 II et III lanceolatis acuminatis, infimis quam reliqua multoties bre- 

 vioribus; nervis lateralibus segmentorum a costa fere horizontaliter 



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