. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Plants -- Indonesia; Plants. 182 Bulletin Jard. bot. Buitenzorg, Vol. IV. livr, i. Homalomena latifrons, EnGL , Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), , 54, fig. 30. Hallier's original Nos. 68 and 1357, on which Engler based this species, are distinguished from his diagnosis by the following characters: Pétiole to nearly 2'/2 X as long as the lamina, 25—47'/2 cm. long, sheathing \j^ — ij^ its length; lamina broadly triangular-cordate, tending towards sagittate, IT'/z —25 X 17—24 cm., with the posterior lobes '/4—V2 3sIong as the cent
. Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Plants -- Indonesia; Plants. 182 Bulletin Jard. bot. Buitenzorg, Vol. IV. livr, i. Homalomena latifrons, EnGL , Pflzrch, LV (IV, 23 Da), , 54, fig. 30. Hallier's original Nos. 68 and 1357, on which Engler based this species, are distinguished from his diagnosis by the following characters: Pétiole to nearly 2'/2 X as long as the lamina, 25—47'/2 cm. long, sheathing \j^ — ij^ its length; lamina broadly triangular-cordate, tending towards sagittate, IT'/z —25 X 17—24 cm., with the posterior lobes '/4—V2 3sIong as the central lobe; peduncles 5—12'/2 cm. long; spathe 4—ô'/a cm. long; spadix on a stalk about 5 mm. long (not hardly stalked), about as long as the spathe (including the stalk); masculine inflorescence about l'/2—2 X^s long as the féminine. A spécimen from an unknown locality, cultivated in the Buitenzorg Gardens, determined bij ENGLER, is distinguished in having the ovaries very pale-green, the staminodes white, the masculine inflorescence greenish- or yellowish-white. Homalomena paliformis, V. A. V. R. Eiihomalomena. — Foliorum petiolus quam lamina longior, usque 35 cm. longus; basi + '/a vaginatus; lamina in sicco relative firmiter her- bacea, subcordato-triangularis, imo (in sinu) brevissime et late cuneata, + 20—25X15—25 cm.; lobus anticus palae more rotundato-triangularis, ^ 171/2-20X15—24 cm., apicem relative abrupte et breviter acuminatum versus linea excurva angustata; lobi postici triangulares, paullo extrorsi, + '/4 longitudinis lobi antici metientes, sinu obtuso, latissime triangulari separati, apice rotundati; venae primariae + 8—Q utrinque, subtus promi- nentes, venis secundariis, tertiariis, quaternariis parallelibus, gracilioribus interpositis, basales recurvatae et horizontales, apicem versus sursum curvae, costales sensim conspicue ascendentes. Pedunculi floriferi usque 12'/2 cm. longi. Spatha cylindrico-ellipsoidea, viridis, 5/'2—6'/2
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