A new genus of the family Araceae from West Sumatra Mitsuru HoTTA* wt mma : illli7 =7 F i7 ee -Vl-/t !XSFcZ) 1 rafi During field survey in NVest, Sumatra, 1980-8I, under the project.of "Sumatra Nature Study", I collected a small aroid in Ulu Gadut valley, at the foot of Mt, Gadut, about l5 krn east of Padang. This afoid has simitar features to those of the genus Hbmalomena in vegetative characters, but distinctly differs from the latter in its floral characters. Therefbre, a new genus is

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... d here, namely ]Flatrtadba. 'Furtadoa' is named after )vlr. C. X. FuRTAJ])o, whe eontributed much to our knowLedge of Malesian Palmae and Araceae and first mentioned this as 'Cmight be a new genus" in his notes on a specimen