Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Araceae. X, 135 
waldeten Abhängen (V. B. Gresory. — Blühend im August 1904. — Go- 
vernment Herbar. n. 86). 
Dieffenbachia Schott. 
D. Weberbaueri Engl. n. sp. — Caudex circ. 4,5 cm crassus, inter- 
nodiis brevibus. Foliorum petiolus quam lamina longior, ima quarta parte 
vaginatus, circ. 3,5 dm longus, lamina supra opaca, subtus paullum glau- 
cescens, oblonga, basi obtusa, supra acuta, circ. 2,5—3 dm longa, 0,9— 
1,2 dm lata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque cire. 15 patentibus arcuatis 
prope marginem sursum versis, longe juxta marginem procurrentibus, deinde 
in margine exeuntibus. Pedunculus 4 dm longus. Spatha elongato-lanceo- 
lata, cire. 1,6 dm longa, acumine 1 cm longo instructa, convoluta inferne 
vix 4 em, superne 8 mm diametiens, medio leviter constricta. Spadieis 
stipite 4,2 cm longo suffulti inflorescentia feminea densiflora circ. 6 cm 
longa, mascula a feminea interstitio brevi separata claviformis 6 em longa, 
9 mm crassa. 
Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Peru, Dep. Huanuco, Prov. 
Huamalies, im lichten Wald in der Nähe des Monzon-Flusses (WEBERBAUER 
n. 3634. — Blühend im August 1903). 
D. cordata Engl. n. sp. — Foliorum petiolus laminae subaequilongus 
ultra medium vaginatus, lamina supra opaca, subtus pallida, oblonga, basi 
profunde cordata, apice acuminata acuta, fere 4 dm longa, 2 dm lata, costa 
basi 5 mm lata, sursum attenuata, nervis lateralibus I. horizontaliter utrin- 
que 20—25, infimis 2—3 leviter recurvis, sequentibus patentibus, superi- 
oribus paullum erecto-patentibus, omnibus prope marginem sursum versis. 
Pedunculi circ. 2 dm longi. Spatha elongato-lanceolata, 2,3 dm longa, 
convoluta inferne 4,5 cm diametiens, haud constricta. Spadicis breviter 
stipitati inflorescentia feminea circ. 4 dm longa, mascula a feminea inter- 
stitio brevi nudo separata circ. 8 cm longa, 5 mm crassa. 
Subüquatoriale andine Provinz: Peru, Dep. Junin, Prov. Tarma, 
La Merced im Chanchamayotal, im Wald um 1000 m ü. M. (A. WEBERBAUER 
n. 1807. — Blühend im Dec. 1902). 
Alocasia Schott. 
A. eulionensis Engl. n. sp. — Rhizoma carnosum, digitum crassum. 
Foliorum petiolus cire. 4 dm longus, lamina sagittata, 1,8 dm longa, basi 
A dm lata, lobis posticis quam anticus triangularis circ. duplo brevioribus, 
sinu in basi rectangulo deinde ampliato sejunctis, 6—7 cm longis, 4 cm 
latis, nervis lateralibus I. in lobis posticis 4 in costas posticas in sinu 
2 em longe denudatas conjunctis, nervis lateralibus I. lobi antici utrinque 
4 a costa arcuatim patentibus. Pedunculus cire. 4 dm longus. Spatha..., 
alba. Baccae reniformes, plerumque 2-spermae, 6—7 mm latae, 4 mm crassae, 
rubrae. Semina subglobosa, 3,5 mm diametientia, laevia. 
