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CaulU scandeDS e nodis radicAUS Irgnosus^ (sqperne) 

 sobtrigono-seniiteres glaberrlmas laevis etriolatus^ pennam 

 corTinam circiler crassus, Radicellae breves, facie sup. gla- 

 brae, inferne brevi Bvictorioram tomento vestiiae. PetioU 11 

 — 8 cent, longi tenues (semiteretes canaliculati?) chra ^y^ 

 alt. angnstissime niembranaceo -alati , ala suhlto lerrainata. 

 Ijaminae in sicca membranaceae, supra atroviridea, subtus 

 pallidae, utrinqne glabrae, inaequilaterales oblique lanceo* 

 lato-<^)ooga« apif^e breTiler sed acutissime acnmioatae, basi 

 {nno latere lata, altero fere r^secta) acntae, 15 — 18 cent, 

 longae, 5 — 61atae, e iiervo medio haad crasso peinilveniae, 

 reBis deusis lenuihus anastoniosantibus, paiicis interpositis 

 pamraper validioribns, PednnctiU solilarii tcI id apice ra- 

 mull pauti conferti^ sioguli e vagina (bractea) lanceolata 

 acamiQata tcI obtusato-trnncata raembranacea convoluta 3 — 

 4 cent, loBga exeuntes , basi vaginanleSj caelerom tercles, 

 pRtiolig paullo tenuiores, jimiorcs 4, malori 8 — 12 ceat. 

 iongi, SHrsum aliquid jijcrasaali. S/?a/Aa coriacea convolata, 

 JDiiior obloDga rancronato - acutata, basi obliqoa extrorsom 

 ieriter gibhosa, fere 3 cent, looga; matnra hiana obovato- 

 obloQga, 4 cent, longa, demom basi pro parte soIdIa, deni- 

 que ex effoeto spadice decidna. Spadia^ eessilia totam apa- 

 thara implcDS, vix aliqnid brevior, cyiindricns, obtosos an- 

 drogynas. Stamina pistilHs interposita^ ita ut cuivia piatillo 

 4—6 circiter stamina smt; Jiiamenta brevia crassa compla- 

 nalo-dilatala, antherae bilocalares, loculU oblongis flaWs, 

 snrsura rima transversa late apertis. Baccae discreCae, troa- 

 eatae, plerornqne polygonae sed pro varia mntna pr^sstone 

 vafiae, 



Adnot. /. Hcteropstdis genas, c cL Knnth e dtia- 

 bus specicbus brasiliciisibus conditum^ 3Ion9terae nimis 

 affine, a cl. Endlicber com hoc genere conjuoelam, tao* 

 quam sectio servandnm vidctiir. Diffort a Monstera proprie 



