55 ARACEAE: ANTHURIUM. 56 
(Gen. 240; Kunth En. III. 72; Schott Prodr. 445. — Pothos myo- 
suroides H.B.K. Nov. Gen. I. 62, t. 18). 
Nova- Granata in monte Quindiu, а. 200 m.: Humb. et Bonpl. 
Sympodii internodia longa. Foliorum petiolus internodio 1!/, — 2-plo 
longior, geniculo longulo instructus; lamina ovato- vel elliptico-oblonga, 
basi late rotundata, petiolo longior. Pedunculus petiolo 1!/,—2-plo 
Spatha lanceolata, sensim acuminata, spadice brevior 
(16.) A. TAPINOSTACHYUM Schott 
brevior. 
(in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1858. p. 180 et Prodr. 445). 
Costa- Rica ad Candelaria: C. Hoffmann!; ad Naranjo: Oerstedt! 
b. Caudicis prorepentis vel assurgentis inter- 
nodia abbreviata, plerumque cataphyl"s stuppose decom- 
positis velata. 
>< Вассае subglobosae, 
оо Spatha late ovata eum spadice coccinea. Ovarii loculi 
2-ovulati. 
Sect. III. PORPHYROCHITONIUM Schott Prodr. 439. 
Caudex contractus. Foliorum petioli sulcati, geniculo 
brevi suleato instructi, laminà breviores; lamina utrinque dense 
punctata, oblonga vel laneeolato-oblonga, basi obtusa, acuminato- 
cuspidata, nervo collectivo e basi exeunte a margine subremoto. 
Peduneulus petiolo duplo longior. Spatha coriacea, late ovata, 
abrupte breviter euspidulata. Spadix longulus multiflorus. Ovarii 
obovoidei loculi 2-ovulati. Stigma parvum C'scoideum. 
Species unica . . . . . . (17. A. SCBERZERIANUM Schott 
(in Oesterr. Bot, Wochenbl. 1857. p. 53 et Prodr. 440; Regel 
Gartenfl. 1865. t. 482; Fl. des serres ХУЛ. n. 1794; Bot. Mag. t. 5319). 
Habitat in Guatemala: Scherzer; in Costa- Rica: Wendland. 
оо со Spatha lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, viridis vel 
purpurascens, Ovarii loculi uniovv'ati. 
Sect, IV. LEPTANTHURIUM Schott Prodr. 441. 
Caudiculi breves internodiis valde abbreviatis, eataphyllis 
diutius persistentibus petiolorum basin velantibus. Foliorum 
petioli longitudine diversi, genieulo perbrevi instructi; lamina 
subcoriacea elongato-oblanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata vel li- 
nearis, apice in acumen acutata, basim versus valde angustata, 
costa tenui, nervis lateralibus I. tenuibus numerosis in nervum 
collectivum inferne margini valde approximatum conjunctis. 
Pedunculi longiusculi, graciles. Spatha lanceolata, basi am- 
plectens, apiee cuspidata, spadice saepe juliformi plerumque 
plus duplo brevior. Spadix tenuissimus apicem versus vix at- 
tenuatus. Flores glauco-viriduli. Ovarium subglobosum, tetra- 
gonum, vertice leviter impressum, stigmate parvo sessili disco- 
ideo coronatum. Baccae subsphaeroideae, rubrae, dispermae. 
Foliorum petioli laminae !/;—!/, aequantes; lamina lineari-lanceo- 
lata, inferne longe cuneata vel sensim angustata, obtusa, costa crassa, 
nervis lateralibus in nervum collectivum margini approximatum conjunctis 
4. (18.) A. RUDGEANUM. 
Foliorum petioli laminam 7, aequantes vel superantes; lamina 
lanceolata vel lanceolato-oblonga, basi longe cuneata, apice sensim acu- 
minata, nervis lateralibus I. nervo collectivo a margine parum distante 
SEQUENS. . . . .. . 5. (19.) А. GRACILE. 
Sect. V. UROSPADIX Engl. 
Seetioncs ERYTHROPODIUM Schott Prodr. 452, ACAMPTOPHYLLIUM Schott 
Prodr. 479 et PLATYLONCHIUM Schott Prodr. 481. 
Caudiculi breves internodiis valde abbreviatis ус! assur- 
gentes. Internodia inferiora cataphyllis stuppose decompositis 
velata, raro cataphyllis (deciduis) destituta. Fohorum petioli 
semiteretes vel teretiusculi, antice saepe sulcati vel canalieulati, 
lamina plus minusve breviores vel ei aequilongi, вешешо bre- 
viore vel longulo instructi; lamina atro-viridis vel glauca vel 
laete viridis, crasse coriacea vel coriacea, costa valde promi- 
nente, nervis lateralibus I. numerosis in nervum collectivum 
a margine plus minusve distantem vel ei approximatum con- 
junctis. Pedunculi longi. Spatha plerumque lineari-lanccolata, 
rarius ovato-lanceolata, viridis vel flavo-viridis vel rufescens, 
Spadix plerumque myosuroideus raro cylindroideus, saepius 
spatha sesquilongior, sessilis vel interdum longe stipitatus. 
Flores plq. parvi, violaseentes. Ovarium breviter ovoideum, 
stigmate lato discoideo coronatum, loculis 1- v. raro 2-ovulatis. 
Вассае subglobosae, sordide virescentes, flavescentes vel pro 
parte violascentes. 
«. Folia atroviridia, nitida vel opaca, crasse coriacea, nervis lateralibus I. 
supra insculptis. 
Caudex brevissimus. Foliorum petioli breves, antice deplanati 
subeanaliculati; lamina lanceolata, basi ima obtusata rotundata, apicem 
versus sensim angustata . . . 6. (20.) А. сомтом. 
Caudex assurgens, brevis. Foliorum petioli longi, antice leviter 
canalieulati, genieulo brevi tumide incrassato instructi; lamina elongato- 
lineari-lanceolata, basi rotundata, saepe cordata, apice longe acuminata 
1. (21.) А. GALEOTTIANUM, 
8. Folia crasse coriacea, glauco-viridia. 
I. Foliorum petiolus lamina paulo brevior vel ei aequilongus. 
Lamina oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, basin versus sensim angustata, 
apicem versus levissime angustata, summo apice rotundata, apiculata, 
nervis lateralibus I. immersis. Spatha ovato-lanceolata 
8. (22.) А. совгАсЕОМ, 
Lamina lanceolato- oblonga, basin versus sensim vel repentino 
cuneata, apice longe acuminata vel summo apice abrupte angustata, 
longe cuspidata, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 18—25 patentibus vel 
inferioribus erecto-patentibus, in nervum collectivum a margine haud 
Spatha Fneari-lancoolata 
(23.) A. LANCIFOLIUM Schott 
(in Oesterr. Bot, Zeitschr. 1858. p. 180 et Prodr. 480). 
Habitat in Costa- Rica: Wendland. 
longe remotem conjunctis. 
II. Foliorum petiolus brevis vel laminae dimidium aequans; lamina 
lanceolato- oblonga, basin versus arcuatim angustata, apicem versus 
plerumque leviter angustata, summo apice abrupte contracta, brevissime 
apiculata, rarius longe atque sensim angustata, nervis lateralibus I. 
20—25 aperte patentibus. Spatha lanceolata, acuminata. Spadix breviter 
stipitatus juliformis . , . 9. (24.) A. WILLDENOWII. 
y. Folia laete viridia, supra nitida, nervis lateralibus I. in vivo paullum 
prominentibus. 
I. Caudex abbreviatus. 
1. Spadix stipite longo suffultus. Spatha basi amplectens. 
Foliorum petioli laminae dimidium subaequantes, geniculo longulo 
instructi; lamina elongato-lineari-lanceolata, nervo collectivo. a margine 
"јо— ‘ло latif. remoto. Spadix stipite !/;—1!/, ipsius aequante suffultus, 
spathá fere duplo longior , . . 10. (25.) A. GAUDICHAUDIANUM. 
Foliorum petioli laminam subaequantes, geniculo brevi instructi; 
lamina oblongo-lanceolata, nervo collectivo a margine 1/5 latit. remoto. 
Spadix stipite tenui paullo longiore suffultus 
11. (26.) A. GEITNERIANUM, 
