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tiuscula, superne posticc planus anticc bifacialis, ubiquc denso tuinento fcrrugineo ct setis similibus, primum 

 albis dein fascia tandem nigris, obsitua. Pinnae octo ad duodccim parimn, inlimac sensitn minorcs, trcs vcl 

 quatuor pollices longae, extimae spitluunaeac vol raro podales, oblougo - rliombeae, marginibus duobu* inferioribus sub- 

 cuneatis longioribua integerrimis, duohus supcrioribus sinuato - dentatis et erosi.s f extimae omnino cuuciforiucs 

 basi conncxae, reliqtiae vero unities basi inter Be invieein Uberae, suboppositac, crassiuseulae, supemu obscure 

 virides, snbtns palliclioree et nervis sex ad octo primoriis totidemque aecundariis ibidem promincntibus pcrcuraac 

 atrjtie pilis tenuibun fcrragincis, praescrtim in norvis conspicuis inollcs, juniores secundum ncrvos snpernc villo wit longo 

 fnlvo inatructac. 



SPADIX intra trondium vaginam la tens, illaramquc exterioribus delapsis patens, Horifcr vix pedalis, fruetifcr seaqui- 

 pcdalis et longior. IV dun cuius pedalis, basi semilunar! candicem amplectena, compresso - teres, tcnuiter pubescons, 

 sordide viridi-fusens, e racbi nngulosa simpliciter ramosus. Kami plurhm, sub anthesi ereetiusculi, sub grossificatione 

 patentee, spitbamam cireiter longi , teretiuseuli, pro lloribus scrobiculati, basi bractea meiubranacea ovata suflulti, 

 SpATIIAE quatuor vol quiiiqtic, incmbranaccac, pallidal*, glabrae, incrmes, coinpresso-ancipites, apicc transverse truueatae, 

 pcdunculinu omnino vaginantts, sub grossificatione persistentes et clongatae. 



FLORES monoici in eodom spadice, tbeimnco soli to no, masculis supra ilium duobus, scsnilcs, absque bracteis, 

 ipmui I* ve nt ricosae paulo in inures. J/,l SGI L IS; (JaLYCIS fol it* la subrotunda, uiarginc tenuior.i . dorso convexa, 

 glabra, pallide Havesccntia. COBOtLAE petala ovata, obtusa, erecta, conniventia, crassa, Havida. STAMINA ex inm co- 

 rolla, qnindedm. Filamcnta Wevissima, alba. A nth or ac tctragonae, ocliroleucne. It( DIWBNTUM PISTILLI ltiinutis- 

 simum* FOE MI X K I S: CALYCIS foliola orbieularia, imbricata, alba, glabra. GOBOLLAE petala calve! aequalia. 

 Ovarium globosum, basi trigibbosum, triloculare, locults duobus abortivis. BACCA junior elliptiea, obtusa, basi 

 duabus tribusve gibbositatibus irregularis, subverrucosa, adulta elliptiea, inagnitudine uucis Avellanae, intra 

 carnem sicciusculam subgnunosam continens uucleum unicum, lineari - oblongum, longitudinaliter venosum. 

 Albumen solidum. Kmbryo basilaris. 



Cresdi in margitte fltamrm Japurd, infra Cataraetas Cubatcmes y ad habitation™ gentis Jttrl- Taboca et in st/leis 

 mlis secundum Canalcm Parand-mbim Oanaxi dictum, quern nationis Coretd nonnnUac fanutiae occupant. Floret Decembri. 

 Maturat ftuctus Jfaio. 



ICOS. EXPL. Tab. 3T. I. Apex CUdldl cum frumli* j»arte inlVriore cl spaclice maxima ex pane jam dHl">rnl». — 1. Pl04 ma>*rulu^ 2. I'jusdrin Oftljx 

 3* IVuIa m:i-< nl.i. 4. Plamina. Ti, Smri^nn lino ?n*>riiin (m- **)* — 6* Flos forminru*. 7. Calvx. 8. (orolla. !'- Ovarium (m* a*). 10. Fnirlu* noTolloft. 11. 12- 13. luVm 



