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Spadix sesquipcdalis , florigcr patens , fnictifcr nutans. I J c d u n c u 1 u s pcdem longus , compresso - teres, 

 inferno, ubi spatlia arctc circuinvolvitur, tomento griseo indutus, superne glabcr. Kaehis Icvitci Jlcxuosa, ramus 

 circitcr duodeeim prumcns, tres vel quatuor pollices longos, inter singulos ramos suboltcniatim hinc vol hide 

 couvexa ct altera faeic planiuscula. Bract eae subtriangularcs cum acumine l>rcvi ad singulorum rumorum 

 insertioncm. Kami circitcr unguis distantia imdi, dein (lores focmincos tres quatuorve in latere modicc dilatato 

 recipientes, inter singulos flores flexuosi, antice lloribus masculis dense obsessi intcrque honnn paria acute 

 angulati atquc nonnihil flexuosi. SPATHA fusiformis, longitudiue spadicis, pcdunculo lougo gracili coinpresso- 

 tcrcti, diinidiam lincain orasSB, longiludine sulcatula, extus viridi - fusecseens, intus testaeca et tandem rufo- 



oastonea* 



FLORES MASGULI circitcr duas linens longi atquc liabita longitudinis rattonc latiores quam in prncccdente specie. 

 Calyx minimus, albidus, foliolis triangular! - ovatis conuatis planiusculis. Corolla crassiuscula, subcoriacca, pallidc Ha- 

 vesceus. Petala forma subirregulnri, ovato - lanceolata, aut oblonga ct subfalcata, acumine brcvi et hinc submar- 

 ginali, extus plerumque crista dorsali recto vol oblique dceurrentc notata, intus a staminum prcssiono stria tula. 

 Stamina iiiclusu, fere tcrtia parte quam petala brcviora. Filament a filiformia, ima basi conflucntia, alba, Anthe- 

 rae lineari -oblongac, obtusac, utrinque emarginatac , infra medium dorso affixae. PlSTiLLl IWDIMENTVM minimum, tri- 

 quctntm, apico trifidum. 



Flo res FOEMINEI octo ad decern lincas longi , convoluti. GALYC/S f o 1 i ola coriacea, ovata , acutius- 

 cula, valdc concava atquc sibi et corollao arctc imbricate, extus basi gibba longitudinaliter carinata, crista 

 dorsali et practcrea saepe altera minus eonspicua laterali, marginc attenuato membranacca , pallidc viridiu. 

 COROLLA calycc omnino iuclusa. Petala e basi Into - et subquadrato - ovata membranacea tcnuiore in acumen 

 crassiusculum triangularo ucutnm producta, quod medio longitudinalitcr sulcatum, in marginc vcro incrassato- 

 subcarnosum est. Ovarium ovnttun, Junius tomento fusco tectum. Stigmata lincaria, subconuata, erecta. 

 DlWPA ignota. 



Crescit in carnpis aitis Provinciac S, Pauti e. g, prope Yttl et simffibus locis in parte austral* Provinctae Minarutn. — 

 Florens lecta mense Jlartio. 



ICON* EXPL* Tiib. 87. Fig, I. Spadix florid as cum mIia* II. Pars frondis (m. n.). — 1* Mas masculas* 2* Calyx (m. n. ct a.)< 3. Compkxus staminum, 

 cum pistilli rodlrocolo- 4- Stamen ab utroyuo latere* — 5- Mas foeroineas. 0. Poltaltini calycb. 7. Corolla- 8- Pelaluai. 9< Ptiiilltun* 10- Ovarii tecdo Iran** 

 versalis (id. a.). 



8. COCOS COM OS A. Tab. 88. Fig. 1. 2. 



snbfaom/iy in/erne annutato 9 superne basibus petiolontm squamosa; frondibus abbreviates patentibtts f piwus ereetis 

 *<mmatis lanccolatis; petalis ?nasculis crassis obovatis; Jtoribus focmincis ovato - fftobosis t petatis ca/t/ccm earinalum 



<7. caiutice 



approxhnatis 



Super antibuS} drupis obovato - cffiptids, 



DESGRIPT l(h CAVDEX decern pedalis aut raro altior, duos ad tres pollices crassus, diamctro fere ubiquc 

 aequali, frondium delapsarum rudmientis approximatis, ungucm vel polHccm distantibus* squainosus, basi tandem 

 uudtis ct obiter annulatas. 



FRONDES tres vol quatuor pedes longac, rcctaCj patontes, plerumque pi u res cxsiccatac deflcxae atquc 

 caudicem comantes. Pctioli post ice subtus parum convexi superne plani, antice subtus paululum con- 

 vexi superne bitaciales, juniores in facie dorsali tomento tenui clctcrjribili obsess?. Pinnae plerumque per 

 paria approximatne y cactcrum omnes parva, ueinpc unguis, distantia dispositnc, crcctae t raclii oblique ad- 

 natae inde basin versus reduplieatae, antice vcro planiusculac , spitltamam et pedein longac, cxtimae abbre- 

 viatae, medio polliccm ct quod excedit latae, lauceolatac, obtusiusculae aut apice panun acuminato instructae, 

 obscure virides, glabrae, ncrvo medio albido superne promiuentc subtus impresso et latcralibus sub- 

 duodenis notatac. Mcmbranae aridae, pallidc fuscac, quasi ramentaccae, passim in inferiorc pagina propter 

 octvum adimtac. 



8PADIX jicdalis et major. Pcdiui cuius compresso - teres, versus basin tomento pulveruleuto adspersus. 

 Kaehis Hexuosa. Kami quinque, sex aut plurcs, basi bractca lato - triangulari suffulti, Hcxuosi ntque scrobiculati 

 pro Horum insertions SpaTUA fusitbrmis, aperta lanceolata, pcdunculo compresso - tcreti, extus sulcata, virens, intus 

 glabra, testaceo - fusca. 



