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LUDOVIA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED 
Lupovl1a. 
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Class and Order. 
Monacia Poryanpria. 
( Nat. Ord. —Aromez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha polyphylla. Spadix floribus masculis foemineis- 
que tectus. Masc. Receptaculum subcylindraceum, sta- 
mina plurima nuda vel perianthio multidentato tecta susti- 
nens. Fam. Pertanthium subtetragonum, quadrifidum, 
subsessile, segmentis obtusis: Filamenta 4, longissima, 
sterilia. Germen 4-lobum, uniloculare, polyspermum. 
_ Stigmata 4, depressa. Fructus baccatus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lupovia* latifolia ; acaulis, foliis rotundato - flabelliform- 
ibus eid bifidis plicatis, lobis incisis, spadice 
oblongo obtuso longitudine petioli. 
Lupovra latifolia. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 576. ; 
Cariupovica latifolia. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Per. et Chil. 
Prodr. p. 292? Loddiges, Bot. Cab. t. 1068. 
SALMIA latifolia. « Willd. Mag. Amic. Nat. Cur. Berol. 
v. 5. 1811, p. 401.” ? Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 
772. 
Descr. Stem none, or scarcely any : the leaves spring- 
ing from the top of the root, which scarcely rises above aim 
eer 
in honor of 
* This Genus was named Car.upovica, by Ruiz and Payon, in ho 
Cuaruezs the 11th, of Spain, and his queen Louisa. But such a word was 
wholly inconsistent with the rules for constituting Genera, and Persoon 
changed it to Lupovia. 
