AROIDEZ. 427 
(Schott in Ester. Bot. Zeitschr. 1859, p. 99, and Prodr. Aroid. p. 360) may be the 
same, and this was collected by Karwinski and Liebmann between Colipa and Papantla 
in Southern Mexico. 
5. Monstera friedrichsthaliana, Schott in (ster. Bot. Wochenbl. 1854, et 
Prodr. Aroid. p. 360; Cérst. Precurs. Fl. Centr.-Am. p. 62; Engler in DC. Monogr. 
Phanerog. ii. p. 259. 
GuaTeMALA, Niquinomo (Friedrichsthal) ; Costa Rica, near Aguacati (Hoffmann). 
6. Monstera pertusa, de Vriese, Hort. Spaarn-Bergensis, 1839; Engler in DC. 
Monogr. Phanerog. ii. p. 261, et Mart. Fl. Bras. Aroid. p. 113, tt. 20 et 21 (varietates 
plures). 
Dracontium pertusum, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p. 1872; Mill. Ic. t. 296; Jacq. Hort. Scheenbr. ii. 
tt. 184 et 185. 
Monstera adansonii, Schott, Meletem. i. p. 21. 
Costa Rica, Alto de la Cruz (Hoffmann).—CoLomBIaA; VENEZUELA; GUIANA; BRaziL. 
7. Monstera punctulata, Schott; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. ii. p 259. 
Anadendron punctulatum, Schott, Prodr. Aroid. p. 393. 
Mexico (fide Schott); CruntraL America (Warscewicz, fide Klotzsch in Herb. Reg. 
Berol.). | 
8. Monstera seemannii, Schott in Cster. Bot. Zeitschr. 1859, p. 40, et Prodr. 
Aroid. p. 365 ; Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. ii. p. 264. 
PanaMA, Isle of Taboga (Seemann, 1568). Hb. Kew. 
Engler suggests that this may be a form of M. pertusa. 
Marcgravia paradoxra, Masters (Gard. Chron. 1877, viii. p. 13), from Central America, 
is a barren or juvenile state of some species of this genus. 
12. DRACONTIUM. 
Dracontium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1029; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 995. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of about six species. 
1. Dracontium gigas, Engler in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. ii. p. 284. 
Godwinia gigas, Seem. Journ. Bot. 1869, p. 318, tt. 16 et 17; Gard. Chron. 1878, figg. 13 et 14; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6048 ; Fl. des Serres, xxi. tt. 2244-2245, 
Nicaragua, mountains of Chontales, between the Javali Mine and the Quebrada de 
las Lajas (Seemann). Cultivated specimens only in the Kew Herbarium. 
13. UROSPATHA. 
Urospatha, Schott, Aroid. p. 8, tt. 7-10, et Gen. Aroid. t. 86; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii, 
p. 996. 
About ten species, restricted to Tropical America. 
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