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A R A C E A E. 



AUCrOHE 



H. W. SCHOTT, 



Eorti Caesarei Schombrmnemis Directore. 



PARS PRIOR. 

 NOVA GENEEA ET SPECIES. 



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CRYPTOCORYNE FISCHER * 



1. Crtptocorywe EGRE6IA scHOTT. FoUi lamina plus minusve cordiformi, sinu basilari levi, 

 apicc brevitcr cuspidulato; vcnis iierviformibus utrinque 8 — 10, inferioribuS approxiniatis, superioiibus 

 remotis. 



Rhizoma brevitcr-articulatum. Petiohs 2t — 3-polIicaris, basi in vaginam 3 — 4 liueas altam ampliatus. Lamina folii 

 3 — 3^ poll, longa, 2 — 2f poll, lata, auriculis basilaribus rotundatis, sinu li — 2 liueas profuudo seiunctis, 

 cuspide subbilinear termiuata. Venae costales arcuatim in marginem excurrentes, infimae apertissime-, supremae 

 erccto-patentes et apice conniveutes. Venulae copioslssimae parallelae, horizontaliter transversales. 



Ohserv. Ante Or. Griffithii et cordatam collocanda, quae ambae venis nerviformibus utrinque quinis tantum difierrunt. 



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Hab. Sumatra occidentalis : korthals. • 



2. Cryptocort^e pontederiifolia SCHOTT. Lamina folii ex ovato vel ovato-lanceolato sen- 

 sim acuminata, bnsi leviter cordata, . . , sjncarpio 5-locnlari. 



Plantula 7 — 10 poll, alta, succuleuta. Folia in tuiioue sub-5, vaginis stipularibus et bracteantibus conformibus iu- 

 teriectis comitata, petiolu 4 — 6-pollicaribus, 2 — 2: liueas crassis, inferne ad medium circiter deliquescenter- 

 vaginatis, superne teretibus, lamina folii ovato-lanceolata, basi leviter cordata, auriculis sive lobulis rotundatis 

 minutis, ad terminum infimi trientis usque a basi subarcuatim dilatata, deijide apicem versus gradatim sub- 

 rectilineo-acuminata, utrinque? laevigata. Costa inferne petioli fere crassitie, subtus prominula, sensim atte- 

 nuata, exitu fere deliquescens. Venae costales utrinque 6 — 8, (venastro interiecto comitatae), nerviformes, tenues, 

 costae defluentes, apice in marginem prolongate excurrentes, inferiores 3 — 4 cuiusvis lateris exortu approxiraatae, 

 superiores remotae suboppositae acumen percurrentes. Venulae iramersae, inferiores horizontaliter-, superiores 

 arrectius transversae, remotiusculae. Vaginae stijpulares et hracteantes lineari-lauceolatae longe-acuminatae. 



• In mannscriptis b. zippelii hoc genus sua auctoritate constitutum et descriptnm inveni seqaentibus: 



,,Cryptocorym Zippel. Spatha tnbo longlssimo apicc ore calloso dilatato, lobo spathae spathulato ovato-lanceolato margine laccro- 

 fimbnato. Spad.x minimus basilaria in fnndo spathae inclusos, genitalibus .listinctis, masc. in apice spaJicis congesta, filamentis ur- 

 ceolatis; stylus apicalis globoso-depressus; germen 6-dentatam, 6-loculare, loculis 3-7-Bporie " 



,,Oryptccoryne drymorrhiza zipp. Ilerba acaulis paludosa, basi stolomfera (radice acoriformi acri). foliis longiter petiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis mterdum subhastat.s) basi inaeqaalibus tenuiter ,enosis unclulatis glabris, petiolis teretibus basi vaginatis. spatba basi vagi- 

 nata tube elongato lamina ovato-lanccolata colorata margine lacero-fimbriata (atro-purpnrca} ore calloso infundibuliformi." - „Cresdt 

 m Amioma." ~ Haec itaque eadem ac Or. eiliata eisch. {Adnot. edit.). .i^^"*-'* 



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