964 OXCI. AROIDEZE. [Arinea. 
testa haud crassa rugoso-costata, albumine copioso corneo ; embryo axilis.—Herbce aqua- 
tiez v. paludos:e, rhizomate repente stolonifero, caudice epigeo diviso. Folia longe v. 
breviter petiolata, ovata v. lanceolata, costa valida, nervis tenuibus. Pedunculus elongatus. 
Spathe tubus marginibus connatis, fauce plica reflexa spadicis apici dilatati accreta 
clausa, lamina lanceolata v. subulata, conyoluta v. torta, Spadix brevissime open 
latus ; inf iia d et 9 cylind 
Species 4, Indir orientalis incole. — Engl. 4trac. 620. Schott, ER Atroid., t. 2. 
3. Pineria, Tenore in, Atti R. Acad. Sc. Nap. iv. 97, cum ic. ex. ejusd. Cat. Ort. Bot. 
Nap. 91, et in Atti. Riun. Seienz. Ital. iii. 522. (Hemicarpurus, Nees, Del. Sem. Hort. 
Bot. Vratisl. /1839, 4, et in Linea, xiv. Litterat-ber. 107.  Atherurus, Blume, Rwmph. 
i. 136, t. 31 e£ 37.)— Flores in spadice appendiculato monoici, omnes fertiles, 9 spathze tubo 
apice clauso inclusi, 4 lamina involuti. Perianthium 0. Fl. d monandri.  Anthera 
sessilis, quadrata, loculis rai DARE obovoideis truncatis rima continua dehiscentibus.; 
pollen ph Fl. 9 l Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare, in stylum brevem 
attenuatum, stigmate parvo capitellato ; ovulum solitarium, orthotropum, erectum, funi- 
culo brevissimo priua basilaze affixum, micropyle supera. Bacci ovoideo-oblong:e. 
Semen glol latum, testa rugosula, albumine copioso ; embryo 
axilis. —Herbre tubos, foliis "oribusque cortaneis. Folia 3- v. pedati-secta, mem- 
branacea, seg ig pt: acutis, nervis tenuibus, petiolo slonghto 
apice interd if Ped j litari Spatha tubo t 
fauce ope dilatationis spadicis clausa, lamina oblonga, concava.  Spadix basi SSduR 
appendice elongata vermiformi exserta, parte 9 spath:e adnata, floribus confertis ; in- 
florescentia d brevis, libera, cylindracea, densiflora. 
Species 3 v. 4, Chin: borealis et JR incolze, sr 4rac, 568. N. E. Brown in Journ. Linn, 
Soc. xviii. 246, — Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 
4. Ambrosinia, Linn. Gen. n. 12938.—Flores in spadice breviter appendiculato esserofa 
d e& 9 in loculis distinctis spathsz longitudinaliter 2-loeularis inclusi, omnes fertiles. 
Perianthium 0, Fl. 4 in loculo postico 8- 10, diandri, 2-seriatim superpositi ; antherze 
sessiles, loculis transversis contiguis elongato-reniformibus rima continua dehiscentibus, 
connectivo obsoleto ; pollen in massas irregulares emissum. Fl. 9 in loculo antico spathze 
solitarius. . Ovarium depresso-globosum, 1-loeulare, in stylum curvum crassiusculum 
tt t stigmate discoideo dilatato ; ovula lind orthotropa, erecta, 
placentze latze basilari funiculis elongatis; affixa. Baccaglobosa, stylo coronata, polysperma. 
Semina subglobosa, apiculata, testa striata strophiolata . . .—Héerba parvula, tuberosa, 
folis floribusque cosmtaneis. Folia ovata v. oblonga, obtusa, membranacea, nervis 
utrinque 2-3 arcuatis, nervulis inconspicuis, petiolo basi vaginante. Pedunculus bre- 
vissimus, hypogreus, fruetifer elongatus. Spatha oblique terr: aceumbens, delitescens, 
navicularis, apice in rostrum procurvum concavum producta, tubo indistincte; marginibus 
connatis, fauce aperta.  Spadix fere inclusus, ope dilatati itudinalis spathze 
utrinque accretus, appendice minuta exserta. 
Species 1, Italize et Algerie ineola. Engl. 4rac. 618. Bassi in Comm. Acad.- Bologn. v. i. 88 eum 
ie. Blume, Rumph. i. t. 36. Cesati in Linnea, xi. (..0. Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 3 ; Aroid. t. 11, Lam. 
Illustr. t. 131. .Bot, Mag. 1. 6360. 
UcniA, a nonullis perperam pro synonymo 4ibrosinie data, nomen est auctoris traetatus (Rem, 
Archiv. i. 67, 70) a Targionio citati, nee genus ei Sere 
5. Pista, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 1525 Gen. Pl. ái 1023. (Zara, Lour. Fl. Cochin. 40b. 
et Li i Klotzschin Abhandl. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1859, 351, 952, 
t n" 2, 3.)—Flores in spadice cum spathr dorso confluente monoici ; d spadicis apice 
libero organis neutris suffulto verticillati ; 9  SOlitarius, axi tubi spathze basi lata 
 adnatus. Perianthium 0. Fl.d: Stamina 2, in corpus sessile oblongum 1 iter com- 
pressum. leviter 4-lobum em. loculis utriusque aritherze sibi invicem oppositis rimulis 
t non producto. Fl. 9: Ovarium — globosum, 
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