970 .CXCL AROIDEX. [Zomicarpez. 
Tarsus IIL./— ZOMICARPEXE. 
17. Zomicarpa, Schott, Synops. Aroid. 33.5 Gen. Aroid. t. 23.—Flores in spadice appen- 
diculato dorso basi spatha adnato monoici, d' numerosi 9 unilateralibus contigui; organa 
neutra supra fl. d perpauca, minuta, conica. Perianthium 0.  Fl.4: Stamina 1-2, 
distincta; antheree subsessiles, depressc, didym:e, loculis oppositis contiguis poris 
imulii picali dehi: tibus, *ivo haud producto ; pollen pulvereum. Fl. 9 : 
Ovarium oblongum v. subglob , basi lata sessile, 1-loculare ; stylus brevissimus, stig- 
mate dilatato discoideo ; ovula 6-9, anatropa, erecta, elongata, funiculis brevissimis 
placen&m basilari affixa, micropyle infera. Baccw subglobosw, sub-6-spermie, basi cir- 
cumscissw. —fBemina erecta, ellipsoidea v. oblonga, testa erassiuscula chartacea, stro- 
phiolo conico, albumine copioso ; embryo axilis.—Héerb:e tub Folia prot thia, 
longe petiolata, iformia, 3-pedatisect tis elliptico-oblongis lateralibus mino- 
ribus, petiolo ima basi vaginante. Pedunculus gracilis, folix s:equans. | Spatha carnosula, 
persistens, tubo luto basi llat ginibus connatis, fauce constricta, lamina 
1 lat inata aperta retieulatim venosa.  Spadix spatha brevior, appendice 
gracili basi organis neutris paucis sparsis; inflorescentia 4' cylindracea, densiflora ; 
9 pauciflora.. 
poris ag ; pollen f Ovarium ovoideo- 
oblongum, 1-loculare; stigmate subsessili discoideo ; ovulum solitarium, breve, ana- 
tropum, funiculo brevissimo basifixum, erectum; micropyle infera. Fructus . . .— 
Herba parvula, gracilis, tuberosa, foliis cum floribus coztaneis. Folia graciliter petiolata, 
late ovato-cordata v. sagittata, acuta, maculata, membranacea, lobis posticis deltoideo- 
ovatis obtusis, nervis ad 9 digitatis v. subpedatis, petiolo i lo basi inant 
Peduneulus petiolo longior, crassiuseulus. Spatha pollicaris, membranacea, lanceolata, 
ad basin aperta. Spadix spatha duplo longior, gracilis, appendice tenui gracili substipitata, 
longe exserta erecta; inflorescentia d e& 9 subcequilong:e, graciles. 
Species 1, Novae Grenade incola. 
Tarsus IV. PyrnoNIEx. 
19. Amorphophatlus, Blume in Batav, Diar. 1895, ez. Dene. in. Nov. Ann, Mus. Par. 
iii. 366. (Pythion, Mart. in Bot. Zeif. 1831, 479.) — Flores in spadice crasse appendiculato 
monoici, d et 9 contigui, omnes perfecti ; organa neutra0. Perianthium O0. Fl. d : Stamina 
2-4 ; antherze sessiles, loculis contiguis oblongis poris ipicalibus deh tibus, ti 
tenui haud v. brevissime producto. Fl. 9: Ovarium globosum, 1—4-loeulare ; stylus 
brevis v. elongatus, stigmate integro v. 2-4-lobo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, anatropa v. 
semi-anatropa, decurva, funiculis brevibus v. subelongatis placentis basilaribus v. angulo 
interiore adnatis aflixa, micropyle infera.  Baccze subglobos:, oligosperm;. | Semina 
lipsoidea v. pl p testa tenui Levi, albumine 0; embryo macropodus.— 
Herb, interdum gigantes, tubere maximo oblato. Folia hysteranthia, ampla, 3-secta, 
segmentis varie sectis ct 1-2-pinnatifidis, pinnis oblongis acutis, petiolo valido interdum 
apice bulbifero. Pedunculus brevis v. elongatus. Spatha erecta, basi convoluta, cam- 
panulata late infundibularis v. fornicata, marcescens, Spadix erectus, crassus, spatham 
longe superans, appendice fusiformi v. i ta et fungosa; inflorescentim d et 9 
cylindracez, densiflorce, E o i 
