972 CXCOL AROIDEJE, s [Pythoniec. 
desinentil loculis tiguis poris v. rimulis subapicalibus extrorsum dehiscentibus, 
connectivo inter loculos minute producto. Fl. 9 : Ovarium globosum v. oblongum, 
l-loculare, in stylum brevissimum | attenuatum, stigmate minuto pulvinari ; ovulum 
solitarium, breve, anatropum, funieulo brevissimo placentze basilari v. in loculo intrusse 
affixum, micropyle infera. Fructus. . .—Herbz tul , foliis floribusq! tanei, 
Folia 3-secta, segmentis fissis v. pinnatis, pinnis lanceolatis acuminatis superioribus con- 
fluentibus decurrentibus, inferioribus remotis ilil petiolo elongato crasso basi 
vaginato. Pedunculus petiolis multo brevior. Spatha erecta, cymbiformis, acuta, basi 
breviter convoluta, superne aperta, sub ] demum 7. Spadix 
spatha brevior, crassus, sessilis ; inflorescentia d floribus longe distantibus quam 2 densi- 
flora longior et angustior; appendix brevis, cylindraceo-conoidea, obtusa, floribus d 
imperfectis stipitatis apicibus corrugatis quasi verrucosis operta, 
Species 2, Coehin-Chinenses. Lind, et André, Illustr. Hortic. 1878, 90, t, 316 (Amorphophallus). 
22. Synantherias, Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 28.—Flores in spadiee longe appendiculato 
monoici d et 9 remoti, organibus neutris paucis conicis interjectis. Perianthium 0. 
Fl. 4: Stamina 4-6, distincta, circa discum nudum posita ; antherze subsessiles, didymo- 
quadrat, loculis obovoideis contiguis poris apicalibus demum conft ibus dehiscentibus, 
connectivo vix prominulo. Fl. 9: Ovarium 2-loculare, obl gum v. glol ; stigma 
subsessile, magnum, hemispheriecum, 2-4-lobum ; ovula in loculis solitaria, anatropa v. 
semi-anatropa, decurya, funiculis brevibus placentis septo adnatis affixa, micropyle infera. 
De hi GS 4i ninnali&di 
Fructus . . .—Herba tuberosa. Folia ,P , Seg p 
pinnis li i-l latis. Ped lus gracilis. Spatha brevis, erecta, ventricosa, tubo 
Obscuro aperto in laminam latam acutam abrupte desinente. Spadix spatha multo 
longior, gracilis, erecta, substipitata, appendice gracili elongato-subulata inflorescentia 
multoties longiore ; organa neutra depresso-conoidea, elongato-quadrata. ; 
Species 1, Peninsulee Indize orientalis ineola. Engl. rac. 319. Wight, Ic. t. 802 (Arum). Genus 
fructu ignoto non nisi organis neutris inter inflorescentias d et 9 positis ab Zorphophalli 
sectione Z'rachyspatha distinguendum. 
23. Rhaphiophallus, Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 97.—Flores in Spadice appendiculato 
monoici, $ et 9 remoti, organis neutris paucis gibberiformibus interpositis. Peri- 
anthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina distincta ; antherze subsessil ; loculis obovoideis contigui 
poris apicalibus demum fluentik lehi tibus, tivo p inulo. Fl. 9: 
Ovarium obp id , 9-loculare ; sti, Ibsessile, discoideum, dilatatum, sub- 
4-lobum ; ovula in loculis solitaria, anatropa, erecta, funienlis brevibus placentis basi- 
laribus affixa. Fructus . . .— Herba tubere parvo. Folia hysteranthia, solitaria, 3-secta, 
segmentis dichotomis cruribus pinnatisectis, pinnis oblongis acutis decurrentibus. Pedun- 
culus gracilis. Spathz tubus convolutus, fauce aperta, lamina paullo longiore erecta 
lanceolata acuta. Spadix stipitatus, appendice elongata gracili subulata ; inflorescentise 
cylindraces, d' brevior et tenuior. 
Species 1, Peninsule Indis orientalis ad Mangalor incola. Engl. Arac. 320. Genus. a nobis non 
visum, à * 
24. 1 Xenophya, Schott in Awn. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 194.—Flores in spadice appendi- 
culato monoici, d et 9 remoti, organis neutris gibbosis interjectis. Perianthium 0. 
Fl d: Stamina 27, distincta, filamentis dilatatis; antherw breves, loculis ad apicem 
connectivi oppositis poris apicalibus dehiscentibus, Fl. 9: Ovarium 1-loculare ; stigma. 
sessile, sub-4-lobum ; ovula ad 6, anatropa, basilaria, funiculis brevibus affixa. Fructus 
- . .—Herba tuberosa, foliis floribus cowtaneis. : Folia ovata, pinnatipartita, segmentis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, infimis ex. pedato 2-fidis. Spatha luta, Spadix stipitat 
ondice nuda ; infl ia d. elongata, 9 multo brevior. 4 
Species 1, Nove Guinez incola, / Engl. 4trac. 526. "Genus a nobis non visum, 
