Colocasiec.] OXOL AROIDEX, 977 
d elongata, cylindracea v. clavata, parte imperfecta constricta; 9 brevior, densiflora, 
superne attenuata. 
: Species 25, Ameriez tropice incole. Engl. 4rac. 468. Genus in sectiones 2 admodum naturales 
visum :— s é 
lobatum. Folii nervi laterales in unum margini parallelum confluentes. Caudex brevis v. elongatus. 
Jacg. Hort. Vind. t. 197, et Hort. Schenb. t. 188 (Arum). Vell. Fl. Flum. Ie. ix. t. 107. (Arum). 
Regel, Gartenfl. t. 608. — Bot. Mag. t. 4989. — Peyritsch, Aroid. Mazinul. t. 31 ad 33. 
2. Acontias, Engl. l. e. 481, et in Mart, l.c. t. 44, 45. Stigma discoideum, tumidum. Folii nervi 
laterales margines versus arcuati in unum undul f Rhizoma tul ell. Fl. 
Flum. Ic. ix. t. 104 (Arum). Jacq. Ic. t. 618 (Arum). | AcoxTiAs, Schott, Melet. i. 19; Gen. Aroid. 
1.47. ?PnuvrtorxNiuM, 4ndré in Ill. Hortic, xix. t. 88. X.? mirabile, Masters in Gard. Chron. 
1874, 258, f. 53, vix hujus generis, nobis ignotum est. 
36. Typhonodorum, Schott in GEstr. Wochenbl. 1857, 10 ; Gen. Aroid. t. 43.— Flores 
in spadice elongato subappendiculato monoici, d* et 9 remoti, floribus masculis imperfectis 
deplanatis compactis interjectis. Perianthium 0. Fl. d (inferiores ot superiores imperfecti): 
Stamina 4-8, in corpus obpyramidatum vertice dilatato depl ambitu sinuato-angu 
latum connata; antherarum loculi lineares, contigui, connectivo eequilongi, rimulis 
. &picalibus dehiscentes. Fl.9: Ovarium id v. subglob , l-loculare ; stigma 
- Subsessile, discoid 3-6-lobum, lobis recurvis ; ovulum solitari breve, anatropum, 
funiculo brevi placentze basilari affixum, mieropyle infera. Bacces tubo spathe incluss, 
magno, compresse, orbieulares, basi exsculptz . . .—Herbr robuste, caudice crasso 
4-10-pedali, vaginis vetustis onusto. Folia crasse petiolata, triangulari-ovata v. hastata, 
acuminata, crassissime costata et nervosa, creberrime venosa. Pedunculus crassus, petiolo 
brevior. Spathe tubus oblongus, utrinque t , persist fauce con- 
stricta, lamina tubo triplo longiore oblongo-l lat dat inata concava aperta. 
Spadix spatha brevior v. eam subzequans, rectus, strictus, totus cylindraceus ; inflores- 
centia d elongata, parte imperfecta inferiore perfecta zquilonga, superi imperfecta multo 
longiore in formam appendici id t iw producta; $9 brevis, cylindracea. 
Fructus magnitudine castanece, edulis. 
Species 2, Madagascarice incolze quarum una in ins. Mauritio inquilina. Engl. Arac. 331, et in Bot. 
Jahrb. i, 188. Bacew exemplaribus nostris nueulam crassam intus suberosam continent, embryone 0. 
97. 1Chlorospatha, Engl. in Regel, Gartenft. 1878, 97, t. 933 ; Arac. 487.—Flores in 
Spadice inappendiculato monoici, d a 9 remoti, masculis imperfectis paucis 3-4-lobis 
interjectis. Perianthium 0. Fl.d': Stamina 3-5, in corpus obpyramidatum 3-5-gonum 
vertice planiuseulum connáta; antherarum loculi oblongi, ad basin connectivi crassi 
producti, sub vertice rimulis dehi ies; pollen pul an Ovaria brevia, 
distincta, dimidiat idea v. hemisphzrica, 2-3-locularia ; stigma. sessile, discoideum, 
ultra ovarii marginem non exsertum. Ovula in loculis plura, anatropa, funiculis placentis 
subcentralibus 2-seriatim affixa; micropyle infera. Fructus . . .—Herba lactescens, 
rhizomate tuberoso. Folia pedatisect ginibus crispat dulatis, costis in sinu 
denudatis, petiolo tereti. Pedunculi plures, petiolo breviores. Spathz tubus elongatus, 
convolutus, fauce haud constricta in laminam lanceolatam apicem versus compressam 
sensim desinens. Spadix spatha brevior, stipite dorso spathze adnato; inflorescentia 
d perfecta conoidea, densifl parte imperfecta laxe pauciflora; $ laxiflora, ovariis 
dasierun icillos 4-5 ioanuios disponi 
Species 1, Nove Granatee ineola. Folia tantum a nobis visa. Genus ex Englero Xanthosomati 
proxime affine. Septa ovarii in icone vix non axin attingent. 
38. ? xtapatine, Schott in. GEstr. Bot. Wochenbl, 1897, 85.  (Hapale, Schott, Gen. Aroid. 
1. 44.)—Flores in spadice inf. to inappendieulat monoici, d et $ remoti, 
organis neutris perpaucis apiculatis interjectis. Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 3, in 
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