978 CXCL  AROIDEJE. [Colocasiec., 
corpus peltatum Sad issi l to-l connata ; antherarum loculi minutis- 
simi, subglobosi, margini pelt:e uci remoti, pons obovatis dehiscentes. Fl. 9 pauci, 
unilaterales, 2-seriati. Ovarium 1-loculare, bl sub apice constrictum ; 
stigma latum, pulvinare ; ovulum solitarium, erectum, anatropum, funiculo brevi placentze 
parietali aflixum, micropyle infera. Fructus . . iens porro Reno Folia 
hysteranthia, graciliter petiolata, sagittato-cordata, illi 
petiolum superans. Spathze tubus brevis, cylindraceus, ARR fauce vix : constricta, 
lamina lanceolata acuminata demum recurva. Spadix elongatus, gracilis, spatham sub- 
sequans ; inf ia d' libera, tereti la, quam 9 robustior et quadruplo longior, 
peltis pro spadice maximis ter longioribus quam latis, 3-4 tantum in spira; 9 6-8-flora, 
ovariis remotis suberectis. 
Species 1, Burm incola. £mng/. Arac. 489. 
39. ! Scaphispatha, Brongn. mss. ex Schott, Prod. Syst. Aroid. 214.— Flores in spadice 
Tisppendicalato monoici, 4 et 9 contigui. Perianthium 0. Fl. d : Stamina 4, fila- 
mentis in antheris 1uilong: 4-sulcat: connatis; antherarum oss 
contigui, obovoidei, poris apicalibus dehi tivo haud producto. Fl. 9: 
Ovarium DbIong uid, 1- loculare ; stylus brevis, stigmate capitato; ovula 4, anatropa, 
elongata, funiculis brevibus placentz  basilari affixa.—Fructus . . .—Herba. Folia 
ignota. Pedunculus gracilis, elongatus. Spathze tubus laminam oblongam acutam 
sequans, inferne infundibularis, supeme dovitor constrictus. Spadix breviter stipitatus, 
basi spathz oblique adnatus ; d densiflora, gracilis, cylind ,quam 9 
oblongo-ovoidea duplo longior. : 
Species 1, Bolivie ineola. Engl. Arac. 526. Genus a nobis non visum, ex icone in Herb. Mus. 
Par. conservata spatha tota aperta est, nullibi convoluta, et spadix longe graciliterque stipitatus. 
40. 1 ia, Schott in Bonplandia x. 148.— Flores in spadice appendieulato 
monoici, d et 9 remoti, masculis queens elongatis depressis et compressis interjectis. 
Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 4-7, in corpus subhexagonum ambitu profunde 
sulcatum vertice deplanato medio leviter excavato connata ; antl loculi cyli 
connectivo crasso fere :equilongi, poris apicalibus dehiscentes ; pollen vermiforme. Fl. 9 : 
Ovarium depresso-globosum, 1-loculare ; stigma sessile, depressum, sub-3-4-lobum ; ovula 
plura, anatropa, funiculis brevibus placent: basilari affixa. Baccs subgloboss, 2-6- 
sperme. Semina obovoidea, subtrigona, funiculo brevissimo, albumine saisi duro ; 
embryo subaxilis.—Herba caudice crasso. Folia ovat dat lipartita, petiolo 
elongato tereti. Ped lus brevis, vaginat Spathie VSpRE convolutus, lamina 
E 8o xe obtusa tubo triplo Wu anne constricta. Spadix appendice sursum 
ia d cum app q ga, dimidio inferiore constricto floribus 
Sape 9 multo brevior. 
Species 2, Novae Guinez et insularum Philippinarumjincole. Genus a nobis non visum, ab 
Englero (4rac. 645) ad 4locasiazi reduetum, serius. (Jot. Jahrb. i. 185) reformatum et. restitutum, 
An spath:e tubus persistens fructum involvens ?, auctor silet. 
"TTrsus Vl. PHILODENDREX. 3 
4i. Philodendron, Schott, Meletem. i. 19 ; Gen. Avoid. t. 03; Ic. Aroid. t. i. ad 10.— 
Flores in spadice inappendiculato monoici, d' et 9 remoti, teli imperfectis compactis 
interjectis. — Perianthium.0. Fl. 4: Stamina 2- 6, in corpus sessile obpyramidatum 
tetragonum v. 4-suleatum vertice dilatato dep connata ; anth loeuli ob- 
longi v. lineares, connectivo crasso breviores, contigui, poris rimulisve apicalibus dehis- 
centes ; pollen Fl. 9 staminodiis clávatis i ti. Ovarium 
v. obovoideum, 2-10-loculare ; stigma. sessile, pulvinare v. hemi- 
sphzericum, integrum v. lobatum ; odii in loculis pauca. v. numerosa, orthotropa, brevia 
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