980 CXCL AROIDEJAE. [Philodendrec, 
E emis Peduneuli solitarii v. fasciculati, breves. Spaths tubus ovoideus, accres- 
fauce iracta, lamina cymbiformi tandem reflexa decidua. Spadix 
siehe | multo brevior ; ; inflorescentia d clavata, quam 9 son E multo longior, 
44. Porphyrospatha, Engl. Arac. 289.— Flores in spadice inappendieulato monoici, 
a et remoti, masculis imperfectis obconicis vertice depressis interjectis. Perianthium 0. 
Fl d: Stamina 4, in corpus ietragonum subsessile connata ; antherarum loculi lineares, 
Tag et apicem tivi non atti tes, basi TCU sub vertice conneotivi in- 
crassati rimulis dehiscentes. Fl. 9: Ovaria distincta; ovoidea, truncata v. 2-cornuta, 
2-locularia, loculis lateralibus ; stigma 2-lobum ; ovula in loculis 1-2, 
brevia, anatropa, erecta, funiculis brevissimis placentis centralibus affixa. Fructus .. . 
—Frutices dentes, vasis laticiferis instructi, caudicibus elongatis, ramis ad nodos radi- 
cantibus foliosis. Folia juniora oblonga, basi rotundata v. breviter ieulata, adulta 
sagittata v. 3-secta, petiolo tereti, vagina elongata apice haud soluta. Peduneulus soli- 
tarius?. Spathse tubus ovoideus, quam lamina ovata acuta paullo brevior. Spadix spatha 
multo brevior; inflorescentia 9 breviter cylindracea ; d* 2-3-plo longior, apice obtusa. 
Species 2, Coste Ries incole, Genus a nobis non visum, ineludens Syagonium Schottianum, 
Wendl., et S. Hoffmanni, Schott, inter Syngonium et Montrichardiam ab auctore locatum. 
4b. Culeasia, Beawv. Fi. Ow. et Ben. i. 9, t. 9. (Denhamia, Schott, Melet. 19.)— 
Flores in spadice inappendiculato monoici, 4 a 9 remoti, masculis sparsis deplanatis 
interjectis. Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 3-4, distincta ; antherc sessiles, trigono- 
id dorso tig loculis tiguis oblongis obtusis connectivo crasso 
£runcato paullo brevioribus, rimulis apicalibus dehiscentibus. Fl. 9: . Ovaria sparsa, 
depresso-globosa, 1-2-locularia ; stigma sessile, dilat ovario il 
4-sulcatum ; ovula in loculis solitaria, brevia, anatropa, funiculis brevissimis placentis sub- 
basilaribus sir, micropyle infera.  Baccze globosse, l-sperms. Semen ovoideum, sub- 
sessile, testa tenui, albumine copioso; embryo parvus, axilis.—Frutices scandentes, 
ramis gracilibus ad. nodos radicantil Folia spiraliter inserta, ovato v. oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, basi acuta v. cordata, acuminata, coriacea, nervis patentibus tenuibus nervulis 
parallelis v. reticulatis, petiolo gracili longe i dum ad apicem vaginante. Pedunculi 
axillares, solitarii v. plures fastigiati, breves. Spatha parva, erecta, tota plus minusve 
convoluta, decidua. Spadix in spatha inclusus v. exsertus, sessilis, gracilis; inflorescentia d 
elongata, fi , superne ; 9 angustior et brevior. 
Species 6 v. 7, ede tropiez incole, Engl. Arac. 101. Schott, Gen. Atroid, x 50. 
46. Cercestis, Schott in GEstr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857, 414 ; Gen. aed E Ss E PIOTUMET 
spadice Magico monoici, d a 9 remoti, masculis imperf 
thi 0. Fl. d: Stamina 4, distincta, sessilia, prismatico-trigona, 
dorso donkiqu, vertice deplanata ; antherarum loculi lineari-oblongi, connectivo crassiore 
paullo site loculis contiguis rimulis apicali i Fl. 9: Ovarium ob- 
1-loculare ; stigma magnum, sessile, orbieulare, pulvinare ; ovulum 
illii, anatropuni, funieulo brevissimo placentz suprabasilari affixum, 
infera. Baccs obovoiders, stigmate t: Semen obovoideum, pendul 1, umbilico 
excavato, albumine 0 ; embryo macropodus.— Frutices dent iferis in- 
structi, ramis gracilibus ad nodos radicantib Folia spiraliter inserta, Mgr co 
v. hastata ; petiolo gracili; vagina elongata angusta.  Peduneuli breves, solitarii v. 
plures, siesta: Spatha parva v. mediocris, erecta, tota plus minusve convoluta, decidua. 
Spadix spatha brevior, sessilis ; inflorescentise densiflore, 4 longior crassior obtusa. 
Species 3-4, Afric tropieze occidentalis incole. Engl. 4rac. 300. Genus ad Culcasiam quam 
maxime affine, differt semine (quod non vidimus) oxalbuminoso eum embryone macropodo. 
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