Philodendrec.] CXCLI. AROIDEJE. * 983 
v. superposita, micropyle infera. DBace: tubo spathse inclusse, obovoides v. subglobos:e, 
1-5-loeulares, oligosperme: Semina | ovoidea v. subglobosa, funiculo brevi, testa oostata, 
raphe elevata in strop rvum desinente, albumine copioso ; embryo axilis.—Herbse 
paludosse, rhizomate crasso, foliis floribusque comtaneis. Folia sagittata, interdum maculis 
albis translucidis fenestrata, costa valida, nervis marginem attingentibus, petiolo elongato 
erasso basi vaginato interdum asperulo. Pedunculi spe plures, validi, elongati, Spatha 
erecta, tubo brevi jluto infundibul tente, fauce aperta ; lamina 
oblique explanata, apice cuspidata recurva, ib eversis, alba v. flavida. 
Spadix spatha ue substipitatus, erectus, cylindraceus; inflorescenti» densiflorew, 
d quam 9 multo loi ngior. 
Species 5, Afriez australis ineole. Engl. 4rac. 326. Schott, Gen. Aroid. t, 62. — Gaertn. Fruct. 
1. 81 (Calla). Regel, Gartenft. t. 462, Fl, des Serres, t. 2208. — Lem. Ill. Hortic. t. 256. — Bot. Mag. 
t, 882 (Calla), 5140, 5176, 5765. 
53, Homalonema, Schott, Melet. i. 90; Gen. Aroid. t. 61, err. typ. Homalomena. 
(Zantedeschia, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 760, pro parte.)—Flores in spadice inappendiculato 
monoici, omnes perfecti rarius paucis d infimis imperfectis, d et 9 arcte contigui, v. spatio 
brevinudoseparati. Perianthium 0. Stamina 34, rarius 5-6, distincta, brevia, prismatica, 
truncata, 3-4-gona, dorso contigua ; antherarum loculi oblongi v. ovoidei, subremoti, pro- 
minuli, connectivo crasso multo breviores, rimulis subapicalibus dehiscentes ; pollen vermi- 
forme. Fl 9 :Staminodia in spiras eum ovariis alternantibus disposita, clavata v. capitata, 
rarius 0. Ovarium obl v. ol d , vertice tract perfecte v. imperfecte 
3-4-loculare ; stigma sessile, orbiculare, integrum v. 3-4-lobum ; ovula in loculis numerosa, 
anatropa v. semi-anatropa, funiculis elongatis erocto-patentibus placentis marginibus sep- 
torum y. angulo interiori loculi adnatis 2-seriatim affixa, micropyle laterali v. infera v. 
supera. Baccs spatha tote inclusse, obovoidese globosce v. angulatee, 3-4-loculares, poly- 
sperme. Semina ovoidea, funiculo elongato, testa costata atro-brunnea extus succosa, 
albumine copioso ; embryo CRUUR TE e Waissn Heus crasso, caudice brevi Y 0. 
Folia ovato- v. t j tia, nervis 
attingentibus, petiolo sepius qoot et longe vaginante. - Spatha- recta, cylindracea y. 
inferne convoluta, superne in laminam convolutam v. hiantem acuminatam protensa, 
tandem recta, tota socrencens et persistens. Spadix spatha inclusus, ssepius breviter 
tipitat li 4 ; 9 brevior et angustior. 
T 3 Y 
Species ad 20, Asiz et Ameriew tropiez incole. Engl. 4rae. 332; et im Bull. Soc. Tosc, Ortic. 
1879, 296. Genus ab Englero in sectiones 2 divisum :— 
1l. Euhomalonema. Spaths brevis hiantis tubus indistinetus, lamina tubo vix longior. Fl. $ 
8-4-andri. Folia utrinque glaberrima, Asiaties et Americanz.  Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 12 (Cala). 
Wight, Ic. t. 805, 807 (Calla). Griff. Notul, iii. 162. Regel, Gartenft. 634. — Bot, Mag. t. 2219 
— 6571. Masters in Gard. Chron. 1871, fig. 45, 46. 
. Curmeria. Spaths tubus distinctus. Fl. d sepius 5-6-andri. Fl. 9: : Staminodia sepe 0. 
pen glabra v. pilosa. ConwEnrA, Lind. et André in Ill. Hortic. 1873, 121, 803. Riegel, Gartenft. 
1.891. Masters in Gard. Chron. 1874, fig. 159, 160, 1876, fig. 16. 
Cxnrocrapox, Griff. Notul, iii, 147 ; Ic. Pl. Asiat, t. 173, f. 1, est verisimiliter species Zomal 
gatis. 
ADELONEMA, Schott, Prod. Aroid, 316, planta 4 A jea, floribus um imperfeetis notis est ex 
D4. Chameecladon, Mig. in Bot. Zeit. 1856, 564 ; Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 212, t. 40. —Flores 
in spadice inappendiculato monoici, omnes perfecti, d et 9 arcte contigui. Perianthium 0. 
Fl. d : Stamina 2-3, distincta, brevia, late cuneata, compressa, retusa, filamentis brevissimis; 
antherarum loculi breves, conneetivo immersi, remoti, rimulis apicalibus dehiscentes ; 
pollen : vermiforme. Fl. 9: Staminodia 1-3, clavata, brevia. Ovarium ovoideum v. 
gl 2- rarius 3-loculare ; stigma sessile, latum, orbieulare, pulvinare ; ovula in 
loeulis plura, anatropa v. semianatropa, brevia, funiculis subelongatis placentis angulo 
interiori adnatis 4-seriatim affixa, micopyle infera. Baccs spatha incluse, ellipsoider, 
