986 O€XOL  AROIDEZE. [Philodendrec. 
f ib dehiscent tivo loculis tiore tenui non producto. Fl. 9: 
Ovaria minuta, omnino óonaala; *1-locularia ; stigma sessile, pulvi ; ovula 
orthotropa, erecta, funiculis subel tis placentis parietalibus affixa, micropyle supera. 
Fructus . . .—Herba. Folia lánceplila icorinnM nervis nervulisque tenuissimis, petiolo 
lamina breviore ima basi te. P. longat Spatha inclinata, elliptico- 
ovoidea, breviter rostrata, arcte convoluta, rima apicali aperta, lamina a tubo obconico 
circumscisse decidua. Spadix spatha inclusus, robustus, totus cylindraceus, apice rotun- 
datus ; infl tia d cum imperfecta quam 9 triplo longior. 
Species 1, Borneensis. 
61, Mricrocasia, Beccari iw Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1879, 180, cum ic. «log. ; et à Nov. 
Giorn. Bot. Ttal. xi. 394. —Flores in spadice appendiculato monoici, fl. 4 superiores et infe- 
riores dilatati imperfecti, 9 infimi steriles ; appendix sessilis, nuda, globosa. Perianthium 0. 
Fl. d perfecti pauci. Stamina sessilia ; antherw globoso-didym:e, loculis apice aristatis. 
Fl 9 pauci. Ovaria globosa, 1-locularia ; stigma sessile, pulvinare ; ovula ad 12, ortho- 
tropa, erecta, funieulis brevibus placentce im basilari nixa, micropyle supera. Fructus 
spathze tubo involucratus. Baces . . .—Herbs»e ie repente 
brevi. Folia spathulata v. oblonga, petiolo longe v. breviter vaginante. Pedunculi 
solitarii v. pauci. Spathz»e tubus ; lamina ovato-l lata, acumi- 
nata, vix hians, circumscisse decidua. Su spatha. indiiedie clavatus ; inflorescentise 
breves, fl. d imperfecti infra oygupra fertiles iis multo majores, tenues, JNSROGUNUE 
fl. 9 steriles pauci, minuti ; app sessilis, infl iia crassior, v. subsequans. 
Species 2, Borneenses. Engl. in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1879, 299. Genus a nobis non visum, 
, Taisus VIL. DIEFFENBACHIEJ. 
62. Dieffenbaehia, Schott, Melet. i. 20; Gen. Aroid. t. 63.—Flores in spadice inap- 
pendiculato monoici, d a 9 remoti, masculis imperfectis paucis sparsis interpositis. 
Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 4-5, in corpus crassum depressum sessile vertice 
deplanatum connata; antherarum loculi connectivo breviores, lineari-oblongi, contigui, 
rimulis apicalibus dehiscentes; pollen vermiforme. Fl. 9: Staminodia 4-5, ovarium 
cingentia, incurva, inferne dilatata, apicibus clavatis. Ovarium globosum depresso- 
ovoideum v. 2-3-lobum, 1-3-loculare; stigma sessile, depresso-globosum, 2-3-lobum, 
medio concavum v. umbonatum ; ovula in loculis solitaria, rarius altero imperfecto 
addito, anatropa, erecta v. subhorizontalia, funiculis brevibus placentis basilaribus 
v. angulo interiori adnatis affixa, mieropyle infera. oue spathre tubo demum rupto ài 
inclusm, globosm, v. 2-9-dymse, stigmate Ir 9-loeulares, loculis 1-spi 
Semina ovoidea v. globosa, testa crassiuscula levi, eis magna orbiculari, alb 
dies 07 embryo macropodus.—Herb:e v. suffructices crassi, caudicibus erectis v. basi 
ib Folia subterminali oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, costa ner- 
visque utrinque numerosis crassis, petiolo crasso ulira medium vaginante. Pedunculi 
plures, petiolo breviores. Spatha angusta, tubo elongato convolut 
fauce leviter constricta, lamina tubo paullo longiore aperta anguste cymbiformi z acuminata, 
demum recurva. d Epatfis brevior, pee stipitatus, bud due adnatus ; ; inflo- 
rescentia d' cylind E ; 9 unil lis, elongata, 
Species ad 6, Americze tropicee incole, | Engl. Arac. 444, et in Mart. Fl. Bras, ii. ii. 4. 39. Schott, 
Ie. Aroid. 1. 21 ad 30. Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 151 (Arum). Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 608 (Caladium). Hook. 
Ezot, Dot. t. 1 (Caladiuwm). | Lemaire, Ill. Hortic. t. 387, 470, 471. Regel, Gartenfl. t. 672. 
63. Taccarum, Brongn. mss. ex Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 6b. (Lysistigma, Schott in 
Bonpland. x. 222. Endera, Regel, Gartenfl. 1872, 296, t. 732.)— Flores in spadice inap- 
pendiculato monoici, omnes perfecti, 4 et 9 contigui. Perianthium 0. Fl.d: Stamina 
4-co, in corpus subsessile v. stipitatum peltatum vertice deplanato v. tumido conmata ; 
antherarum loculi peltze appensi, y. circa v. infra apicem stipitis verticillati, lineari- 
