Dieffenbachiea. ] OXOL AROIDEA. | à 980 
interioris adnatis affixa. Fructus . . .—Herbw. Folia. . . Pedunculus brevis. Spatha . 
persistens, navicularis, fere ad basin hians. Spadix spatha brevior, conico-cylindraceus, 
stipitatus ; inflorescentia d' densifl 5 9 stipiti spadicis zequil ovariis in verticill 
4 remotiusculos dispositis. " ^ 
Species 1, ins. Carari maris Sualiei incola. Planta a Gaudichaudio detecta, a nobis non visa, ex 
sententia N. E. Brownii verisimiliter Pseudodracontio affinis. . 
Tarsus VIIL —SPATHICARPEZX. 
T 70. Spathicarpa, Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 147, t. 77.— Flores in spadice inappendieulato 
& per totam longitudinem spathze adnato monoici, omnes perfecti, d e& 9 seriebus paucis 
longitudinalibus dispositi, exteriores 9. Perianthium 0. Fl. d: Stamina 3-4, cum 
: ovarii rudimentum in corpus peltatum graciliter stipitatum connata ; antherc breves, pelize 
5. suborbiculari v. obtuse quadratz appensze, loculis contiguis poris subap icalibus dehi; 
tibus; pollen vermiforme. Fl. 9: Staminodia 3-6, minuta, globosa v. depresso-peltata, 
ovario aecumbentia. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum v. lagenif 1-oculare, in stylum 
conieum attenuatum, stigmate pulvinari integro v. obscure 3-4-sulcato ; ovulum ortho- 
tropum, erectum, sessile, fundo loculi affixum, micropyle supera. Bacce minute, ovoidez, 
stylo coronatz et staminodiis cinctz. Semen ovoideum, erectum, funiculo crasso, testa 
brunnea extus viridi succosa, albumine copioso; embryo axilis.—Herbe rhizomate 
* tuberoso, foliis floribusque cotaneis. Folia membranacea, lanceolata, v. hastato- v. 
: sagittato-cordata v. hastato-3-secta, petiolo elongato longe vaginante. Pedunculi graciles, 
folia sup t Spatha oblongo-l lat; inat b demum aperta, 
longitudinaliter nervosa, reticulata, basi apiceque convoluta, persistens. | Spadix semi- 
cylindraceus, spatha brevior, densi- v. laxi-flora. à 
Species ad 8, Brasilie et Paraguayze incole. Engl. Arac. 530, et in. Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. ii. t. 61. 
Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 61. Peyritsch, Aroid. Maaimil. t. 12 ad 15. 
* 
d T1. Spathanthéum, Bchott in Bonplandia, 1859, 165.—Flores in spadice inappendiculato 
^per totam longitudinem spathz adnato monoici, omnes perfecti, d' et 9 seriebus paucis 
longitudinalibus dispositi, exteriore 9. Peri hi . Fl: Stamina 4-7 distincta 
v. filamentis connatis, v. tota in corpus peltatum stipitatum connata ; anthere oblong:e, 
liberc v. apicem versus stipitis verti illatze, loculis contiguis rimulis apicalibus dehiscen- 
tibus. Fl.9: Staminodia 4—0, brevia, ovarium cingentia, basi dilatata, apice capitata. 
- Ovarium lageniforme, 4-co-loculare ; stylus elongatus, stigmate 4-2o-lobo, lobis patenti- 
recurvis ; ovula in loculis solitaria, anatropa, funiculis longiuseulis placentis basi anguli 
interioris adnatis affixa, micropyle infera. Fructus . . .—Herb:e, rhizomate tuberoso, 
foliis floribusque co:etaneis, v. uno post alterum evoluto. Folia longe graciliterque p tiolat 
. cordata M sagittato-ovatà, integra v. pi fido-lobata. Ped lus gracilis, folia sub- 
zquans. Spatha oblongo-l lat L I demum aperta, longitu- 
dinaliter nervosa et reticulata, basi apiceque obscure convoluta, persistens. Spadix semi- 
cylindraceus, spatha brevior, laxiflora. : ^ * 
Species 2 nobis cognitz, altera Boliviana, S. Orbignyana, Schott l.c.; Engl. Arae. 580, foliis 
integris floribus non cowtaneis et staminibus in corpus peltatum connatis; altera, GAMOCHLAMYS 
heterandra, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, 164, et in Saund. Ref. Bot. v. t. 346, patria ignota, stamini- 
bus partim liberis partim connatis. Ovula in ambabus certe'anatropa, nec ut descripserunt Schott et, 
orthotropa. 
Engler orthotropa. a 
TRinUs IX CaLLEX. - 
x2. Ca1la, Linn. Gen. n. 1030. (Provenzalia, Adans. Fam. Nat. ii. 469.)—Flores in 
&padice stipitato inappendiculato omnes hermaphroditi, fertiles v. supremi d.  Peri- 
anthium 0. Stamina ad 6, filamentis linearibus ; antherce brevissime, loculis i 
cong llipsoideis divaricatis rimis elongatis dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovoideum, 
Là 
