$990 m CXCL AROIDEJE. [Callec. 
1-loculare, in stylum brevem conicum attenuatum, stigmate parvo pulvinare ; ovula 6-9, 
bounded Metis Mei brevibus placentce Tadilati affixa, micropyle infera. Baccs 
ti vertice sulcatz, polysperm:s. Semina oblonga, tere- 
Muss raphe jroaimdie iesta crassa micropylen versus striata, chalaza tumida, albu- 
mine copioso ; neun axilis. —Herba Aquation, rhizomate repente elongato annulato folia 
disticha et ped basi t Folia ovato- v. rotundato-cordata, 
nervis numerosis tenuissimis arcuatis, cuspidata, petiolo elongato basi longe vaginante. 
Peduneulus petiolum cbseqi Spatha ia v. elliptica, acuminata, tota 
aperta, basi in pedunculum breviter decurrens, alb accrescens et persistens. Spadix 
brevis, spatha multo brevior, longe stipitat ipsoid v. cylind , multi- 
densiflorus. 
Species 1, Europ: medize et borealis, epe Ameriez boreali-orientalis incola. Engl. rac, 213. 
Schott, Gen. Aroid. t. 69. — Gertn. Fruct. ii. £. 84..— Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. iii. n. 38. L. C. 
Rich. in Guillem. Archiv. i, t. 2. Schkuhr, Handb. t.278. Bot. Mag. t. 1831. 
38. RIEN CIORHOBE Schott, Gen. Aroid. 70.—Flores in spadice stipitato inappen- 
7f diculato omnes h di Perianthium 0. Stamina 4, filamentis complanatis 
apicibus abrupte angustatis ; j CN doen connectivum superantes, loculis oblongo- 
ovoideis d ti rimulis :blaterali ibus ; pollen pul . Ovarium ob- 
ti riice depl Milsteto 4-gono, incomplete 2-loculare ; 
stylusin MEO: Sos minutus, ideus, stigmate lin blongo ; ovula in loculis 4-6, 
collateralia, anatropa, erecta, funiculis breviusculis placentis basi septi adnatis affixa, 
micropyle infera. Baccem parvulm, obovoide:, truncatie, 2- loculares, loculis 2-4-spermis, 
vertice operculatim dehiscentes. Semina clavata, teretiuscula, testa crassula, chalaza 
tumida, albumine copioso; embryo axilis.—Héerb:s v. suffrutices raphidibus instructi, 
caudice elongato Scandente ad nodos radicante. Folia disticha, coriacea, lanceolata, 
nervis imis, petiolo brevi v. elongato interdum per totam 
longitudi: t Ped I terminalis, petiolo vaginatus, sirictus. Spatha 
navicularis, convoluta, demum aperta, tota decidua. Spadix spatha multo brevior, longe 
Meam Merten 
"AMA Rhodospatha, Popp. et Endt, Nov. en. et. Sp. iii. 91, 4. 300.—Flores in spadice | 
stipitato i pp omnes h phroditi v. inferiores 9 . Perianthium 0. Stamina 4, 
li ib planati; apicibus tatis ; antherz terminales, loculis con- 
nectivum sup ibus parallelis v. Hl Ilipsoideis, rimis elongatis m 
, 
LA m uf. h dat ; n 
; pollen ; Ovarium T v. icum, vertice 
dilatate depen 2-loculare ; stigma in centro verticis parvum, oblongum, depressum ; 
ovula in loculis plura, semianatropa v. campylotropa, funiculis breviusculis placentis septo 
adnatis ad apicem loculi extensis 2-seriatim affixa, mieropyle hiante infera. Baccze parvule, 
oblong:, 4-6-gonze, truncatz, 2- loculares, polysperm:s. Semina imbricata, reniformia, 
compressa, obtuse cristata, crista t , testa d parco ; 
embryo hi —Frutices dent phidil instructi, ramis radicantibus. 
Folia disticha, elliptico-oblonga, inata, nervis is arcuatis parallelis, petiolo 
cum lamina subzequil. longe vaginante apice geniculato. Pedunculi basi longe vaginati, 
graciles, Spatha - eymbiformis, rostrata, Funvim Spadix spatha brevior, cylindraceus, 
densiflorus, stipite elongato. LI : 
Species 6 v. 7, Americe tropiem ineole. Engl. 4rae. 231, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. di. &. 17. 
— Peyritsch, Aroid, Maximi, t. 29, 30. Fructus a nobis non visus. 
R. Wendlandii, Schott in ie. Herb. Vindob, ex Engl. Arae. 235, spathze articulate? vagiua persis- 
tente et lamina decidua, eujus patria ignota, nobis ignota est. 
ATiMETA, Schott, Gen. Aroid, (. 71; Peyritsch, Aroid. Mazimil. t. 19, 20, ad species A'hodospatha 
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