992 €XCIL | AROIDEZE, [Callew., 
accrescente v, decidua. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii v. fasciculati. Spatha ovata $t. 
oblonga, cymbiformis, apieulata, post anthesin reclusa, demum decidua. Spadix spatha 
brevior, sessilis, lind densifl 
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Schenb. ii. t. 184, 185 (Dracontium). / Bot. Mag. t. 5086. * d 
ALLOSCHEMONE, |Schott, Prod. Syst. Aroid. 358; Engl. Arac. 267, genus Brasilianum penitus 
ignotum, a Peppigio i iplete descrip isimiliter species est Monstere, sed stamina 10-12, 
ovarium dubie 1-loculare, et oyulum dubie anatropum. 3 
^ T8. Scindapsus, Schott, Melet. 21; Gen. Aroid. t. 81.—Flores in spadice sessili in- 
ppendieulato h phroditi, omnes fertiles. Perianthium 0. Stamina 4, filamentis 
latiusculis compl apicibus i tis; anthere terminales, loculis connectivum 
superantibus oblongis parallelis v. divaricatis rimis lateralibus dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
prismatieum v. obpyramidatum, vertice dilatato deplanato, l-loculare ; stigma in centro 
vertieis sessile, lineari-oblong dep ; ovulum solitarium, anatropum, funiculo 
brevi placent basilari affixum, micropyle infera.  Baccs» obpyramidate, succos:e, 
l-sperm;e, vertice coriaceo secedente dehiscentes. ^ Semen reniformi-rotundatum, basi 
arillo suceulento instructum, testa dura tenui levi v. verrucosa, albumine 0; embryo 
EE ob v3 H 
p , hipp p — Frutices alte dentes, robusti, raphidibus instructi, ramis 
radicaniibus. Folia ovata oblonga v. oblongo-L lat. inata, nervis i 
arcuatis, petiolo elongato longe lateque vaginante apice geniculato, vagina sspe [r 
Pedunculus: inalis, brevis, crassus. Spatha eymbiformis, rostrata; crassa, mox decidua. 
X. ix spatha brevior, sessili, cylindraceus, densiflorus. 
E om X 
É ies ad 9, Asis tropiere, Arehipelagi Indiei, Nov. Guinere, et ins, Fiji incole. Engl. Arac. 252 ; 
Bot, Jahrb. i. 182 ; et in Bull. Soc. Tosc, Ortic. 1879,270. 
Baecz ex descriptionibus Sehottii et Engleri arcte connexs, sed in exemplaribus nostris S. offi- 
cinalis (typi generis) aliisque certe distinetse sunt, ut apparet ex Roxburghii icone (in. 
In 5. genieulata, Engler (Bull. Soc, Tose. 1. e.) stigma orbiculare! : 
CuscvaniA, Schott in Bouplandia, 1857, 45 ; Gen. Aroid. t. 80; Engl. Arac. 251, ut. nobis videtur 
& Seindapso nullo charactere dato differt, 
Pu 79. Rhaphidophora, Schott, Gen. Avoid. t. TT. (Raphidophora, Hassk. im Flora, 
1842, ii. Beibl. 11, quoad syn. TFoxburghii.) —Flores in spadice sessili inappendi 'ulato her- 
maphroditi, v. pauci abortu 9. Stamina 4-5, filamentis li ib iplanatis 
apicibus abrupte angustatis ; antherze parvie, loculis connectivum superan: bi 
divergentibus rimis elongatis extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium obpyramidati pris- 
máticum, vertice deplanato dilatato, 1- v. imperfecte 2-loculare; stylus in centro verticis 
parvus comicus, v. subelongatus, stigmate rotundato v. oblongo; ovula numerosa, 
anatropa, funieulis brevibus v. elongatis placentis parietalibus v. aciebus semiseptorum 
adnatis affixa, mieropyle infera. Bacom in syncarpium arcte cohsrentes, verticibus 
gl is sponte solvendis, polyspermw. Semina lineari-oblonga, v. turbinato-cylin- 
dracea, funiculo elongato, testa tenui, epidermide solubili, albumine copioso; embryo 
axilis. —Frutices graciles v. robusti, scandentes, raphidibus instructi, ramis radices longis- 
simas solum petentes emittentibus. Folia disticha, inzequilatera, ssepe ampla, lanceolata 
v. ovato-oblonga, coriacea v. submembranacea, integra pertusa v. pinnatifida rarius 
pinnatipartita, segmentis basi latis, petiolo brevi v. elongato longe vaginante apice 
geniculato. Pedunculi terminales, solitarii v. plures. Spatha crassa, cymbiformis, primum 
oblonga et convoluta, demum aperta, sepius rostrata, marcescens, demum decidua. 
:Spadix spatha inclusus, crassus, cylindraceus, densiflorus. 
Species ad 30, Asi; tropicze, Archipelagi Malayani, Australiz, et ins. maris Pacifiei incole, eum 
paucis Africanis. Esgl, Arac. 238, excl, sp. 18 ; in Bot. Jahrb. i. 180; et im. Bull. Soc. Tvsc. Ortic. 
1879, 268. Wight, Ic. t. 179 et 781 (Seindapsus). Wall. Pl. As. Rar, ii. 4, 156, 192. Uo Gard. 
Chron. 1874, ii: fig. 124 (ubi ovula omnia basilaria depicta). 
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ad plantam Javanicam conditum quam prius in Flora le. absque dnbio, postea 
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