Callec.] CXCL AROIDEZF. *^ 908 
in Hov. et Vriese, "Tijdschr. c eum dubio, ids Pothon pertusum, Roxb., retulit. Nomen a Schottio et 
Englero pro specie R: ig que receptum est. Planta javanica typus est generis 
Fpipreini, Schott. 
80. Epipremnum, Schott in Bonplandia, 1897, 45 ; Gen. Avoid. t. 79. (Raphidophora, 
Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 1844, gi EDU et dn Jus et. Vriese, Tijdselw. 1842, 168.)— 
Flores in spadice sóssili i hroditi, v. pauci inferiores 9.  Perian- 
pp 
thium 0. Stamina 4, fil ntis linearibus ctionis latiusculis ; anthere parvi, 
terminales, loculis connectivum superantibus lineari-oblongis contiguis parallelis v. diver- 
gentibus, rimis extrorsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium obpy idatum v. pr ticum, 1- v. 
imperfecte 2-loculare, vertice dilatato deplanato ; stylus in centro verticis brevis. v. 0, 
stigmate lineari-oblongo ; ovula 2 v. plura, anatropa, funiculis brevibus placentis basi 
semiseptorum v. parietalibus affixa, micropyle infera. Bacci liberté v. in syncarpium 
cohrerentes, superficiebus lutinatis sponte solvendi Semen reniforme, 
hilo lati lo albo, albumine crasso ; embryo  axilis, curvus, gracilis.— 
Frutices scandentes, raphidibus instructi, caüdicibus I hbngakis radices aereas longissimas 
solum petentes emittentibus. Folia disticha, ovata i data v. l lat sepe 
ampla, inzequilatera, integra pertusa v. pinnatifida, petiolo elongato basi vaginante apice 
geniculato. Pedunculi terminales, breves v. elongati, solitarii v. plures, Spatha crassa, 
cymbiformis, primum oblonga et convoluta, demum aperta, sepius rostrata, marcescens, 
decidua. Spadix spatha inclusus, crasssus, cylindraceus, densiflorus. 
Species ad 8, Arehipelagi Malayani et insularum maris Pacifiei incole. Engl. Arae. 248 ; Bot. 
Jahrb. i. 182 ; et in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1879, 269. .N. E. Brown in Trin. Journ, Bot. 1882, 332. 
Genus male definitum, ulterius serutandum, verisimiliter pro sectione Z?haphidophore: habendum. 
Exi icone Sehottii ovula E fertilia basilaria, eum innumeris abortivis aciei placentee insertis. Ovula 
exd ione Hasskarlii (sub Zhaphidophora) 2-na. In speciebus nuperrime ab Englero deseriptis 
(Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 1. €.) ovula 2-na v. plura, secus totam longitudinem placentis parallelis inserta, 
Baccze libere ex Hasskarlio, sed fide Engleri eonnate, 
. 81. ! Amyarium, Schott. in Aia. Ann. Mus, x s Bat. à iti. -Flores in spadice 
sessili inapp 0. Stamina 4, filamentis 
linearibus latiusculis ; antherze terminales, loculis volde Timulis extrorsum dehiscen- 
tibus. Ovarium obpyramidatum, 4-gonum ; stylus ovario crassior, vertice medio elevatus, 
stigmate parvo rotundato ; ovula in loculis solitaria, anatropa, funiculis brevibus placentis 
basi adnatis affixa. Fructus . Herba prorepens, rhizomate tenui dense foliato. 
Folia. oyato- v. rotundáto-cordata, costa tenui, nervis ad 4, nervulis laxe areolatis, petiolo 
brevi suleato apice geniculato. Peduneulus erectus, petiolo brevior. Spatha conchi-- 
formis, apieulata. - í 
Speeies 1, Archipelagi Malayani ineola, —.£ug/. Arac. 100, Genus imperfecte cognitum, stigmate 
in tribu alieno, a nobis non visum, 
"TRIBUS X. | ZAMIOCULCASIEX. - 
82. Zamioculcas, Schott, Synops. Aroid. 71.—Flores in spadice ii pdlisuli abortu 
monoici, superiores d ovariis effectis, inferiores 9 staminibus effotis v. 0, interspatio 0. 
Perianthii segmenta 4, to-sp lata, apicibus truncatis incrassatis. Fl. d: Stamina 
4, filamentis brevibus subclavatis inclusis, apicibus tati ; antheris minute, terminales, 
loculis tivum bag ribiuHa" piealibus dehi; ; pollen vermiforme. 
Ovarium effeetum. FL 9: Stamina 4, imperfecta. Ovarium oblongum vy. ovoideum, 
9-loculare, in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate pulvinari; ovula in loculis solitaria, 
subamphitropa, f dis brevibus placentis septo duds affixa, micropyle infera. 
Fructus . . .—Herb:e rhizomate brevi v. horizontali, inferne tubera sessilia emittente, 
supeme folia 1-2-pedalia eum infl ti parva p ferent Folia plura, crasse 
petiolata, imparipinnata, pinnis alternis 6-8-jugis, v. bipinnata pinnis pinnulisque oppositis 
eum rhachi articulatis deeiduis reticulatis, petiolo supra medium nodoso-incrassato basi 
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