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funiculo brevi placentz parietali affixum, micropyle ampla infera. . Bacca obovoidem ... 
— Herba elata, caudice prorepente. | Folia b ampla, juniora: sagittato-hastata, 
adulta pedatipartita, seg remotis ilibus v. inferioribus petiolulatis elongato- 
lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis acuminatis, petiolo valde elongato gracili ima basi vagi- 
nante, Pedunculus pr:waltus, gracilli Spatha 1 lata, longe inata, inferne 
breviter convoluta, superne torta, membranacea, decidua. Spadix spatha multo brevior, 
cylindraceus, stipite spathie adnato. 
Species 1, Peninsule Indiz orientalis incola. — Engl. A4rac. 274. 
91. Ophione, Schott in Gsterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1807, 101; Gen. Aroid. t. 89.—Flores 
in spadice sul ili inappendiculato 1 phroditi, omnes fertiles. — Perianthii segmenta 
4-D, cuneata, apicibus late dilatatis truncatis dorso tuberculatis, irregulariter imbricata. 
Stamina 4-5, filamentis linearibus dorso subcarinatis, apicibus abrupte angustatis ; antherwe 
terminales, loculis tivum sup tibus contiguis erectis obovoideis, rimis subapi- 
calibus hiantibus dehiseentibus. Ovarium breviter ovoideum, 4-5-loculare, in stylum 
crassum conicum attenuatum, stigmate parvo obscure 4-lobo ; ovula in loculis solitaria, 
semi-anatropa; funiculis brevibus placentis angulo interiori adnatis affixa, micropyle infera. 
Fructus . . .—Herba tuberosa. Folia... Pedunculus ultra vaginas exsertus, gracilis. 
Spatha 1 lata, superne luta, margine superiore reflexo. Spadix spatha multo 
brevior, brevissime stipitatus, cylindraceus, obtusus, deorsum florens. ; 
Species 1, Nove Grenade incola. Engl. Arac, 281. Exemplar mancum tantum vidimus. 
Deseriptio ex ieone et descriptione Sehottii desumpta. 
99. Cyrtosperma, Griff. Notul. iii. 149 ; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 169.— Flores in spadice inap- 
pendiculato h phroditi, omnes fertiles. Perianthii segmenta 4-8, subtruncata, forni- 
cata, varie imbricata. Stamina 4-8, filamentis brevibus latis complanatis apicibus abrupte 
angustatis ; antherz filamento breviores, terminales, loculis t n tibi 
ovato-oblongis rimis elongatis extrorsum dehiscentibus, Ovarium cylindraceo-ovoideum, 
1-loculare ; stigma sessile, pulvinare ; ovula 1-2 v. plura, semi-anatropa, funiculis elon- 
gatis placentis parietalibus ad apicem loculi extensis 2-seriatim affixa, micropyle infera 
ampla. Baecze globosme, confert, leves, oligo- rarius 5-7-sperme. Semina reniformia v. 
rotundata, compressa, cristata, testa crassula crustacea, albumine parco carnoso ; embryo 
curvus.— Herbie rhizomate tuberoso v. elongato, petiolis ped lisq pissime spinulosi 
v. verrucosis. Folia hastata, lobis posticis elongatis, nervis patentibus arcuatis, petiolo 
elongato basi vaginante. Spatha ovato-l lata v. oblonga, ima basi convoluta, dein 
. aperta, lamina recta v. torta, tota diu persistens. Spadix spatha brevior, sessilis v, 
stipitatus, cylindraceus v. globosus, densiflorus, deorsum florens. * 
Species ad 16, Asiz, Africe et Americze tropic ineole. — Engl. Arac. 268, et in Bull. Soc, Tosc, 
Ortic. 1879, 295. Genus in sectiones sequentes divisum :— 
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/7 98. Spathiphyllum, Schott, Melet. i. 92; Gen. Aroid. t. 93; Aroid. i. t. 1 ad 6.— 
Flores in spadice inappendiculato hermaphroditi, omnes fertiles. . Perianthii segmenta 4, 6, 
v. 8, connata v. in cupulam truncatam v. lobatam cohierentia, apicibus truncatis v. fornicatis 
et regulariter imbricatis 3-4 exterioribus interiores tegentibus. Stamina4, 6 v. 8, filamentis 
brevibus plano-convexis antheris angustioribus v. latioribus ; antherc terminales, loculis 
d tivum sup tibus oblongis erectis rimis elongatis extrorsum dehiscentibus. 
" Ovarium oblongum, 3-4-loculare, truncatum v. in stylum conicum brevem v. elongatum et 
Jonge exsertum productum, stigmate 3-6-lobo; ovula in loculis 2-8, anatropa, funiculis 
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