908 CXCL  AROIDEJE, [Orontiec. 
brevibus adscendentibus placentis angulo interiori adnatis 9-seriatim aflixa, micropyle 
infera.  Baccw globose v. oblongo-coniez, 3-loculares, loculis 1-9-spermis. Semina 
oblonga, recta v. eurvula, umbilico laterali, testa coriacea v. crasse crustacea striato- 
lata v. lata, raphe prominula, alb copioso ; embryo axilis.—Herbe sub- 
aeaules, raphidibus instructz. Folia oblonga v. ! lat; inata v. cusp 1 t 
costa valida, nervis tenuibus arcuatis, petiolo elongato longe vaginante suwpissime apice 
geniculato. Spatha foliacea, I oblonga v. 1 lata, acuta 1 ia v. 
caudato-acuminata, demum late explanata, accrescens et persistens. Spadix Spatha 
brevior, sessilis v. stipitatus, stipite interd spath: adnato, cylindraceus, densiflorus, 
sursum florens. 
tylo py id exserto. JSchoít, Aroid. 
1. 3, $ B, 5,6. Regel, Gartenfl. t. 138. Jacq. Coll. iv. 118 ; Jc. Rar. iii. . 612 (Dracontium).  HypNo- 
- soleto; ovula in loculis 2, medio septo affixa. — Ill. Hortic, 1877, t. 159 (Anthurium). | Masters in. 
... Gard. Chron. 1875, i. f. 109 (Anth USA Engl. in Gard. Chron. 1871, i. 139. Riegel, 
^ — Gartenfl. 920. " 
3. Massowia, Engl. Arac. 228. Perianthii segmenta in eupulam truneatam v. 6-lobam connaia. 
Stamina 6. Ovarium 3-loculare, vertice planiuseulo, stigmate sessili triangulari, loculis 2-6-ovulatis. 
Schott, Aroid. t. 1. Engl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii, £. 16,/.1,2. Pepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 
ji.6. 295. Mig. in Ann, Mus. Lugd. Dat, iii. t. 1, 2. Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. A71 (Pothos). Bot. Mag. 
1. 608 (Pothos). — André in Ill. Hort. xxiv. t. 269 CAnthurium). Massovia, C. Koch in Bot. Zeit. 
1852, 277. SrPATHIPHYLLOPsIS, Teysm. et. Binnend. in. Nat. Tijdschr. Neerl. Ind. xxvii. 16, ex Mig. 
in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 79. Lxvcocurauys, Popp. i» Herb. 
be EX A;nbliscoon, N. E. Brown, mss. Perianthii segmenta in urceolum oblongum 4-gonum truncatum 
connata. Ovarium oblongum, 2-4-loculare, stylo brevi ; ovula angulo interiori affixa. Bacca mono- 
sperma,—Zns. Aru. ] 
94. Anthurium, Schott iw Wien. Zeitschr. iii. 898 ; ex ejus Ic. Aroid. t. 11 ad 20 ; Gen. 
Aroid. t. 94.— Flores in spadice i diculato I hroditi, omnes fertiles. Perianthii 
d segmenta 4, cuneata v. oblonga, apicibus fornicatis, exteriora interiora siepe includentia, 
post anthesin aucta. Stamina 4, fil ü planatis ovatis li ibus oblongis v. 
tri laribus ; antherze terminales, loculis tivum sup tibus erectis v. divergen- - 
tibus rimis porisve magnis dehiscentibus. Ovarium obl id bovoid 
T *. j 
2-loculare, vertice truncato v. in stylum brevem conicum attenuato ; stigma parvum, 
discoideum v. oblongum et 2-lobum, lobis conniventibus ; ovula in loculis 1-2, anatropa 
v. Dy pa v. fere orthotropa, ovoidea v. lageniformia, funiculis brevibus placentis 
spongiosis medio v. apicem versus septi adnatis affixa, micropyle infera. Baco» forma 
variz, 2-loculares, loculis rarius 2-spermis, maturitate gradatim e perianthio protruss et 
filis binis e inil gment lvendis spadici appense. | Semina oblonga, plano- 
convexa v. hippocrepica, micropyle p la, testa striata verrucosa granulata v. punctu- 
lata, albumine carnoso ; embryo axilis.—Herbie perennes, v. frutices caudice robusto 
brevi v. elongato io v. et radicante, vagin: oppositifolize sepe defectu 
E foliorum superposite. Folia integra, lobata v. partita, crasse coriacea, petiolo brevi v. 
elongato tereti v. sulcato apice genieulato basi breviter vaginante. Pedunculi ssepius 
elongati. Spatha ovata elliptica v. lanceolata, crasse coriacea, explanata v. cucullata v. 
torta, in pedunculum sepe desinens, persistens et accrescens. —Spadix sessilis v. stipitatus, 
cylindraceus v. conicus, interd valde elongatus, fructifer plerumque auctus, sursum 
florens. 
Species ad 160 bene notz, Americz tropiee incole, | Engl. Arac. 103 ef 637, et in. Mart. Fl. Bras, d 
iii. H. £T ad 1. Papp. ct. Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. t, 293, 294. H. B. et K. Nov, Gen. et. Sp. i. 
4 18 ad 20 (Pothos). ' Vell. Fl. Flu, Ic. ix. t. 121 ad 126 (Pothos).  Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 14, 267, 
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