HBI.ICONIA. 



PENTANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. 



Sgi 



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Circa Carccas 



Fc^lunculi 



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^inentum, sextum petajiforme, tridentatum. 

 et in Guianar 2|.. 



4» * H. psittacorumi foliis glaberrimis nervosis basi ro- 

 tuntlatis, inflorescentia glojDerrima, spadice erecto ebracteato, 

 nectario lanceolato adnato. I^inn^ Suppl, i58. f^Vitld, 



Spec. I, p. 1188. Fischer Comment. Mosqn. I. P. /.1. 4. 

 f. //. Redoute hiL III, t. i5o. Anfir e ivs Re- 



phs. t. 194» Tr at tinh. thesaur. /. 26. 



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C^ulls tercs lacvls slmplex* Folia radicalia lanccolata pedalia 

 petiolata statura Cannae; caulina altcrna parva remota scs- 

 silia conduplicata Tradescantiae ^ 3-4? lanccolata. 

 4 - 5 aiillares brcves uniflori. Flores colore luteo et rubro va- 

 riegati. Cor, dipetala lanccolata triquetra. Petalum inferius 

 angustius , carinatinn, apice macwJa fucca; superius aequalc 

 triplo latius, dorso plano utrlnque cariaato, apice bifiJo. jVcc- 

 tarium infra petaluin supcrius , ovato- lanceolatuin, longifudinc 

 'petali, dorso fere ad apiccm pe*talo adnatum. Filamcnta 5 basi 

 in^erta, linearia, longiludlne corollae, Antberac crcclae, ob- 

 longac, sulcatac. Gcrmen infeyum triquctrum truncatnm. Sly- 

 lus triqueter longitudine floris. Stigma acutum. Capsula tri- 

 gona rclusa trilocularis trisperma glabra. Scinen in singulo 

 Ioculan>cnto unicum, oblongum, glaberrimum, apici loculaMicn-\ 

 torum insertum ; glandula cristata crcnala ad insortionem. 

 Linn. In Surinam^ in umbrosis Caripe et ad ripam Jluv. 



Magdalenae, 2|.. 



5. H. Stonrtziana^ foliis caulinis basi rotundalis, spa- 

 dice terminali flexuoso, spatliis lanceolatis , nectario lanceo- 

 lato concavo integro. H. psittacorum Swartz ohs 98. 



H. Psitlacornm /J. glabra, foliis lancej^latis ellipticis acumina- 

 tis, spathis ereclis lanceolalis» Curtis Mag, /. 5o2. ad 



Banks MS. 



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8 pcd. ; caulis teres rectus laevis superne nudus, infcrn^^foliii 

 glabris nitidis, petiolis vaginantibus mcmbranaccis , aplce dc- 

 mum fljcxuosuf, spatba ad flexuram quamvis concava, e qua 

 florcs in pedunculis brevibys raccmosi, clausi sub antbcsi, de- 

 florati brevi antequam decidunt , patentes. Cor. revera mono- 

 petala, in lacinias 5 divisa, qnarum 3 extcriores vulgo jro pe- 

 talif babenlur, interiores 2 pro nectario. Segmexila a supcri.o- 

 ra corollac subllnearia, nectaxii dorso dlmidia sui partc adnr- 

 ta; inferius similc, scd majis excavatum , nectarii margincs 

 amplexans. INeclarii scgmcntum supcrius 8capboi<^leum, acumi 

 natum, marg|ne clausum, genitalia rccondenj et segmcn^urn 

 ncclarli infcrius , lincarc, spalbulstum, \xt Jassiaeo a\Viii\uQ 

 sit stamen 6. impcrfcctum. . Laciniae oinnes coruUae aurrac, 

 fascia pone apicem atra, spatba aurantiaeo - flava. Stamina lon 

 gltudine Netfarli. ' Antherae e membrana conyoluta, poUcn 

 contineiiS albi;m. Gcrmen obtusum, 5- corniculatum, trilocuiarc, 

 loculifl i-spcrmis. Stigma incurvuin, plumosura- — Curii$. 

 In Januiicae s^ Ivis montosis tatdius, '4. 



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