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fere undique hirtge. Stamina 3 (v. 4 ?) iniequilonga, bracteam 

 raro sequantia; filamenta crassluscula. Ovarium bractea multo 

 brevius, depressum, stigmatibus (seu styll ramis) linearibus lon- 

 giusculis 3 V. rarius 4 vix recurvis. Baccse oblongse, linea 

 paullo longiores, mutua pressione angulatse^ cum staminibus et 

 bractea plus minus accretse, glabrje, stigmatum vestigiis coronatse. 



In sylvis juxta Popayan. 



1401. Peperomia Hartwegiana, Miq. in Lond. Joum. Bot. 4. 

 p. 425. — Supra arborum truncos, in Paramo de Guanacos. prov. 



Popayan. 



1402* Anthukium nitidnm, sp. n., caule elongate reptante, 

 foliis longissime petiolatis, lamina deflexa deltoideo-lanceolata 

 abrupte acuminata basi profunde cordata auriculis rotundatis 

 pedalinervi subcoriacea supra nitida, pedunculo petiolo breviore, 

 spatba remota oblongo-lanceolata erecta spadice breviore. — Plu- 

 ribus notis convenit cum descr. A. breviscapi Poepp., sed folium 

 basi multo angustius quam longum et spatha proportione angus- 

 tior. Folium adest pede paullo longius, basi 7 poll, latum. Petiolum 

 non vidi. Pedunculus pedalis. Spatba 4 poll, longa, 10 lin. 

 lata, rigide parallelivenia, apice abrupte acuminata, a spadice 9 

 lin. remota. Spadix crassiusculus, 4-pollicaris. Squamse 4, a 

 supra vis^ triangulares. Antherse subexsertse. Ovarium bilo- 

 culare.— In ascensu ad Paramo de Guanacas, prov. Popayan, altit. 



9,500 ped. .■ r r- 



1403. Anthuritjm siipitaiitm, sp. n., caulescens, radicans, loins 



petiolatis oblongis longe acuminatis basi rotundatis, venis late- 

 ralibus patulis ante marglnem et in ipso margine confluentibus, 

 scapo gracili folio subbreviore, spatba remota lanceolata deflexa 

 spadice multo breviore. — Rhizoma in terram reptans. Vaginae 

 stipulares membranacese, 1-5 poll, longae. Petioli 5-^ poll, longi. 

 Folia C-8 poll, longa, 2 poll, lata, acumine longo angusto, costa 

 adest tenuissima vix a margine distincta, praeter venam irregula- 

 rem a margine 2-3 lin. dist^ntem. Scapus lO-pollicans. Spatha 

 IJ poll, longa, 3 Un.lata. Spadix gracilis, bipollicaris, in stipite 

 fere poUicari. Flores omnino A. reticulati- Species A. micro- 

 phyllo proxima differt foliorum forma et spadice bis terve lon- 

 giore.— Juxta fluvium Palace, prov. Popayan. 



* Anthurium reticulatum, sp. n., caulescens, radicans, foliis 

 longe petiolatis lanceolato-elongatis basi angustatis nitidulls, nervis 

 irregulariter divergentibus anastomosantibus ante marginem et in 

 ipso margine confluentibus, costa dorso rotundata striata, petiolis 

 dorso carinatis intus canaliculatis et angulato-striatis apice leviter 

 tumidis, folio 2-3-plo brevioribus, spadicibus longe pedunculatis 

 rectiusculis, spatha approximata reflexa lanceolata cuspidata spa- 

 dice breviore. — Khizoma subscandens, pluripedalis. Folia U-2 

 pedes longa, 2| poll, lata, submembranacea, venis margmalibus 

 a margine l-U lin. distantibus. Petiolus 9 poll, longus, ba^i 



