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sd 



sensim longiores, somipedales, ba^ilares iiifcnic aurioulati, terniinala 

 subincisus, onines oblongi, intcrdiim Icvitcr obovati, falcali, basi inaoqul- 

 lateri, aciili, subcoriacci vel diartaceo rigidi, nitidi, lactc virldcs, pen- 

 nincrvii: rhachis compresso semiteres, supra vald(i con\cxa , aabius sulco 

 profundissimo tauquam biparlita; iier»us lobori.m primnrlus supra carina- 

 tus, subtus planus, utrinqae albuy; neni lateral cs luimcrosi, aiiffnTo «ru- 

 tissimo ab costa seccdentcs, margiuein versus arcuntim conflucnfos, ntrla- 

 qiie exserti. Pcdunculus ex siiprema axilla ovU\9 ^ erectns, nlindrlcus, 

 carnosus, cxtus roseus, polliccm umnn crassus, Lasi vaginis seto^o lur- 

 sutis cinctus, qiiiiique ad sex poUices loug;us. Spallia ovalo c^iublforiuis, 

 obtnsa, ad medium usque convoluta, apicc concavo angustc hiaus, coria- 

 ceo carnosa, lacvis, nervosa, nitlda, exhis Candida, inius rosea, dimi- 

 dium pedcm longa. Spadix sessilFs, oxartc c>l;iidricus5 ohiiisiv^cfmus, ?cs- 



^ - 



totum spadlrcm hcrmaphroaili. S^tumina diaa-dinMli na nhw ouTInc inanf- 



fcMo cirrum OTaria disposita, cadcui luu-iludiiu' liaud adaffpiniitia : ni;i- 

 incnl^a plana, lata; antlierao oblougac, bi!ocularcs, latere longifudinatit^r 

 drhiscciitr>. (haria llhera . uniltwularia; ovuUim snlitarlnm, basi fixum, 



crectum. obovatum. Sli:rina ^.c^^sile, rbomlieinn, rernira dixt nb!nn-a, 

 rima longilndinali pcrtusa. Bacca matura i^uota. 



Ou>KRVATio, Genus SciNDAi'M, quautum ^cin. ,s rxtra iUiuui nun- 



a an;;c- 



qinpollicera crassus. Florcs in lineis spiralibus rogularlter disposili, per j rum forma ^aldc di^cr.sac. 



quam rcpcrlum, lilc specie ;unf*rlcana sine dubio ad SciXDArsos duct 

 tur; vctuit liabitas, vetucnint spalbac forma ac ovurii «tructura itirncm 

 nostram ^L^vstfuts adnuracraic. Forsitan ncc unica bacc in Oibc no^o 

 provenit species j ade^f enim icon prrfccta sed deficit dcscriptio et spc- 

 ci/ncn siccum plantao olim In Pcrnua a Jiubis reperlac Inh^r ipsas Aroi- 



deas ing^ontls, Silmkicso no^tro ^abU ^i/nlh'ii, parlfum proportione, folio- 



> 



X 



A 



N 



T 



II 



M 



XANTIIOSOMA ^ciiott. MclCt. 19. Esnucu. Gen. nr. ' verrucosis, aurantiis, eluliauais corn; it,>i(urii. riuttu.N .spa<liae basi per 



1686. Km. Enum. 111. 44. ARI sp. J.xcq. Hnrt. sdionbi-. 11 



32. t. 188. Liyx. CALADU sp. Ykstes. Ccls. 39. Willd 

 CALL AE sp. MicHx. 1 lor. IL 187. 



XANTH0S031A PLBESCKNS. Tau. CCIC 



X, acaulej hirto pubescensj foliis ovatis vcl ellipticis, coitla- 

 tisj lobis baseos rotundatisj spadice spatliam ventricosanij acidani 

 adacquanle. 



Crescit in sylvis humidis Fevuviae suhandlnac Quvhrada 

 de CassapL Januario PorchaL 



Ilcrba acaiiiis, tenera, laxa, praetcr vaginas pctiolares.undique pnbe 

 hirta, in pagina folionim superiore rigida et scabrida obtccta. lUiizoma 

 tuberosum, tubcris^-So/i^^i magnitudinc, extus fuscum, intns snbcarno- 

 sum , album , parum succosum , sapore acerrimo praeditum , iuodorum ; 

 radiculae mmierosae, ranmlosae, teretes, glabrae , uni-bipollicaic^. Pc- 

 lioli erecli, scuiorcs laxi, semitcreteSj supra profundc canaliculati, basi 

 ntxunque late membranaceo niarginata sese in^iccm vaginantes, apicc in 

 nervum continni circitcr pedem longi, \irides. Folia sinmltanea, cordata, 

 rarius snbsagittata-, lobis distantibus, rotuudatis, acuta, margine leviter 

 undulata, nervo satis crasso, subtus prominulo pcrciirsa, parallclo vciiosa, 

 subtus reticulata, membranacea, viridia, juniora elliptica, seniora ovata, 

 decern poUices longa, sex pollices lata. Scapus petiolo bre\ior, teres, 

 erectus; fructifer dcflexus. Spatha in scapum paullo deciirrens, erecta, 

 oblonga, acumine brcvi obtusiusculo terminata, convoluta, superne bians^ 

 ovalis, ventricosa, in alabastro medio paullo constiicta, nervosa, reticii- 

 lato venosa, pnbescens, tenuiter membranacea, viridi flavescens, <res 

 pollices longa, Spadix interrupte androgynus, indc basi subglobosa focmi- 

 neus, medio constrictus et antbcris rudImenta^ii^ tectus, apice longe clavato 

 masculus. Stamina lineis spirallbus arctis regulariter disposita; antlierae 

 liueares, imilociilares, apice rima oblonga debiscentes, denac vel plures 

 in conucctivo verticillatac, dorso adimtae; conncctivum conicum, apicc 

 truncato in discum quinqnelobum , emarginatura, carnosum, planum, locu- 

 lorum rimis perforatum extensum. Stamina rudlraentaria circiter octavam 

 spadicis partem obtegentia, admodum irregularia, utplurimum obtuse rhoni- 

 bca, truncata, plana, carnosa. Ovaria densissima, sessilia, cylindnca, 

 nervosa, bi - quadrilocularia; ovula numerosissiraa, angulo loculi interno 

 seriatim affixa, borlzoutalia, fimicnlo apice expanso, byalino, sustentaj 

 istylus nuHus; stigma ovario latins, sessile, hemisphaericum , margine mem- 

 branaceo, orbicular!, denticitlato cinctum, ex lobis snbglobosis, carnosis, 



III. 



sislente iqvolutus , plobosns , nucrm jnglandis ma^nitiuline acquaua ex 



spadicc grandefacto. harcis niuu(M'i»sissunis ob^csso constat. Eaccac G^^lc^ 

 seniores inferne coadunatae, epicarpio slfi:iuatil>us(juc LnujiKun in cortf- 

 ccm comiiuiiicai conuatis tcctae , pulposae, tunc jicpfiN c\»nulis ninIf)i'nTa- 

 res, polyspcrm:ir, rubrac, Scjniua minuta, coraprcssa, tc:ita ru:sca, nitida, 

 caeterum ignota. 



V 



ExpUcalio t alulae CCl C* X.i a r j i o^ o sw v \ iil^ c ^.n s, 

 div integer sub antbesi 



1) Spa- 



m, n, 2) Stamen dc^upcr viAuai; 3) idem a 



latere couvpc* (nrnj 4) ojusdrrn seetio longrludinalis j f)^ item transversa. 



nuiu inip(MTectoniiu formae. 10) Ovarbirn. 11) Stigma. 



G — 9) Vaiiae stami 



12)^0^ aril bcclio loiigituilinatis. 13) OMihim. 



OHSKur\Tio. K\ oadem r\r TrJiKiRtM irlbu Icginuis scqucnto J^pecies 



I. Xa.MJIO.SOMA JACi^LlAl, ScUOTT, Mclct. T. 10, Ivili. 1. C, 



Crescit ad via.*^ ^r-nmir/osffs Yurima^tias. Fchrffono florchat. 



Planta acaulis, tres pedes alia. Pedunculi ferni \cl qualirni ab 

 petinlis Taginali , ii^sdcm brcvjores, Spatba geniipcdali-' , medio valdc 

 eon^racta, inferne ovata, comoluta, extns vjridf^j iutn«: atroj^)nrpn_reaj 

 superne plana, utrlnrjue alba, acuinliiafa, Spadix quam spallia paullo 

 brcvior, elongato conicnsj ovaria quintam totins ^padkli partem ubicgunt. 

 I'olia in Costa quindeciui pollices Jonga, Job! practcrca qulnr^ucpolllcares. 



Planta nostra ^fniillima Ako 

 Mi;RO Flor. fluminens. IX. t. 107, quam cl. h'tsTir dubie ad Philu- 



DEXDRA duxit. 



PeTIoIi folfum lougifndine adaequantes. 



II. Caladtt'-vt bicolor. Vr\t. Ce!s. t 30. 



Crescil in versuris colUurque ad Yurhnaguas. 



Species maxime variant et magnitudinc et fonna follurum. Spatbae 

 rarissimc deprebenduntur- 



III. SvxnoMUM A( arn n, Scj/ott. L c. I. 19. 



^ Crescit in Feruviae subandinae sytuis dcpressis rarijis; vtdgare pro- 

 venit in Maynas jiec non secus Amazo7ium Jluvium, 



Caulls inferne sini|)Iiciasimus, liber, crcctus, superne arbornm trun- 

 cos petens, ramis scandcntibus, rix radicaiulbus, cyliudricrs. pallidis, 



glaberrimis. ^olii 



aequales, intermedius octo pollices longusi, 



quatuor et dinndium polliccm latus. Peliolus laminam adacquans, pe- 

 dunculo cylindrico, crasso duplo longior. Spatha quadripollicaris, basi 

 convoluta, subglobosa, medio valde constricta, apice patulo bians, coriacea, 



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