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einerascentia, utringue metallice nitida, pedunculi axillares g 
vel terni bracteis spathaceis interstincti, spatha supra basin cons 
superne fornicata subcucullata oblonga cuspide eonvolutâ sub 
terminata, 4 —S8 poll. longa, intus subcarnea, extus pallide 
rubro-striata, basi antice intensius colorata, spadix spathâ 
circiter 8-poll. longus, supra stamina incrassatus in appendice 
rilem longe acutatam tessclato-pictam (sec. Hassk. ex 
rudimentis arctissime compictis) terminatus. Aloe, metalli 
in Oestr. bot. Wochenbl. IV. p. 410. Synops. U. c. ezel. v 
Caladium cupreum C. Koch Append. Sem. H. berol. p. 6. 
locasia indica B. rubra Hassk. Pl. Jav. rar. p. 145 (cumf 
eriptione speciminibus cultis satis congruâ). — Col. odor 
bra (non purpurascens) ej. Cat. Bog. p: 55 et in dissert. 
spadicis calore in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. XVII. p. 181,55 
bineatum Bl. Cat. Buitenz. p. 102, — An spec. borneensia 
nilia in hortis eulta et descripta eandem omnino speciem sp 
ac javanica ? La 
Java, alom gekweekt als geneesmiddel tegen de koorts 
huidprikkel, waartoe de fijngewreven wortel wordt gebezi 
zout tegen vergiftige wonden. — Borneo, vanwaar de pla 
eerst naar Furopa ingevoerd werd. — Bira berrem sund. 
_Observ, Caladium bicolor Vent. in Javae hortis frequenter 
aftirmat Doct. rirer én Cat. Hort, Weltevreden p. 23. An fortass 
vel sequens species intelligenda? 
6. Alocasia? variegata c. koen et Boven. Petioli graciles 
nosì pallide virides, violaceo- vel ferrugineo-variegati, ad $ 
nati; folii lamina profunde sagittato-cordata, (speciminum _ 
rum ad basin usque sinu triangulari bipartita), ovata ex « 
tundato breviter mucronato-cuspidulata, supra et subtus pallt 
ridis, nervulo marginali in margine ipso obvio, venis ut 
eirciter octonis, inferioribus patentissimis (infima utrinque 
sa), superioribus patulis, summis erectis, lobis baseos rotun 
proximatis (P), spathae lamina concava arrecta 25-pollicari | 
pars fem. ovoidea, masc. appendice brevior. Alocasia? va eg 
Koch et Bouche l. e. p. 5, excepto charactere loborum approx! 
Aloe.metalhca var. Schott. Synops. p. 46. — Caladium indicum 
nonnull. — Colocasia odorata viridis Hassh. Cal. p. 55. —. 
