Systematik und Pflanzengeograpiiiö. 35 



Todaro, Agostiuo, Hortus botanicus Panormitanus. 

 Tomus II. Fase. 8 et 9. 2 tab. cromolitli. Palermo 1891 

 et 1892. 



Agave Lanzae Tod, (Tab. XXXIX). 



A. caule brevi foliis elongatis sensim atteuuatis , pallide viridibus, car- 

 nosis , junioribus erectis , supra caniosis, margine deatibus viridibus remote 

 dentatis, macnlis albicantibus, oblongo-ellipticis praesertim in pagina inferiore 

 variegatis ; pednncolo florali simplici infra medium, una vice tantum ramoso 

 inferne usque ad quartam partem bracteato ; ad quartam partem superiorem 

 florifero ; floribus laxe racemosis , inferioribus distantibus ascendendo magis 

 approximatis ; pedicellis ad basin bracteis parvis ovatis scariosis sub authesi 

 pedicellis ipsis couvoluto - amplectentibus ; sepalis linearibus subaequalibus 

 obtusis in tubum coalitis obsolete triangolari, stamina et stylum includentibus, 

 stylo staminibus longioribus, ovario ellipsoideo , stylo filiformi multoties 

 breviori , stigmate vix conspicuo ; antheris ac sepalis roseo-purpurascentibus. 

 Aloe japonica Hort. bot. neap. Aloe chinensis Hort. bot. neap. 



Patria ignota. 



Aloe Roasii Tod. (Tab. XL). 



A. (§ Eualoe) breviter cauleseens, foliis ovatis erecto-pateutibus, utrinque 

 glabris uec lineatis, uec niaculatis, sed tantum in dorso ad apicem aculeatis, 

 utrinque latere superne, aculeis deltoideis albicantibus, supra basin laeviter 

 excavatis, ornatis, subtus convexiusculis ; pedunculo simplici vel infra medium 

 trifido per totam longitudiuem bracteato, bracteis ovatis, acutis in authesin 

 margine et apice scariosis pedunculo applicatis, deinde sub authesin patentius- 

 culis, demum convolutis, pedicellum amplectentibus. Floribus numerosis in 

 racemis angustis elongatis ad apicem pedunculi ejusque divisionis insertis, basi 

 latioribus, in apicem acutum angustiorem gradatim attenuatis. Perigonii tubulosi 

 phyllis liberis in tubum conniventibus , tribus exterioribus canaliculati», 

 linearibus, obtusis, basi angustioribus incarnatis , basi et apice intensius 

 coloratis, tribus interioribus latioribus pallidioribus, margine hyalino ampliore, 

 dorso linea intense rosea percursis. Staminibus perigonio vix longioribus, 

 luteis fere filiformibus ad faciem interiorem compressis ; antheris croceis, vix 

 erectis ; stylo filiforme luteo , ovario elliptico viridi 8 mm longo multoties 

 superante. 



Patria: Madagascar. 



Das neunte nach dem Tode des Verf. publicirte Schlussheft enthält 

 Todaro's Photographie, Inhaltsverzeichniss und Titelblatt des zweiten 

 Bandes. 



Ross (Palermo). 



llaker, J. G., A Synopsis of the genera and species of 

 Museae. (Annais of Botany. Vol. VII. No. 26. June 1893. 

 p. 189—222.) 



Die Eintheilung der Gattungen ist folgende : 



Flowers hermaphrodite. 



1. Heliconla W. Ovules solitary in the Cells, Leaves not distichous. 

 Trop. Amer. 



2. Strelitzia Alton. Ovules many in each Cell. Leaves distichous. Petals 

 very unequal, two connate in a sagittate Blade vvith a narrow Haft. Cape 

 Colony. 



3. Eavenala Adans. Ovules many in each Cell. Leaves distichous. Petals 

 nearly equal. Madagascar, Guiana. North Brasil. 



Flowers unisexual. 



4. Musa L. Flowers of the upper Clusters male , deciduous. Warmer 

 Regions of the Old World. 



Heliconla W. Zerfällt in 2 Subgenera Platychlamys mit 12 Species und 

 Ht.enochlamys mit 17 Arten. 



Strelitzia Alton. Umfasst 4 Species^ 



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