449 



glanco- viridcs, distante9, subglabrae, oblougo- irrrgulariter 

 rhombeae, longe cnueatae, basi adnatae, versus apiccm re- 

 pando-erosae, subtns venig 6 — 8 parallelis, prorainentibns 

 notatae, 8 — 12 poll. longae, l}fa — 2*/% poll. latae, lermi- 

 nalis flabelliformis, apice dcntato-truncata, subinde bifida 

 ad basin brevi- cuneata, 7 — 11 poll. longa, 6 — 9 poll. 

 lata. Spadices nuinerosae, cylindrico-fusiformes, 10 — 12 

 poll. longae, 2 1 / 2i pol), infra apicem crassae, obtuse- mucro- 

 natae, versus basin altenuatae, Spathae coriaceae^ interiores 

 completae, clausae, demum ventre apertae, exteriores brevio- 

 res, incompletae, imbricatae, tubulosae, apice apertae. Flo- 

 res sessiles, ebracteati, flavescentes, raonoici, in distinetis 

 spadieibus simplicitcr ramosis. Masc. gemini. Perigonium 

 exterius tri phyllurn _, foliolis triangularibus, carnosulis, minn- 

 tis, in alabastro valvatis, iuterius triphyllnin , foliolis acute- 

 triangularibus, carnosis, exterioribus octies longioribus. Sta- 

 mina 9 — 15 hypogyna; filamenta libera, filiformia; anthe- 

 rae lineares basifixae, rimis duabus longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tibus; pollinis granula globosa, echinata; rudimentnm ovarii 

 minimum. Fem. solitarii. Perigonium duplex, foliola trian- 

 gularia, carnosa, interiora duplo majora; filamenta rudimen- 

 taria nonnulla ; ovarium triloculare; loculi distincti ?, uni- 

 ovulati; ovula basilaria, solitaria, rarissime gemina, sessi- 

 lia, anatropa; Stigmata tria, sessilia, rostriformia, conniventia. 

 Bacca ovata, exsucca, subrugosa, viridis, demum nigricans, 

 magnitudine ovi columbini, unilocularis, monosperma. Albu- 

 men aequabile, corneum. Embryo basilaris. 



Floret a menso Junio — Octobr. Puerto Cabello, Colo- 

 aia Tovar Colombiae, Moritz n. 914. Palm. n. 1. Karsten 

 a. 70. c. (Coli. I.) 



20 r Bd. 4s Heft. 29 



