Peculiare Aroidearum folium plus miuusve 

 transmutatum invenimus in Spatha, Pedunculo par- 

 te petiolari accretum, cum illo prolalum est, raris- 

 sime ex toto solutum pedunculum tubulose ambit 

 *j ubique vero spadicis in juventute tutelare teg- 

 men sive involucrum. Evoluta spatha quoad termina- 

 lem partem nunc consideranda, aut foliaris 2 ) lami- 

 naris *), vaginalis 4 ) 1. phyllodinea 5 ); est continua 

 explanata, aut in tubum, pervium, 1. phragmate ho- 

 rizontali 6 ) 1. verticali 7 ), semiclausum , connatum 

 8 ) 1. convolutum, (epigaeum, hypogaeum I. hypo- 

 limnum) et laminam tubulosam, concavatam, cym- 

 biformem, fornicatam, 1. planam , tortam, elonga- 

 tam I. abbreviatam •) distincta; aut ex toto, 1. la- 

 mina marcescens; aut ex toto 1. tubo persistens (et 

 tandem disrumpens), 1. decidua, ex toto I pro par- 

 te colorata, maculata, striata I. picta, 1. virens,cras- 

 sa, coriacea, herbacea, 1. membranacea, erecla, pa- 

 tens, flaccida, 1. reflexa, imo decurrens, sessilis I: 

 amplexa,latal. angusta, acuta 1. acuminata etcuspida- 



ta, utplurimumglaberrima,interdumdorso puberu- 

 la 1. paleata. 



Pedunculus est terminalis ,0 ), saepe in ramulo 

 axillari "), elongatus, abbreviatus, foliis longior I. 

 brevior, ut plurimum teres, intra spatbam quando- 

 que breviter aut longe productus spadicem stipi- 

 tans, glaber, pubescens, maculatus, muricatus 1. 

 armatus, ereclus, declinatus 1. natans, solitarius aut 



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