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abruple incrassata, fusiformis subrepenli- 



no in flagellum- subaequilongum (fern.) I. 



duplo Iongius (masc.) terminata. — Sikkim. 



Hooker, f. — v. specim. sice, et iconem 



plantae vivae, a Celeb. Hookero, f. mecum 



commun icatam. 

 11. mirabile. S. {Oestr. B. Wochbl. 1857. p. 



366 J Segmenta folii solitarii ansata, inter- 

 medium brevius- ansatum, petiolo ex pur- 

 pureo variegato imposita. Spatha inferne 

 striata, medio vittata, superne reticulata 

 purpurea, lamina oblongo lanceolata prae- 

 longe- acuminata . . Spadix supra organa 

 sexualia leviter- ac sensim incrassatus, in 

 curvalus repentino fungose- incrassatus, 

 per breve spatium crassus, etdeinde subilo 

 in tilum extenuatus. —Sikkim. — Hooker, 

 f. — v. s. et in icone benevole mecum com- 

 municata. 



b. Japonica. 

 V2. ringens. & (Melet. I. p. 17. 1832.) Segmen- 

 ta folior. binorum sessilia, intermedium la- 

 lius, petiolo, variegato insidentia, (subula- 

 to-acuminata). Spatha striata, extus virens, 

 intns purpurans, ad faucem et in apice la- 

 minae galeato-fornicatae alro-rubens; faux 

 dilatatione in galeam assurgente, replicata. 

 latiuscula fere lobatim ornata ; galea cucul- 

 lata in lobum ovalum verticaliter-decurvuni 

 apiculo retro curvo assurgente auctnm de- 

 sinens. Spadix vix galeae tholnm altingens 

 Appendix evlindrice- stipitala, abrupte- in- 



