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5. Philistaenm Kotschy (in litterisj. Tuber 

 rotundatum, depressum. Petiolus spathifer 

 breviter- vaginatus. Lamina fol. hastato- 

 sagittata. Pedunculus petiolo brevior. Spa- 

 thae tubus inlus albidus; lamina lanceolato- 

 oblonga, acuminata, saturate purpurea, ma- 

 culis nullis 1. paucissimis flavo- virentibus, 

 minutissimis in parte suprema. Spadix spa- 

 iha multo brevior. Appendix stipite mani- 

 festo destitula, cylindrica, acutata, violacea. 

 Ovaria, ovoideo-oblonga, flaventia , hori- 

 zontaliter protensa, circum stigma pallide 

 purpureum saturate-purpurantia. Antherae 

 connectivum vix prominulum. Organa neu- 

 tra inferiora purpurantia I. flavicanlia bub 

 bis subverruculosis, subulis laevibus, supe- 

 riora minula submonocycla pallida laevia, 

 subulis purpurantibus. — Syria. Palaestina. 

 Rotschy — v. s. et v. cult. 

 6. Palaestinum Boiss. (Diagn. XIII. p. 6. 

 1853.) Tuber Petiolus spathi- 

 fer ad medium vaginatus. Lamina fol. ha- 

 stato-sagittata. Pedunculus petiolo brevior. 



Spathae tubus intus ; lamina lan- 



ceolato-oblonga, acuminata, atropurpurea. 

 Spadix spatha paulo brevior. Appendix sti- 

 pite obsoleto brevissimo instructa, medium 

 1. magis basin versus sensim leviterque in- 

 crassala, apicem versus attenuata, obtusa, 

 atropurpurea. Ovaria oblongo-ovoidea, . . . 



horizontaliter-protensa Antherae 



connectivum vix prominulum. Organa neu- 



