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2. Riedeliana, & Folii segmenta5, mucronato- 

 euspidulata. Spadix mediam spatham multo 

 superans, appendice reltqua parle sexifera 

 longiore, clavata. Organa neulra supra an- 

 theras subulato-mucronata, sparsa, paucis- 

 sima. — Brasilia. — Riedel. — v. s. spe- 

 cim. spontan. in Herb. Hort. Petropol. 



Tribu* Pythonieae. 8. Ovaria 1-2-3-locu- 

 laria, interdurn abortu excentrice uniiocularia, 

 loculamentis uniovulatis, ovulis fundo latera- 

 liter, afFixis. 



Petiolus folii hysteranthii caudiciformis, la- 

 mina peltato-tricruri. (Allopythio excepto,) 



SIBTRIBIS AMORPHOPHAILIME. Spatha ad basin 

 usque plus minusve expansa. Antherae ses~ 

 siles. Ovula e funiculo longo, surrecto, re- 

 clinata. — Asiaticae. 



ALLOPYTHION. 8. Spatha Spadix spi- 



ca feminea a mascula organis neutris (pau- 

 cis) sejuncta, .... Ovaria uniiocularia, ab- 

 rupte-stylata, stigmate sub-4-lobo. Anthe- 

 rae cubicae, loculis primum 2-porosis, po- 

 ris tandem in rimulam confluentibus. 

 Folii lamina pedatisecta. 

 1. Hookeri. 8. (Gen. Avoid. 24. 1858j, Petio- 

 lus elongatus maculatus. Segmenta fol. la- 

 minae oblonga, cuspidato-acuminata, pseu- 

 doneuris 4, intimo in medio laminae Uteris 

 procurrcnte , extimis tantum margini ap- 

 proximatis instructs; medium basi angustis- 

 sime-, vicina latius-cuneala, extima quan- 



