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juxta petinlum confluentibut brevissime- 

 peltata, apice acuminata, angulis lateralibus 

 rotundatis, rents inferioribus patentissimis, 

 supremis patentibus, pseudoneuro interno 

 a margine remote Spatha fminorum), in- 

 bo oblongo-ovoideo, lamina lubo Iriplo few 

 longior, apice <uspidato-a( nminata. Spadiz 

 spatha cuspide brevior, slipito brevi spa* 

 lhae dorso accretus, spira feminea <\lin- 

 droidea, neulriflora vi\ feminea longior, 

 mascula quam nentra triplo longior, me- 

 dio incrassata. Oraria stigmate lato coro- 

 naia, mulji-ovulata. Organa neutra rertice 

 oblongula. — Guiana anglica. (Schom- 

 burgh.) — v. s. spec, tpont. m Herb. Hook, 

 2. sororinm. 8. (Oest. B. Ztseh. 1859. p. 8 

 Petiolus teres, longus, Uteris. Lamina fol. 

 ovata, subacuminata, infirm' leriter corda- 

 lo-sinuata, Jobis eonvergenlibus rotundatis, 

 venis lobi antici patentibus, pseudoneuro 

 intimo margini approximato. Spathae lubo 

 oblongo-ellipsoideo, lamina tuho pins duplo 

 longiore, cuspidata. Spadix spatha mnho bre- 

 vior, stipite brevi spathae dorso accreto, 

 spica feminea elongato-evlindroidea, neti- 

 tri flora feminea longiore, mascula omnium 

 longissima, medio incrassata. Oraria siig- 

 male amplo obtecta, ideoque stigmata ova- 

 riorum srse tangentia. Organa nentra, | sy- 

 naudrodia rertice rotundata, remota? . . . 



Brasilia boreal is. [Spruce.) — ? 



v. s. sperim. in Herb. Bentham. 



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