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saepe tridyma, stigmatibus confluentibus, 

 subtrisulcalis. — Nova-Granata. C. Koch. 



i — v. v. cult. 



1 4. picta. S. fOester. Bot. Wochenbl. 11. p. 68. 

 1852.) Petiolus viridis, fol. infer. 9-pollica- 

 ris, vagina ad medium tantum, 1. altius pro- 

 ducta paulo breviore ; fol. super. 8-polli- 

 caris ad apicem usque vaginatus. Lamina 

 fol. infer. 13-14-pollicaris, inferne 3-5 pol- 

 lices lata oblonga 1. lanceolato-oblonga, ad 

 basin rotundata, apicem versus sensim levi- 

 terque angustata, exitu acuminato-cuspi- 

 data, interveniis supra interrupte irregula- 

 riterque albo-maculatis, venis plurimis; fol. 

 super, vix diversa. Spatha viridis breviter- 

 cuspidulata. Spadicis spica mascula reliquo 

 spadice duplo brevior. Ovaria didyma 1. 

 tridyma, stigmatibus subdistinctis, inferne 

 vero connata. Antherae flavidae. Baccae di- 

 dymae etc. dispcrmae, aurantiaco-cocci- 

 neae. Semen rotundatum viride, germina- 



tione adrnotiva. — Habit ? — v. V. 



cultam. 



Synon. Caladium maculatum Lodd. 



15. Sprnceana. S.'Bonpl. VII. p. SO. 1859. — 

 Petiolus ultra medium vaginatus, 10-12 

 pollices longus, nebulose ex viridi et albo 

 variegatus. Lamina fol. 9-12 pollices longa, 

 4-5 pollices lata, lanceolato-oblonga, basi 

 rotundata irno levissime cuneato, apicem 

 versus sensim anguslata acuminata, venis 



