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7. Scherzerianuni. S. (Oest. B. WchnbL p. 53. 

 1857.) — Caudicis brevis internodia bre- 

 via. Petioli sulcati, internodio multoties lon- 

 giores. Geniculum mediocre, sulcatum. La- 

 mina fol. oblonga 1. lanceolato-oblonga, basi 

 rotundala I. obtusata, apice acuminato-cu- 

 spidata, apiculo tenui longulo instructa, 

 utrinque aequidense punctata, petiolo lon- 

 gior, pseudoueuro a margine subremoto. 

 Pcdunculus petiolo duplo longior, folio loto 

 brevior. Spadix juliformis, subcvlindroideus, 

 vix stipitatus, coccincus. Spatlia intense coc- 

 (inea, spadice pins minus ve brevior, late - 

 clliptica, (longitudinc 1 '/,-2 pollicari, lati- 

 ludine 1-1% poll.), basi rotundato late-am- 

 plexans, apice quoque rotundato abrnpte 

 breviter-cuspidulata. — Guatemala; Scher- 

 zer. - Costa-rica Wend land. — v. 8. in 

 Herb. Mus. Vindob. et Herb. Wend I. 



Grex 3; Xialophyllium. 



Caudex elongatus, prostratus I. assur- 

 gens. Petioli teretes I. sulcati, longuli I. 

 longi. Lamina fol.pingue mcmbranacea lan- 

 ceolata, oblonga 1. ovata, inferne rotundala 

 1. subcordato-emarginata, imo in genicu- 

 lum cuneato, costa baud crassa, vcnis te- 

 nuibus, pseudoneuro continuo, interdum 

 punctata. Pedum uli elongati. Spatlia lan- 

 ceolata. Spadix brevis, multiilorus, raro 

 elongatus. Ovarii loculamenta abortu nor- 



