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apice acuminata. Spadix myosuroideus, ses- 

 silis, multiflorus, 2-3-pollicaris. Bacca vio- 

 lacea. — Brasilia borealis. Poeppig. — v. 

 s. in Herb. Poeppig. 

 2 { 3. consobriniim. S. fOesterr. B. Wchnbl. 1855. 

 p. 66.) — Peliolus 1-2% pollicaris. Geni- 

 culum breve. Lamina fol. 12-16 V, poll, lon- 

 ga, 2'/ 2 -3 poll. Iala, late obovalo-oblonga, 

 1. oblanceolato-oblonga, a medio circiter 

 (magis apicem versus) linea introrsum ar- 

 euata, primum subrepentino-deinde basin 

 versus sensim cuneata, apice plus minusve 

 repentino acutata, cuspidata, costa haud 

 crassa, venis inferioribus patcntibus, supe- 

 rioribus aperte-patentibus, pseudoneuro in 

 brevifoliis a margine subremoto, in longi- 

 foliis margini approximato, semper interne 

 deficiente. Pedunculus sub-9-pollicaris in 

 longifoliis, in brevifoliis 5-6-pollicaris. Spa- 

 tha lanceolata, basi amplexa, apice abrupte 

 in cuspidem brevem temicm contracta. Spa- 

 dix sessilis, juliformis, 2-2 % poll, longus. 

 — Nicaragua. Fried ricb si li al. — v. s. in 

 Herb. Mus. Vindob. 



Grex 6. Erythropodium. 

 Caudex assurgens. Petioli semiteretes, 

 breves 1. longi. Lamina fol. pergamena, 

 oblonga, elongato-lanceolata 1. lincari-Ian- 

 ceolata, inferne obtusata 1. cuneata, costa 

 crassula, venis tenuibus, pseudoneuro con- 

 tinuo, (haud nigro-punctata). Pedunculi 



