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remoto. Pedunculus 19-20 pollices longus, 

 virgulosus. Spatha basi amplexans. Spadix 

 gracilis, brevissime 1. vix stipitatus. — Guia- 

 na gallica. Poiteau. — v. s. spec, in Herb. 

 Knth. 



32. leptostachyum. 8. (Oest. B. Wchnbl 1855. 

 p. 66.) — Petioli 6-8-10 pollices longi.Ge- 

 niculum longulum. Lamina fol. 9-13-polIi- 

 caris, medio 2-4 pollices lata, oblongula 1. 

 oblonga, basin versus sub rectilineo-cunea- 

 ta, apice arcuatim-angustata, cuspide sub- 

 abrupte lanceolata terminata, venis patent i- 

 bus, remotis, pseudoneuro a margine valde 

 remoto. Pedunculus petiolo sesqui- 1. duplo 

 longior, tenuis, folio toto brevior. Spatha 

 lineari-lanceolata, brevissime 1. vix deeur- 

 rens, subamplexa. Spadix sessilis 27 2 -pol- 

 licaris, spatba semipolliee circiler longior. 

 Baccae spbaericae, minutae. Semen rubi- 

 ginoso-purpureum. — Brasilia, Rio Jan. S. 

 — v. v. spont. et cult. 



33. Mandiocaiiuiii. S. — Petioli 9-10-pollicares. 

 Geniculurn potius breve. Lamina fol. 13-15 

 poll, longa, 3-3 V 3 pollices medio lata, ob- 

 longa, basin versus subrectilineo-euneata, 

 apicem versus sensim acutala, venis pluri- 

 mis, magis approximatis, aperle-patentibus, 

 pseudoneuro a margine modice remoto. Pe- 

 dunculus 9-10-pollicaris, folio brevior, gra- 

 cilis. Spatha lineari-lanceolata, sensim an- 

 gustata, praelonge acuminata, basi breviter- 

 derurrcns. Spadix stipihitus, cum slipile 



