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ceolata, basi e medio sensim in cuneum 

 angustum angustata, apice gradatim acutata. 

 apiculata, venis approximatis aperte-paten- 

 tibus, pseudoneuro a margins (*/»*?/, late- 

 ris) remote Pedunculus 22-24-pollicaris. 

 virgosus. Spatha lineari-lanceolata, 4% pol- 

 licaris, cuspidato-api( ulata, basi parum de- 

 cursive-amplexa. Spadix subsessilis, 6-pol- 

 licaris. — Brasilia Bey rich. — v. 8. spec, 

 authent. in Herb. G. Berol. et specim. viva 

 culta. 

 Observ. Folia laete-viridia, magis flaceida. 

 45. rubricaule. Knth. (En. III. p. 69. 1841.) 

 — Petioli 6-8-pollicares. Geniculum, lon- 

 gulum, interdum subcontractum. Lamina 

 fol. 20-24-polliearis, & l / t -A l /i pollices lata. 

 elongato-oblongo-Ianceolata, basi e media 

 lamina sensim in angustum cuneum angu- 

 stata, apice gradatim in acumen longuin 

 acutissimum producta, venis remotis, aper- 

 te-patentibus , pseudoneuro a margine ( ! / 7 - 

 % lateris) remoto. Pedunculus 20-22-poI- 

 licaris, virgosus. Spatha lineari-lanceolata. 

 acuminato-cuspidata, 4'/ 2 -5 pollices longa. 

 basi brevissimo spatio defluens. Spadix ses- 

 silis, 7-8 poll, longus. Baccae flavo-virentes, 

 vertice atrovirentes. Semen flavens. — Bra- 

 silia Knth. — v. v. cult, ex horto bot. Bern/, 

 et s. ex eod. horto. 

 46. Sellowiaiwm. Knth. (En. III. p. 70. 1841. 

 — Caudex abbreviatus. Petioli breves, eras- 

 si. 1 V 2 -2-3-5-pollicares. Geniculum breve, 



