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tumidum. Lamina fol. 6-7-9-20 pollices 

 longa, 5 / 4 -2'/ i j-3 , / 2 poll, lata, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolata, basi sensim leviterque angustata, 

 imo cuneato, oblusato 1. cordato, apice sen- 

 sim acuminata 1. supremo apice abruptius 

 in cuspidem producta, 1. etiam apiculata 

 tantum, venis plurimis remotis, aperte pa- 

 lentibus, pseudoneuro a margine ('/rj-'/g 

 lateris) remote Peclunculus 6-12-1 8-polli- 

 caris. Spatha 1-3-6-pollicaris, lanceolato- 

 linearis, breviter- I. longo -cuspidata, basi 

 breviter-decurrens. Spadix subsessilis, 3- 

 4-7 pollices longus. Baccae flaventes, ver- 

 tice sordide-virentes. — Brasilia Sello. — 

 v. v. spontan. et cultam , siccam in plurimis 

 herbariis. 

 Observ. Lamina fol. petiolo 6-7-8-ties lon- 

 gior. Venae interjectis venastris 2-3-5 

 parallele et fere regulariter procurren- 

 tibus auctae, primo intuitu approxima- 

 tae parallelae, ergo copiosissimae. 

 47. viride. C. Kocb. (App. 1866/56. p. 6. J — 

 Caudex brevis. Petiolus modo brevier, modo 

 longior, saepc sesquipedalis. Geniculum lon- 

 gulum. Lamina fol. saepe tripedalis et lon- 

 gior, elliplica, ad basin cuneata, medio I. 

 supra medium 6-8 poll, lata, venis dislan- 

 tioribus 20-25, pseudoneuro ad basin in- 

 terdum nullo. Pedunculus foliis brevior. 

 Spatha oblonga, 2-pollicaris, 6-8 tineas 

 lata. vSpadix curvalulus 4-5 poll, longus. 

 5-6 lin. crassus. (ex C. K.) 



