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purpureo fuscescentibus. — Patria ? — 

 v. v. 



57. Fendleri. S. Petiolus 9V 2 -10 pollices lon- 

 gus, crassulus. Geniculum proportionabre- 

 ve, oblongulum. Lamina fol. 18 pollices 

 longa, 7-7 '/ 2 pollices medio lata,late-ovato- 

 oblonga, basin versus arcuatim angustata, 

 imo subrepentino I. repentino contracto, api- 

 cem versus subrepentino acuminata in cu- 

 spidem producta, venis (18 uno latere) infi- 

 mis (1) ulrinque gracilibus, patentibus, me- 

 diis apertissime patentibus, supremis ite- 

 rum patentibus, a basi ad dimidiam costam 

 exsertis in marginem excurrentibus reli- 

 quis in pseudoneurum a margine sat remo- 

 tum subrectilineo-anastomosantibus. Pedun- 

 culussub-18-pollicaris, crassulus. Spatha basi 

 longe decurrens. Spadix stipitatus, cum sti- 

 pite 6-7-lineari, 6-7-pollicaris, myosuroi- 

 deus, tenuis. Baccae obconoideae. — Vene- 

 zuela Fendler. — v. s. spontan. in Herb. 

 Hooker. r 



58. Brachygonatuni. & Petiolus 3-4-pollicaris, 

 crassus, dorso convexo rotunda! us. Genicu- 

 lum perbreve, 4-4 % lineas longo, tumidu- 

 lo. Lamina fol. 32 pollices longa, 13-14 

 poll, medio lata, basin versus linea repanda 

 angustata, ima basi repentino -contracta, 

 margine undulala, apicem versus sensim 

 acutata, summo aj)ice euspidulato-apiculata, 

 venis 20-2 1 ulrinque, omnibus, summis ma- 

 gis patculibus exceptis, iipcrte- 1. apertis- 



