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longa, 7-14 poll, supra medium lata, basin 

 versus sensim angustata, apice subrepentino 

 acutata, supra laete glauco-viridis, infra fla- 

 vo-virens, venis utrinque 15-20, patentibus, 

 subapproximatis, rectis, exceptis summis in 

 pseudoneurum margini approximatum con- 

 junctis, in marginem asscendenter excur- 

 rentibus. Pedunculus petiolo longior, folio 

 triplo et ultra brevior. Spatha oblongo-lan- 

 ceolata, pedunculum oblique amplexans, 

 apice longe-cuspidata. Spadix breviter-sti- 

 pitatus , conoideus 1. caudaeformis, inferne 

 pollicem crassus, sordide-virens, ovariis ul- 

 tra sepala valde productis, rubiginosis. Bac- 

 cae tenues, elongato-turbinatae, acutatae, in- 

 ferne ex rubro-purpureae, apice flavo-viren- 

 tes. Semen ellipticum, pallide-flavens. — 

 Demerara. Hooker. — v. v. cult, et specim. 

 Herb. Hooker. 

 Synon. Pothos crassinervia. Hook. 

 65. affine. S. COest. B. Wchnbl 1856. p. 82.j 

 — Petiolus brevis 1, subelongatus, 6-9-pol- 

 licaris, subtetragonus el dorso acietatus, 

 hinc postice tricarinatus. Geniculum breve, 

 tricarinatum. Lamina fol. 22-36 pollices 

 longa, 6-12 pollices lata, oblanceolato-ob- 

 longa, basin versus sensim angustata, imo 

 abrupte-cuneato 1. subauriculato, margine 

 laxe-undulata, apice acutata 1. acuminata, 

 costa subtetragona medio carinata, supra 

 lucide laete viridis, infra tlavo-viridis, ve- 

 nis utrinque 13-16, infimis erecto-paten- 



