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tibus, tenuibus, mediis aperte-patentibus, 

 supremis patentibus in pseudoneurum a 

 margine valde distans anastomosantibus, 

 pseudoneuro altero exteriore comitatis, ar- 

 cuatim cuspidem petentibus. Pedunculus 

 24-27 pollices longus, subbicarinatus, ere- 

 ctus. Spatha 3-3 V 2 -4 pollices longa , iri- 

 ferne % pollices lata, lanceolata, planiu- 

 scula, basi longule-decurrens, apice acu- 

 minato-cuspidata. Spadix cylindricus im- 

 mo clavato - cylindricus , 2'/., -5 pollices 

 longus, 7-9 lineal erassus, apice quasi trun- 

 catus, e flavo-virenti in aureum transiens. 

 Baccae oblongo-obconicae, puniceae. — Bra- 

 silia (S.) — v. v. spont. et cult. 

 66. eUiptienm C. Koch. (Index. 1853. p. 6.) — 



Petioli Geniculurn breve, oblongu- 



lum. Lamina fol. 15-18 pollices longa, 4-5 

 pollices lata, lanceolato-obionga, a medio 

 basin versus sensim angustata, apice arcua- 

 tim acutata, venis omnibus, supremis paten- 

 tibus arcuatim in pseudoneurum margini 

 approximatum junctis exceptis, aperte-pa- 

 tentibus, infimis tenuissimis, mediis juxla 

 marginem subabrupte sursum prolongatis. 

 Pedunculus elongatus, 10-12 pollices lon- 

 gus, tenuis. Spatha lanceolata 2y 2 -poIlica- 

 ris, 6 lin. fere lata, acuminata, basi longule 

 decurrens. Spadix tenuiter-cylindroideus, 

 obtusatus, cum stipite ad medium adnato 

 3 / 4 -pollicari, 4*6% pollices longus. Bac- 

 da obovoidea. Semen ( omprcssule ovoideo- 



