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basin supremi trientis lata, basin versus 

 gradatim angustata, imo obtusulo, apicem 

 versus levissime angustata, sumrao apice ro- 

 tundata 1. valde-obtusata, apiculata, crasse- 

 coriacea, utrinque glauco-viridis, eosta dor- 

 so alte-, antice plano-convexa, venis utrin- 

 que ad 40, immersae, approximatae, venu- 

 lis creberrimis connexae, in pseudoneurum 

 a margine late-remotum quoque immersum 

 anastomosantes. Pedunculus bipedalis et ul- 

 tra, crassus, teres. Spatha latiuscule-lan- 

 ceolata, apice abruptius cuspidulata, basi 

 amplexa, intus rubens. Spadix sessilis, stri- 

 ctus, subulato-conoideus, spatham 5-polli- 

 carem tribus pollicibus superans. Baccae 

 Pyriforme-obovatae albidae 1. sordide vio- 

 lascenter albidae, vertice ex pallide-viola- 

 eeo virentes. Semen ellipticum, pallide- 

 ochraceum. Embryo late - compressus. — 

 Brasilia. S. — v. pi. v. spontan. et sice. Herb. 

 Hooker. 

 Synon. Anthur. glaucum. S. 1832. 

 — glaucescens. Knth. 



Grex 9. Platylonchium. 



Caudex assurgens. Petioli longi. Lamina 

 fol. chartacea 1. subpergamena, oblonga, 

 basi rotundata, subcordata, obtusa 1. acu- 

 ta, impunctata, costa firma haud crassa . 

 venis remotis tenuibus, pseudoneuro con- 

 tinue) interdum nervum manifestum men- 

 tiente. Pedunculi longi. Spadix potius bre- 



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