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ta, venis magis perspicuis utrinque 16-18. 

 venastris subtribus intervenium occupant i- 

 bus, parallelis, comitatis, pseudoneuro a 

 margine late-remoto. Pedunculus 9-12-pol- 

 licaris, antice carinalus. Spatha lineari-lan- 

 ceolata, spadice brevior, basi amplexa. Spa- 

 dix brevissime stipitatus, 5-6-pollicaris. 



violascens. — Patria ? — v. specim. 



viv. a Lauchio missum. 

 81. Olfersianum. Knth. (En. Ill p. 72. 1841.) 

 Petiolus 8-9 pollices longus, semileres. Ge- 

 niculum longulum 1. longum semiteres 1. 

 canaliculato-excavatum, marginibus argu- 

 tis. Lamina fol. 12-14-pollicaris, 4 V 2 -6 pol- 

 lices lata, elliptico-oblonga 1. elliptica, su- 

 pra atroviridis lucidula, infra pallide-viri- 

 dis, imo repentino- 1. abrupte-contracto, 

 apice plus minusve arcuatim aeutata,cuspi- 

 de brevi aueta, venis utrinque 15-18, per- 

 spicuis, venastris totidem, raro 2-3, inter- 

 venium percurrentibus, comitatis, aperte- 

 patentibus, pseudoneuro exortu interdum 

 in nervum manifestum incrassato, procursu 

 atlenuato, a margine late- 1. valde distante. 

 Pedunculus teres, longus. Spatha lineari- 

 lanceolata, basi amplexa, apice cuspidata. 

 Spadix subsessilis, spatha sesquilongior, 5- 

 pollicaris, rubiginoso-violaceus. Baccae bre- 

 viter-obovoideae, virides. Semen compres- 

 se-ovoideum, flavens. — Brasilia. Knth. S. 

 — v. v. plant, spontan. et cult, sicut et spe- 

 cimina sicca. 



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