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rigida, supra obscure-viridis, subtus flavida, 

 venis utrinque 15-20, aperte-patentibus, 

 pseudoneuro continuo a margine sat remo- 

 te Pedunculus folium aequans 1. superans. 

 Spatha lanceolata, bipollicaris, reflexa, basi 

 subdecurrens. Spadix subsessilis, cylindri- 

 cus, bipollicaris, albidus. Bacca purpurea. 

 — Peruvia. Poeppig. — v. sicca specim. 

 Herb. Poepp. 

 85. microphyllnm. Endl.(Gen.p.240.1836.J — 

 Petiolus semiteres, 5-7-polIicaris. Genicu- 

 lum breve. Lamina fol. 2-2% (stirp. spon- 

 tan.) 3-5 pollices (stirp. cultae) longa, 1- 

 1 'A — 2-2 V, pollices lata, ovata, basi ro- 

 tundata et imissimo imo subcuneata, apicem 

 versus arcuatim angustata et apiculata, co- 

 sta proportione crassula, venis supra in pa- 

 gina subglauco-viridi vix perspicuis, in pa- 

 gina inferiore dilutiore magis expressis, 

 utrinque 7-12 patentibus 1. aperte-patenti- 

 bus, infimis plerumque in marginem excur- 

 rentibus, reliquis in pseudoneurum a mar- 

 gine remotiusculum anastomosantibus. Pe- 

 dunculi teretes, tenues, debiles. Spatha 

 lanceolata, reflexa, basi breviter-decurrens. 

 Spadix stipitatus cum stipite %-y, pollica- 

 n V 4 - 5 / 4 -pollicaris, rubiginoso - violascens. 

 Bacca breviter-ovoidea, pallida, vertice vi- 

 ridis. Semen stramineo coloris. — Brasilia, 

 Rio Jan. S. — vidi plant, spontaneam in 

 summitate Corcovadis, et culta sicut et ex- 

 siccata specimina. 



