512 



Spadix juliformis subslipitatus, brevis I. 

 longulus. 



116. cartilagineum Knth. (En. Ill p. 79.1841.) 

 — Petiolus semiteres. Geniculum apice ca- 

 naliculatum. Lamina fol. cartilagineo-coria- 

 cea, rigida, bullato-undata, 14-18 etc. pol- 

 lices longa, 7'/ 2 -9 etc. pollices ad transi- 

 turn imi trientis lata, oblongo - ovate -eor- 

 data, auriculis elongatis, exitu rotundato ct 

 oblkjuato, inlrorsum producte subein ■ina- 

 tim et subverticaliter e laminae piano sur- 

 recto, late-incumbentibus, sinus 3-4 pol- 

 licaris (profundi tate) aperturam brcvem 

 juxta petiolum tantum rcliiujiicnlibus , api- 

 cem versus arcuatim-angustala, apiculo su- 

 bulato longo cuspidem brevem terminante 

 aucta. Pseudoneurum intimum a mar gin e 

 valde-remotum, extimum secundum a mar- 

 gine distans. Pedunculus foliis saepe lon- 

 gior. Spatha lineari - lanceolata , patentis- 

 sima, acuminatissima, pallide-virens, bine 

 inde purpurans. Spadix tereti-myosuroi- 

 deus, atroviolaceus. — Venezuela (S.) — 

 v. v. 



117. A ppu ilia ii ii m S. Petiolus antic e aperte-sul- 

 catus. Geniculum levissime sulcatum. La- 

 mina fol. crasse-coriacea, rigidula, undata, 

 supra saturate-, infra flavo-viridis, 17-21 

 pollices longa, ad petioli insertioncm 10-1 1 

 pollices lata, elongato-cordiformis, auri- 

 culis relrorsis, Ieviter obliquatis, longulis, 

 exihi rotundatis, sinu subparabolico 5-6 



