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170. bombacH'oliuni. S. Petiolus antice 



siilcatus. Geniculum breve, sulcatum. Lami- 

 na fol. sub-11-secta, segmentis omnibus 

 sessilibus, exceptis utrinque binis extimis 

 in phalangem connatis, liberis, oblongo-el- 

 lipticis, 8-11 pollices longis, 2-2 3 / 4 polli- 

 ces lads, basin versus anguste-cuneatis, api- 

 ce subrepentino angustatis, longe-cuspida- 

 tis. Pseudoneurum a margine late -remo- 

 tum duplex. Pedunculus sesqui- 1. bipolli- 

 caris. Spatha lanceolata 4-pollicaris. Spadix 

 breviter-stipitatus, cylindroideus sub-tripol- 

 licaris. — Costa-rica. C. Hoffmann. — v. 

 specim. spontan. in Herb. G. Berol 



171. digitatam. Knth. (En. III. p. 80.1841.) — 

 Petiolus tandem 26-28 pollices longus, te- 

 res. Geniculum breve subsulcalum. Lamina 

 fol. adultae 9-13-secta, segments omnibus 

 liberis, longe- et longissime-ansatis, obver- 

 se-oblongis, 10-18 pollices longis, 3%-4 

 pollices superne latis, ansam versus ex lon- 

 ginquo sensim cuneatis, apice repentino an- 

 gustatis, breviter-cuspidatis. Pseudoneu- 

 rum margini potius approximatum. Pedun- 

 culus subtripollicaris, crassus. Spatha 4-5- 

 pollicaris, ovato-oblonga, cuspidulata, viri- 

 dis. Spadix sessilis,crasse-digitiformis,3 */,- 

 4 pollices longus, violaceus, fructifer ad 

 7-8-pollicarem longitudinem auctus. Baccae 

 pyriformes, purpureae. Semen oblongo- 

 ovoideum, compressum, micropylen versus 



