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XXVI a. CYRTOSPADIli: C. Koch. 



(Genus iiovuin e Uibu Caladieurum.) 

 Index scm. li. Lot. Ui!rol. 1853. 



Spallia dongala, basi venlricosa et convoluta, superne apoila, medio 

 curvata; spaclix inlerrnpte androgynus, superne mascuius; staniina nuine- 

 rosa, sessilia, 4 aut 5 dorso connata, coiumnam brevem 4 — 5 angularem 

 referentia, dimidiam paene spadicis partem superiorem obtegeiilia, 

 suprema nonnulia slerilia; slaminodia iinearia, inferiora irregularia in- 

 crassala, aeque ac slamiiiuin coiumna candida, partem spadicis pacne 

 aequiloii.iiam replenlia; anllierarum coiumna 8 aut 10 locuiis liuearibus, 

 apice rimula dehiscentibus instiucta; pislilla plurima parti inlerae 

 spadicis insidenLia, bieviter ccluinnaria, obtuse 4 — 5-angulaiia, paene 

 auL revera 2— 3-locularia; sliema depiessionem in apice |»isliili implens, 

 breve, bi-tiilobum; oviila |durinia, analio|)a, slipilala, cruiibus placenlae 

 parietalis axin plus minusve aLlingentibus el inter'se saepe connalis 

 insidenlia. 



1. CYRTOSPADIX STRiATlI'ES C. Koch 1. c. - 1'liilodeiulion slrialipcs Klli. et LoucIk; 

 (Walp. Ariii. III. 498). — Ataulis; lubcr coniplanniurn , bienne; folia olilonga, acunii- 

 naia , sae|)issiuie Lasi cordata , crussiuscule mcmbranacea, peliolo larnina lun- 

 giore olivaceo - siriato sullulta, scopum tei'cti - compressiusculum multo superantia. 

 — Tesle Kuntliio Brasiliae civis. — Genus Cyrlosjiadicis structura pistilli cuin Acontiii, 

 genere foliis pedatis , congruit , scd dcfectu siyli placcnlilormi.s et gcrniine saepe 

 imperfccie 2—3 loculari dilTert. Tuber , ut in generibus Remusatia et Sauromatio, 

 liienne , quia j^rioris anni semper dejicitur. In g-enere Amorpbophallo tubcr duos 

 annos iniegrum manet et tcrlio dcnique emorluum delruditur; in Colocasiis pluriinis, 

 e. g. in C, untiquorum, tuber perennat. (C. K.). 



XXIX. AriOC.\l$I.% Scholt. 

 (Knih. cn. III. 38. Colocasiae sect.) 

 Schott in Oestr. bot. VV. Rl. 1852 p. 59. 



Spalha spadicis iongiludine. Spadix flosculis rudimenlariis iiifia 

 slamina onustus. Synanlherii loculi delluentia stipitellati (sic!). Ovariuiii 

 subuniloculare sepLis incompletis 3 — 4, ovulis 6 — 8 funiculi brevis ope 

 fuiido afflnis, ereclis. SLigma capitatuin succulentum, laiidein 3 — 4 

 sulcum. Baccae spathae tubo accrescenti crasso obvolutae, tanuein irii;- 

 gulaiiter disruptis revolutisque lubi lobis invoiucralae, unilocuiares sub- 

 monospermae. 



Koch in ind. sem h. bot. Berol. 1854. 



Spatliae pars inferior convoluta, pistiila el slamina slerilia infeiiora 

 arcte includens, superior cuculiata; spadicis pars suprema slaminodiis 

 raagis luiiiusve conuatis laljyrinthice dchneata, saepe clavata; stamina 

 subquateina, dorso el lateribus coniiala, biloculaiia, apice foramine 

 dehiscenlia, niedium spadicem vesLienlia, inferiora sterilia; pisliliabasi 

 spadicis inserla, ovata, superne 3-, inferne 1-locularia, sligmate sub- 

 sessiii plano; ovula circiler sex, basilaria, ciecta , orlhotropa. — Vege- 

 tatio (an semper?) conlinua; caulis interdum subnullus, saepissime 

 manifestus et cicaliisatus; folia cordata aul cordato-pellata, diachymate 

 versus lucern et ope lonlis vix granuiato - punclato. 



Genus etiam habitu a Colocasia disccdens , clava labvrinthicc delineaia ei germiiie 

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