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ceis ; spatha rcmota, lanceolata, plana, spadice parnm breviove ; 

 pednnculo tereti. Pothos myosuroides Humb. et Knnth. Nov. 

 Gen. 1. 75. t. 18. — Mons Quindiu (Nova Granata) et ? Mc- 

 xico (Haenk.). Folia 5-6-pollicaria. Petioli canaliculati , longi- 

 tudine folii. Pedunculi 2-3-pollicares, teretcs. 



18. A. LUCIDUM. Caulcscens; radicans; foliis longissime 

 petiolatis, ovatis vel subovato-oblongis , cordatis, acutatis vei 

 breviter acuminatis, mucronatis, coriaceis (exsiccatis item), utrin- 

 que, praesertim supra nitidissimis, penninerviis; nervis latcrali- 

 bus obsoletissimis, ante margincm et in ipso margine confluen- 

 tibus; costa dorso semitereti-convexa ; lobis basilaribus rotun- 

 datis, approximatis vel patulis; petiolis teretibus , folio duplo 

 longioribus, apice tumidis ; spadicibus longissime pedunculatis, 

 erectis, rectis ; spatha approximata, reflexa, oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, spadice £ breviore. Pothos lucida Hort. Engh., Hort. 

 Berol. a. 1835-40. — - Brasilia. — Folia 6-8-pollicaria, supra 

 satiate viridia et nitidissima ; costa crassa, supra prominula, 

 obtusangula, subtus valde prominens, scmitercti-convexa. Pe- 

 tioli teretes, laevissimi, haud canaliculati, interdum intus levis- 

 sime planiusculi, pallide virides, nitiduli, 9-10-pollicarcs et lon- 

 giores. Variat foliis ovatis et subovato-oblongis, lobis basila- 

 ribus patulis vel paulo approximatis. 



19. A. LUSCHNATHIANUIW. Caulescens; radicans; foliis 

 longissime petiolatis, ovato - oblongis, acutato-mucronatis, basi 

 leviter cordatis , exsiccatis pergamentaceis, utrinque nitidulis, 

 penninerviis; nervis lateralibus ante marginem ct in ipso mar- 



gine confluentibus ; petiolis longitudine folii , apice tumi- 



dis ; spadicibus longe pedunculatis, folio brevioribus, ercctis, 

 rectis; spatha subapproximata, rcflexa, lanccolata, acuminata, 

 spadice \ breviore. — Brasilia meridionalis, prope Capo Frio, 

 in ligno putrido. (Luschnath in herb. Lucaeano.) — Folia 9-11- 

 pollicaria, 5-5| poll. lala. Petioli subpedales. Scapi 15-16- 

 pollicares. Spadix tripollicaris , eylindraceus , obtusus, rectus, 

 crassitie pennae cycneae. Spatha bipollicaris. Praecedenti 

 proximum, sed sat distinctum. 



20. A. GLAUCESCENS. Acaule; foliis longe petiolatis, lan- 

 ceolatis, acutatis, mucronatis, basim versus cuneato-angustatis, 

 herbaceo-coriaceis (exsiccatis pergamentaceis ) , opacis, supra 

 glaucescentibus, subtus laete viridibus, penninerviis ; nervis la- 

 teralibus patulis, ante marginem et in ipso margine conflucnti- 

 bus; costa crassa, utrinque praesertim subtus prominente et 

 semitereti-rotundata ; petiolis teretibus, longitudine folii; spadi- 

 cibus longissime pedunculatis, erectis, rectis, crasse cylindricis; 

 spatha approximata, patula, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminata, co- 

 riacea, spadice \ breviore. Pothos glaucus Schott in hort. reg. 

 Berol. a. 1831-40. Pothos reflexa Hoffmanns. in hort. Berol. 

 a. 1835. (spadix et scapus graciliores, spatha reflexa?) — Pa- 

 tria? — Folia sub20-pollicaria, 4£ poll. lata; costa crassa, 



