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pcnninervia, nerris lateralibus tenuibus, ante margincm et in 

 ipso margine confluentibus, costa robusta, subtus ralde pro- 

 minente, subcoriaceo- herbacea, supra satiate viridia et nitidula, 

 subtus pallidius et flavius viridia, 11-12-pollicaria, superne 3-3J 

 poll. lata; petioluli 1-2-pollicares, compresso-teretiusculi, interne 

 canaliculati, basi bulboso-incrassati, ima basi annulatim connati. 

 Petioli communes sub25-polIicares, teretiusculi, laeres, satiate 

 rirides, nitiduli , apice tumido-incrassati ibique cum annulo e 

 conjunctione petiolulorum formato continui, ideo foliola haud 

 decidua, basi incrassati. (Dcscript. juxta folium in caldario der 

 Pfaueninsel cult.) Descriptio Jacquiniana sequitur: Petiolus te- 

 res, atrovirens, nitidus. Foliola 5-9, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 

 nitida, 6-10 unc. longa, patenfissima ; petiolulis uncialibus (in 

 icone multo brerioribus). Pedunculi crecti, biunciales. Spadix 

 3-4 unc. longus, primum purpurascens , dein pallens (in icone 

 plumbeus). Spaiha rubra (in ic. rosea), lanceolata (in icone 

 ovata), acuta, plana, patens. Sprengel (Syst. 3. 768.) huc ducit 

 Dracontium pentaphyllum Auhl. 



46. A. pentaphylluM Endl. Gen. 240 Caulescens; scan- 

 dens : radicans ; foliis longe petiolatis, digitatis ; foliolis 5-7, 

 breriter petiolulatis, obovato-oblongo-Ianceolatis, apice acumina- 

 tis ibique complicato -recurvatis, inferne angustatis inque petio- 

 lulum decurrentibus, uno alterove ima basi confluentibus, her- 

 baceo-subcoriaceis (exsiccatis subcoriaceis), opacis ; petiolis fo- 

 lio longioribus, teretibus, interne canaliculatis; spadicibus bre- 

 viter pedunculatis, cylindraceis, crassiusculis, riolaceis ; spatha 

 approximata, orata, acuminata, coriacea?, utrinque riridi, spa- 

 dicem subaequante, reflexa. (Descr. spacl. secundum Curt.) 

 Pothos pentaphvila Curt. Bot. Mag. i. 1375. Lodd. Bot. Cah. 

 t. 567. Hort. BeroL a. 1835-40. (nec Willd. Spec. 1. 687.) — 

 Guiana, Insula St. Luciae. (Planta culta a me haud visa flori- 

 fera.) — Planta Curtisiana cum nosfra quadrat; fohola 5, item 

 apicem versus latiora, breviter petioiulata. 



47. A.? Aubleth. Caulescens; scandens ; radicans ; foliis 

 longe petiolatis, digitatis; foliolis 5, breviter petiolulatis, ob- 

 longis, acuminatis, basi in petiolulum decurrentibus ; petiolis cr- 

 lindraceis; spadicibus pedunculatis, cylindraceis ; spatha appro- 

 ximata, lanceolata, concava, acuta, spadice breviore. Dracon- 

 tium pentaphyllum Auhl. Guian. 2. 837. t. 326. (suh nomine 

 Dracontii hexandri.) Pothos pentaphylla Wilhl. Hpec. 1. 687. 

 — Guiana gallica. — Calyx 6-sepalus. Stamina 6, sepalis op- 

 posita. Antherae oblongae, biloculares. Ovarium ovafum. 

 Stigma sessile, crassiusculum, orbiculatum, concavum. (Aubl. 

 1. c.) An flores vere hexandri? 



48. A. VARIABILE. Caulesccns; scandens; radicans ; foliis 

 longe petiolatis, digitatis ; foliolis 9, interdum 3-8, petiolulatis, 

 clongato-lanceolatis, apice longc acuminatis et leviter recurvatis, 

 basi in petiolulum dccurrentibus , margine levissime undatis, 



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