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1. P. Teta Andr. Bol. Rep. t. 605. Bot. Mag. I. 1302. 

 Redonte, Lil.t. 415. Brown. in Linn. Truns. 1817. 8. Reichenb. lc. 

 t. 14. Schnlt. Sysl. 7. 362. Wull Cat. no. 5083. Foliis lanceo- 

 latis, utriuque aculis, ncrvoso-plicatis, scapo racemoso breviori- 

 blis ; corollae laciuiis ovato-rotundatis, marginatis. Andr. Teta 

 viriditlora Roxh. Flor. Ind. 2. 165? — Intlia orientalis, Ben- 

 galia (Koxb.), Silhet (Wall.). 2J* — Planta subpcdalis, caesio- 

 viritlis. Radix c rhizomale centrali bulboso fibrosa. Folia plura 

 radicalia, longe pctiolala, erecto-divergentia, oblongo-lanccolata, 

 utrinque attenuata, multincrvia, nervis transverse anastomosan- 

 tibus, alternis robnstioribus, plicata, utrinque glabra, margine 

 scabriuscula, membranacea, 7-10-pollicaria, 20-26 lin. lata. Pc- 

 tioli 2|-4j-poIlicarcs, canaliculati, basi utrinque hyalino-membra- 

 nacei, externe squamis vaginantibus hyalino-membranaceis sesqui- 

 pollicaribus cincti. Scapus e foliorum centro erectus, teretius- 

 culus, glaber, subpcdalis, violaceo- viridis (Gawl.), racemoso- 

 multitlorus, infcrne bracteis nonnullis vacuis remotis instructus. 

 Flores pedicellati, per 2-5 fasciculato-congesti, erecti, inodori ; 

 fasciculis remotis, bractea ovato-lanceolata naviculari hyalino- 

 membranacea fasciculos subacquante stipatis; pedicellis tres li- 

 neas longis, teretiusculis, apicem versus articulatis, basi brac- 

 teolatis : bracteolis hyalinis. Perigonium crassiusculum, gla- 

 brum, violaceo-virescens, disco atropur|)ureo (Gawl.), 3 lineas 

 latum, basi turbinatum et ovario acliiatuni, limbo 6-partitum, 

 rotato - patentissimum ; laciuiis subrotundis, planis, uninerviis, 

 aequalibus. Stamina 6, fauci perigonii inserta, monadelpha; 

 tubus stamineus abbreviatus, crassiusculus, apicc integerrimus ct 

 constrictus ibique interne antherifer ; antherae biloculares, sub- 

 rotiindo-didymae , dorso adnatac , inclusae, introrsae, flavidae. 

 Ovarium inferum, turbinatum, triloculare ; vertice libero, abbre- 

 viato-conico ; ovula in loculis 2, intcrdum 3, collateralia, erccta, 

 oblique oblonga, anatropa; endostomio exserto, inferne spec- 

 tante. Stigma sessile, trilobum; lobis rotundatis, papillosis. 

 (l)escr. juxta specimina cxsicc. cult.) Flores in Teta viridiflora 

 Roxh. virides ; baccae (semina?) solitariae vel ternae, monospcr- 

 mae, obovatae, glabrae, succulentae, saturate caerulescenti-oliva- 

 ceae, magnitudinc pisi. Koxb. 



2. P. HUMILIS Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 634. Bol. Mag. t. 1352. 

 Schnlt. Susf. 7. 362. Foliis elliptico-Ianceolatis, subseptemner- 

 vibus, scapo longioribus ; bracteis florem aequantibus; racemo 

 subovato ; corollae laciniis ovato - lanceolatis, margiue hyalinis. 

 Schnlf. Jil. — Insula Prince Wales. 2|< — Scapus viridis, stria- 

 tus, bipollicaris. Folia subgemina plurave, utrinque longius an- 

 gustata^ acuminata, scapo longiora, intense viridia, subtus flavi- 

 cantia, glabra, plana, tripollicaria, ultra polliccm lata. Bracteac 

 lineari - lanceolatae, geminae, pallide virides, albido- marginatae, 

 scmipollicares. Pedicelli vix 4 lin. longi. Perigonium rotato- 

 patens, minus quam in P. Tela puriusque viride, diametro 3 



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