462 TACCACEAE. lindl. (Tacca.) 



lomnlls pedalis, glaber, striatus, apice florifer. Involucri fo- 

 nl nferior. s'uberccta, concava, umbellam nmlt.floram ferc 

 aCantia camque amplectentia; superiora ,t,dcm concava, sub- 

 & auriculis rotundatis, basi nempc levissime exc.sa c 

 snuln petiolum cuneato-attenuata, erecta umbel lam com.ntia ; 

 ^queL.ltmervia et acuminata. Pedicc. i nudi >. e e racteo- 

 lati Floris fabrica exacte ut ,n pracccdcnte. I. C. hchauer qui 

 addit ex Junghubn mss.: Periantbinm cinereo-purpureum. Sty- 

 n, olumnaris, centralis, triqueter, anglilis acut.s prounncu t bus 

 epalie interioribus oppositis; stigma tcrm.ua \e ^^oZ- 

 bracnliforme, tripartitum, segmentis angul.s alter.us pi.mo Ae 

 flexis dein lorizontalibus, apice obtuse bilobis : lob,s subtus „,- 

 crassati ve.utinis lutescentibus ; (stigma?) fovea ,n emargina- 

 Jura inter lobulos profunda. Fructus inferus, polyspermus - 

 turfs ribus instructus; semina pendula ; fun.cul, •o»gi«scuii, 

 nt^is affixi. - A T.Rumphii jam habitu facl, > negotm d n- 

 «uitur: differt cnim foliia minus profunde part.tis lob.s lat.o 

 rib« sinu perangusto interstinctis, inferne cont.gu.s. I. t. 

 Scl auer - "schultes plantam secnndum specimen Blumeanum 

 sic describit: Radix : tuber ovatum, depressum v. fere placent,- 

 forme extus inaequale et in siccis pallide fuscnm, intus farmo- 

 lum albidum diam. polb; fibris radicalibus baud numerosis, 

 Siututu m albidis, gUris Folia omnia radicalia u v,de ur 

 uauca et forte solitaria, erecta, longe pet.olata, glab.a, pet.o.o 



eretiusculo, in siccis ^^*^*^^J U ££Z 

 guste canaliculato, ima basi vag.nato - d.latato ct ad marg »nes 

 niembranacco, satis graci.i, 10-poll.; lamin*. 8 jpjll . fc« *«£ 

 tro, cordato-rcniformi, pedata, plerumqne ad poll. a basi usquc 

 div sa in lacinias 7, sinu angusto disjunctas, ■"«*•**•£ £ 

 ovato-lanceolatas, acumine subulato, bas.m ^^"«^^^ 

 •nutatas inteserrimas, chartaceas, saturate virides penn.ncrves. 

 C£ ^edio °subtus ^rominente, 8 fc4 poll. f^^JS^ 

 radicales erecti, simplicissimi, nud,, glabr,, in s.cc.s sulcato 

 striati 15-16 polb, crassitie pennae anatinae vcl tenumres ,ma 

 ba s v. ina radicali erecta, semiamplexante, lanceo ata acutius- 

 cula m n embranacea, nervis aliquot fortibus loi^itud.nal.bus, poll 

 ^luTrum tetraphvl.um, 12-kflorum; foliola ^extermra .j£ 

 innorescentia ut videtur patentia, late p.ata, seS ^ a ^ U ^^ 

 i„ siccis fusco-viridia, 9-15-nervia: nervis inaequal.bus, subtus 

 pU^ntibus, lf-2>. 1-H Poll lata; 2 inter.ora erec 

 Lbhastato-cordata, anriculis intlexis, brev.ter aeum.nata, n^ 

 guem ! poll. angustata, 11-nervia: nerv.s «^«^«"«^^ 

 15-0 p 4 ol 1-ii poll. lata; omnia integernma, glabra. Ulores 

 imbe.Ci; inexpansi nutantes, deflorati erecti. Peduncul, ,- 

 lucro breviores, filis nullis interm.xt, teret.uscnl, »> s,c " e ria 

 cato-angulosi, glabri, sub inflorescent.a 7 l.n. ^J*™^'™^ 

 thinm campanulatum, membranaceum, fcre glab.um, .n aiec » 

 fuscum, 5 1in. ferc diam., ad f 6-part,tnm; laeinns cxtci.onbus 



