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lamina ovata vcl in foliis supcrioribus ovato-oblonga, 

 longe acuminaia cl hrcvilcr mucronulata, basi rotundalo- 

 oblusa, margine ciliolala et vcrsus apiccrn flavescenti- 

 villosa supra ad costain mediam pubescenlia ccterum 

 glabra, in sicco tcnui-membranacea, usquc 2 1 /., pollices 

 longa et 1 l / a pollices lala. Spicae pedunculalae, pcdun- 

 culo unilatcraliler piloso usque 7 l '., pollicari, e bracteis 

 duabus compositae vel unibracteatae, rhachi glabra. 

 Bracteae oblongae, obtusac, brevissime apiculalae, apicc 

 lcviter pubcrulae cclcrum glabrac, rliachi apprcssae, 1 

 pollicares vel paullo breviorcs, pedunculos 1 — i invol- 

 vcntes. Flores bini pedunculo comrnuni glabro plcruinque 

 quam bractea paullo breviore arrecto 9 — 12 lineari 

 insidentes, altcr brevissimc alter longe pedicellalus, 

 pedicello longiore bracleam supcranle V 2 lineari. 

 Sepala spathulato - oblonga , obtusa, glabra, membra- 

 nacea, viridi-fuscescentia. Tubus corollac glaber, sepalis 

 brcvior. Petala oblonga, oblusa ct cucullata, cum stami- 

 nodiis glabra, subtiliter brunneo-maculata. Staminodia 

 extcrna duo obovata, rotundato-obtusa et retusa, labelli- 

 formia, alterum parum rninus. Staminodia inlerna mullo 

 minora, cum stamino fertili tria; exlimum aeque cal- 

 losum, latissimum, obtusum, purpureo-maculatum. Staini- 

 nodium intimum cucullatum ad allerum latus auricula 

 deflexa inslruclum, purpurco-maculatum. Staincn fertile: 

 Antbera libera, appendice petaloidca perparva filamenlo 

 usquc ad antheram adnala. Germen glabrum, uniovulatum, 

 corpusculo placcntario instructum. Stylus incurvus. Stigma 

 truncatum. Primo intuitu nec Marantae Tonckat Aubl. 

 nec M. gibbae Sm. absimilis. Ab illa slatim dignoscilur 

 spica paucibracteata, bracteis arrectis, sepalis multo 

 angustioribus spatbulatis (nec ovatis), tubo corollae lon- 

 giore. A M. gibba Sm. differt foliorum pilositate, tubo 



