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1. S. auifrutloosus Hsskl. 



Commclina &ut'fruticosa Bl, Eii. 3. 5; Kiitli. Eji. IV. ol. 60; 

 Hsskl. plnt. Jjigh. 1 iO. 5 (ubi descript.); — C latifolia hrb. Rnwdt. 



Observ. Coiiimeliua obliqua Vlil. (Knth. 1. c. 5i. 5), cui Blume 

 1. c. afi'inem dicit nostram, jam primo adspectu spatha colorata reniformi 

 valJe diversa videtur. 



Dcscriptioni meae laudatac addam Jiaecce; Specimina nunc milii 

 subjicientia haud suut ramosissima sed simplicia aut parce ramosa; folia 

 basi oblique in petiolum 1—2'" lon£>-um attcnuata, subtus glaucesceutia, 

 5 — 6" longa, IV^ — "1%" lata, (nunc solummodo 1"); — spathapro ratione 

 conlinium grandis cordata, complicata, lobis baseos ad ly^ — %'" longe con- 

 niitii<, nec turbinata; — perigouium deciduum albidum (Bl. in sched.), 

 linoolis luteo - badiis glandulosis notatum; foliola extcriora sessilia 

 linoari-lauceolata acuminata; interiora ovata subrotunda, louge ungui- 

 culata; — stamiua (e lloribus siccis quoad inscrtionem haud rite distin- 

 guenda!) 3 fertib'a ; filameuta longa filiformia, flexuosa, irregulariter 

 spirali -torta ; autherae albae sagittatae; couuexivum (in sicco) 

 fuscum; gcrmen ovato-oblongum basi leviter attenuatum , 2l-Ioculare; 

 gemmulae iu loculis solitariac; stylus planiusculus circinatim cii*ca 

 stigma capitatum trilobum convolutus. Capsula intra spatham reclusa, 

 e pedicello incurvo peudula, basi foliolis perigouii deciduis uuda, cora- 

 pressa obovato subrotuuda, apiculata, 3'" longa et apice fere lata, livido- 

 fuscescens, pergamacea, lucidula, 2-IocuIaris, ad basiu 2-valvis; valvae 

 persistcutes, intus in linca mediana septifcrae, septo in dehisceutia capsu- 

 lae liaud in t partes soluto, sed valvae uni tautum adhacrenti, ab alte- 

 rins valvae linea prominula mediaua sejuucto, extus leviter cariuatae, 

 loculo altero nunc abortivo minori; semiua iu loculis solitaria, facie 

 iuterna plana ct hilo liueari longitiidiuali uotata, caetcrum couvexa, 

 latcrc altero subcurvato ibique dorsum versus embryostegium valde 

 miuutum orbiculare apiculatum praebenti, ab hoc lineis elevatis radiatim 

 notata et liucis trausversis reticulata, caeterum opaca, griseo-ciuuamomea, 

 3" louga, latitudiue dimidia. 



Variat uunc foliis latioribus aut angustioribus. 



Habitat in Javae occideutalis provincia Bautam (Spanoghe), 

 nd niontcm Rompiug (BI.), prope Tjilaugkahau, orae mcridionalis, 

 niens. Novbr. flor. (Bl.); in provincia Bogor prope Kabauduugan (Bl.), ad 

 jnoutem Sal ak in humidis (Bl.); et aliis Javae locis diversis ct iu Sumatra 

 pi-opc JMalintang (Krthls.? hrb. reg. Lgd. Bat.) — Spccimeji Jirb. reg. 

 bcrol., a Kunthio divo 1. c. descriptum, a Neesio et huic forsau a Bluineo 

 e Java conimunicatum fuit "). 



•0 Dp Lunrri' l.a iiiiiruililljyro viil. ilsskl. in Pcitrs Keisc n. Mossambique U. 529., Hsskl. Tlor. 

 (Hnt. Ztg. 1863. M88 ctc); AmMlenia niontaniini 'Wi.iii anti^ni in\ nictyospprmnm (viil. infr. 



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