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PI. LXXXVIII 



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PHYLLOTiENIUM LINDENL 



El). AXORK. 



PHYLLOTAENE DE LINDEN. 



Aroidfes-Colocasiees. 



ETYMOLOGIE : do ^uX/cv, feuille, ^tTatvtcv, bandelette, des bandes regulieres blan- 

 ches qui zebrent la surface des feuilles de Tesp^ce sur laquelle est fonde ce nouveau genre, 



CARACTERES GEXERIQUES : Spatha basi convoluta, limbo lauceolato recto, deni- 

 quedeflexo; spadix f^^Siihi^ tequalis, genitalibns rudimpntariis nullis, appendice sterili 

 nulla; ajitherce bi-(?) locularea phu-inue, connectivis clavatis truncatis margine tenuiter 

 ciliolatis. poro apicali transverse dehiscentes; ovaria plurima,., — Herba americana Xeo- ^ 

 Granatensis, succo lacteolo acri, rhizornate tiiheroso ; folia coriacea, longe persistentia, 

 sagltlata, costa ven'tsque tantum7nodo suhtm promlnentibns,petioJo biUneaio scabro, basi 



floccoso-lanato ; scapi ebracteatl solitarii breves. 



Genus a Caladiis veris spatha denium 



reflexa, genitalibns rudimentariis deficientibus, antherarum connectivo supra ciliolato, 

 succo lacteu, foliis pergameiieis longe pcrsistentibus, petioloque bi-lineato rngoso infra 

 lanato praecipue distinguendum. Xanthosoma^ primum baud recte refertum; hnjusce ge- 

 neris spatlia erecta, genitalia rudimentaria, rliizonia caulescens, spatlia tlava, pedunculus- 

 que invaginatus in plantam nostram desuut. Ad P^/^aiicZram (Ralin.) plus minusve acce- 

 ^dit; spatha tamen baud olongata uudulata, antheris bilocularibus, scapu brevi, appendice 

 sterili nulla, liabituque baud scandente valde differt. 

 Phylloteenium, gen. nov. — Ed. Andr^, loco preesenti. 



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CARACTERES SPECIFIQI'ES : plania acaulis, sucoo caustico lacteolo; rhizoma tube- 

 rosum; folia persistentia; petiolus viridis, lineis 2 nigris antice posticeque lungitudinali- 

 bus, 0™50 0"^GO lougus, basi compresso-vaginatus marginibus couvolutis membranaceis 

 nigrescentibus, medio et saperne gracilis cylindricus rugosus, basi lana copiosa decidua 

 tluecosa fulvacoopertus,lenticulis atroviolaceis sub epidermide percipiendis; lamina per- 

 gamenea patens, utrinque glabra, plana v. subundulata, ovato-oblonga acuta sagittata, 

 0'»30-0"'40 longa, 0'"-15-0»"20 lata, lobis duobus basilaribus divergentibus ovato acutia 

 amplis, supra in junioribus foliis violaceo viridis, in adultis primum bete denique intense 

 viridis, inter nervos transversales patentes alternos subimmersos antemarginales vittis 

 Qonspieue depictis fere marginem attiugentibus praidita, subtus pallidior, costa centrali 

 nervisque secundariis prominentibus flavescentibus, venulis immersis subparallelis viri- 

 dioribus gracillimis ; scapus brevis (O^'IO longus), gracilis, subteres, basi nudus; spatka in 

 scapum decurrens, crassa, basi ventricosa clausa, ovato-acuta, 0»"12 longa, superne aperta 

 cucullata, demum deflexa, estus vireacenti-brunnea, intus alba, apice nigrescente; spadix 

 spath^ longitudine,,cylindraceus, super foemineos flores contractus, appendice sterili 

 nulla, apice obtusus, niveus, superne longe masculus antherarum connexivo externe qua- 

 drato convexo ciliolato (apicali poro pollen in lUis tenuibus productum', inferne foemi- 



neus, ovariis in annulo brevi (0'"02; dispositis... 



Csetera ob incomplete observatam 



inflorescentiam fructusque adhuc deftciunt. — In sylvis Nova?-Granatse legit cl. G, Wallis, 

 anno 1868. — Ad naturam vivam in horto Lindeniano descripsi. — En. A. 

 Phylloteenium Lindeni, Ed. Andre, 1. c. 



Xanthoso/na Lindait, Ilort, 



C'estinaugurer dignement Tannee nouvelle que de mettre sous les yeux de 



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