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acuto sejunclis 8 — 10 cm longis, 6 — 8 cm latis, lobo anlico basin versus pauUum con- 

 tracto apice acumine tenui anguste cuspidiformi 1,5 — 2 cm longa praedito quam lobi 

 postici 3 — 4-plo longiore, nervis lateralibus I. 5 — 7 e basi nascenlibus, 6 — 8 costali- 

 bus angulo obtuso a costa patentibus marginem versus arcuatis percursa. Pedunculus 

 2 — 2,5 cm longus striolatus. Spathae tubus ulrinque laete purpureus sphaeroideus 

 ventricosus 3 — 3,5 cm longus, lamina flava late ovata scaphiformis breviter cuspidulato- 

 apiculata tubo subaequilonga. Spadicis brevissime stipilati inflorescentia feminea cvlin- 

 drica circ. 2 cm longa, \ cm crassa, inflorescentia mascula acutiuscula basi circ. 1 , ä cm 

 crassa, sursum attenuata, quam feminea duplo vel ultra longior. Pistilla viridia breviter 

 cylindrica, 3 — 4-locularia, stigmate albo suborbiculari coronala, Baccae sordidae cylin- 

 droideae obtusae, 5 — 6 mm longae; semina pallide flavescentia. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Costarica (Wendland ex Schott). — Wird 

 in Bot. Gärten kultiviert. 



H8. P. eeuadorense Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 531. — Caudex 

 scandens. Foliorum petiolus subteres tenuis, fere 4 dm longus; lamina tenuiter coriacea 

 oblongo-sagittata, 3,5 dm longa, 2 dm lata, lobis posticis oblongis obtusis, \ dm longis, 

 6 cm latis, sinu subtriangulari sejunctis, lobo antico oblongo apice circ. 1,2 cm longe 

 acuminato, a posticis sinu latissimo separato, nervis lateralibus I. 4 basalibus in costas 

 posticas haud denudatas conjunctis, 10 costalibus patentibus inter se 1,5 — 2 cm distanli- 

 bus. Pedunculus brevis tenuis. Spatha alba oblonga medio vel paullum infra medium 

 leviler constricta, circ. 1,2 dm longa, 3 cm diametiens. Spadicis oblique sessilis fructi- 

 feri inflorescentia feminea 5,5 cm longa, 2,5 cm crassa, inflorescentia mascula sub- 

 claviformis obtusiuscula, 6 — 7 cm longa, 1,5 cm crassa. Baccae oblongae, 6 — 7 mm 

 longae, 3 mm crassae; semina fusiformia albida, 2 mm longa. Flores masculi 3 — 

 4-andri; stamina 2,5 mm longa, 1 mm lata. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Ecuador: Bei Manabi an Bäumen kletternd 

 (Eggers n. 15221. — Fruchtend im September 1893. — Herb. Berlin). 



Nota. Speciei praecedenti valde affinis attamen foliorum forma satis diversa atque vix 

 cum eadem conjungenda. 



119. P. Sodiroanum Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 531. — Caudi- 

 culus internodiis superioribus 3 cm longis, 1,5 cm crassis. Cataphylla diu persistentia 

 decomposita fibrillosa, 1,2 — 1,5 dm longa. Foliorum petiolus tenuis subteres supra 

 planiusculus, 3,5 — 4 dm longus; lamina tenuiter coriacea late sagittata, 2,8 — 3,2 dm 

 longa, 2,2 — 2,5 dm lata, lobis posticis parvis fere auriculiformibus, 8 — 9 cm longis, 

 4 — 5 cm latis, sinu latissimo sejunctis, lobo antico late ovato apice abrupte breviter 

 cuspidato vel acuminato, 2,5 — 2,8 dm longo, usque ad 2,5 dm lato, nervis lateralibus I. 

 utrinque 5 in lobis posticis procurrentibus, 3 — 4 mediis in costulas breves conjunctis, 

 nervis lateralibus I. lobi antici utrinque circ. 25 a costa arcuatim patentibus. Pedunculus 

 2 — 2,5 cm longus cataphjllis fibroso-dilaceratis velatus. Spatha convoluta medio vix 

 constricta, 6 — 7 cm longa, 2,5 cm diametiens. Spadicis subsessilis inflorescentia feminea 

 3 cm longa, fructifera 2 cm crassa, mascula claviformis obtusa, 3 — 4 cm longa, medio 

 1 cm crassa. Pistilla oblongo-ovoidea, stigmate parvo orbiculari coronata, 4 — 5-locularia. 

 Flores masculi 3 — 4-andri. — Fig. fiK — S. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Ecuador: Bei Nanegal (A. Sodiro n. 47. 

 — Blühend im August 1874. — Herb. Berlin). 



120. P. quitense Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXVII. (1905) 129. — Caudex 

 scandens internodiis superioribus 2,5 — 3,3 cm longis, 1 — 1,2 cm crassis. Foliorum 

 petiolus basi breviter anguste vaginatus, deinde teres, usque 5 dm longus; lamina 

 tenuiter coriacea hastata, 3 — 3,8 dm longa, usque ad 3 dm lata, lobis posticis fere 

 horizontaliter divergentibus oblongis obtusis apicem versus sursimi versis quam anticus 

 lineari-lanceolatus vel elongato-subtriangularis apice longiuscule tenuiter acuminatus fere 

 duplo brevioribus, nervis lateralibus I. loborum posticorum utrinque 3 — 4 a costis 

 posticis angulo circ. 30" abeuntibus, lobi antici utrinque 5 adscendentibus. Pedun- 

 culus . . . Spatha brevis subovata paullum infra medium leviter constricta. Spadicis 



