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latis, lobo antico oblongo-triangulari apicem versus linea levissime arcuata angustato, 

 Costa crassiuscula, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 4 prope basin nascentibus infimis 2 — 3 

 in costulas posticas brevissimas tenues haud denudatas conjunctis, costalibus utrinque 

 4 — 5 patenlibus prope marginem sursum curvatis. Pedunculus 5 — 8 cm longus. Spathae 

 tubus extus viridis vel marginibus albescens, intus purpurascens, oblongus, 4 — 6 cm 

 metiens, lamina albida apice breviter cuspidata, 5 — 6 cm longa. Spadicis sessilis in- 

 florescentia feminea pallide flavida cjlindroidea 2,4 — 2,8 cm longa, circ. \ cm crassa, 

 mascula albida 7 — 8 cm longa. Pistilla oblonga, 2 mm longa, \ mm crassa, 5 — 7- 

 locularia. Flores masculi 3 — 4-andri. Baccae sordide flavae obovoideae 3,5 mm longae; 

 semina flavescenlia ellipsoidea fere i mm longa. 



Centralamerikanische Provinz: Mexiko: Südliches Mexiko (Schott. — 

 Kais. Herb. Wien; Ghiesbrecht); in Wäldern bei Pital am Rio Nantla (Liebmann. — 

 Herb. Kopenhagen); bei Cuernavaca, um 1600 m ü. M. (Pringle n. 8093. — Blühend 

 im Februar 1899. — Herb. Berlin, Kew, Brit. Museum; Bourgeau n. 1417. — Herb. 

 Kew); Tal von Cordova (Bourgeau n. 2296. — Blühend im April 1866. — Herb. 

 Kew). — Wird in Bot. Gärten kultiviert. 



135. P. imbe Schott, Melet. I. (1832) 19, Syn. (1856) 98, Prodr. (1860) 275 

 et in Aroid. Maximilianae (1879) 45 t. 34; Engl, in Mart. Fl. brasil. HI. 2. (1878) 161 

 t. 33, in DG. Monogr. Phan. II. (1879) 409 et in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (4 899) 

 537. — P. Sellowianum Kunth, Enum. HI. (1844) 50, non C. Koch! — P. caJlae- 

 folium hört. — Caudex scandens viridis vel saepe ferrugineo-purpurascens internodiis 

 5 — 8 cm longis, 6 — 9 mm crassis. Cataphylla lineari-lanceolata, 1,2 — 4,5 dm longa, 

 2 cm lata. Foliorum petiolus antice deplanatus semiteres, 2,5 — 3,5 dm longus, 3 — 

 6 mm crassus, hinc inde sparse fusco-maculatus ; lamina pergamena oblongo-sagiltata 

 vel in stirpe juvencula ovato-sagitlata, 2 — 3 dm longa, 1,2 — 1,6 dm lata, lobis poslicis 

 oblongis obtusis retrorsis vel subintrorsis, sinu profundo parabolico distantibus, 6 — 9 cm 

 iongis, 5 — 6 cm latis, lobo antico apicem versus sensim linea arcuata angustato apice 

 ipso breviter cuspidulato quam postici plus quam duplo longiore, costis posticis angulo 

 acuto distantibus in sinu breviter denudatis apicem versus deliquescentibus, nervis late- 

 ralibus I. costalibus utrinque 2 — 3 infra medium costae abeuntibus fere horizontaliter 

 patentibus, saepe in medio lateris evanescentibus, reliquis angulo plerumque obtuso 

 abeuntibus marginem versus leviter arcuatim adscendentibus. Pedunculus 2 — 3 cm 

 longus, 2 — 3 mm crassus. Spathae fere ad basin usque evolutae tubus extus viridis 

 intus rubicundus, 3,5 — 5 cm longus, lamina utrinque sordide pallide flava subexplanata 

 late ovata 6 — 10 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata. Spadix stipite 5—6 mm longo sufTultus; 

 inflorescentia feminea cylindroidea, 2 — 3 cm longa, 4 — 4,5 cm crassa, mascula ob- 

 longa obtusa 6 — 8 cm metiens. Pistilla ovoideo-oblonga, 2 mm longa, vix 1 mm crassa. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien: Provinz Rio de Janeiro (Sellow n. 289. 

 — Herb. Berlin); zvyischen Sträuchem bei Capocabona (Glaziou n. 4 6 493. — Herb. 

 Berlin); San Paulo, Mun. de Campines (Novaes, — Herb. Commission geogr. geol. de 

 San Paulo); Pemambuco, Bush Mountain (Ridley, Lea und Ramage. — Herb. Brit. 

 Museum); Pemambuco, an Bäumen kletternd, gemein (Ridley. — Blühend im Juli 

 1887. — Herb. Brit. Museum). San Paulo, Praia Grande, Restinga (A. Löfgren 

 n. 4063. — Herb. Stockholm). — Wird in Bot. Gärten kultiviert. 



Nota. Plantae in hortis cultae a speciminibus spontaneis plerumque foliorum lamina ma- 

 jore differunt. 



4 36. P. daemonum Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddelels. Kjöbenhavn (4 850) 47; Schott, 

 Sjn. (4 856) 103, Prodr. (1860; 271; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 407 et in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 538. — Foliorum petiolus subteres supra leviter 

 canaliculatus 2 — 2,5 dm longus; lamina tenuiter coriacea cordato-hastata, 2,8^ — -3,5 dm 

 longa, 1,2 — 2 dm lata, lobis posticis divaricalis triangularibus obtusis vel rotundatis, 

 sinu valde aperto distantibus, lobo antico oblongo-triangulari apice acuminato quam 

 postici pluries longiore, costa crassiuscula, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 3 e basi nas- 

 centibus costulas posticas brevissimas formantibus, 5 — 7 costalibus, infimis angulo fere 



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