104 A.. Engler und K. Krause. — Araceae-Philodendroidcae-Philodcndreae. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Ecuador: In tropischen Wäldern bei San 

 Nicolas (A. Sodiro n. 46. — Blühend im September 1892. — Herb. Berlin); in 

 Wäldern bei Guayas (A. Sodiro n. 45. — Herb. Berlin). 



§ 5. EuGardium Engl, 



Eucardium Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (i899) 535 et in Engl.-Prantl, 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. III. (1906)- 32. — Foliorum petiolus pauUum succosus, supra 

 planus vel canaliculatus; lamina cordiformis. Ovarii loculi 5 — 6, ovulis paucis in loculis 

 prope basin nascentibus, 



\Si. P. Wallisii Regel ex Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 543. — 

 Caudex erectus abbreviatus. Foliorum petiolus subteres supra planus apicem versus 

 late canaliculatus, 3 — 4 dm longus, 5 — 6 mm crassus; lamina tenuiter coriacea saturate 

 viridis supra opaca late ovato-cordata, 3,5 — 4,2 dm longa, 2,5 — 3 dm lata, lobis 

 posticis semiorbicularibus, circ. \ dm longis, 1,5 dm latis, sinu profundo obtuso sejunctis, 

 lobo antico ovato apice breviter tenuiter acuminato quam postici 3 — 3Y2~plo longiore, 

 nei'vis lateralibus I. uti'inque 5 — 6 in lobis posticis procurrentibus, basalibus 3 — 4 atque 

 costalibus 13 — 15 in lobo antico patentibus prope marginem arcuatim adscendentibus. 

 Pedunculus 3 — 4 cm longus. Spathae brunneo-viridescentis tubus oblongus, 4 — 5 cm 

 longus, 2,5 cm amplus, lamina ovato-oblonga, apice acuminata, 6-^7 cm longa, 2 cm 

 ampla. Spadicis breviter stipitati inflorescentia feminea cylindrica, 2,5 cm longa, 1 cm 

 crassa, mascula elongato-conoidea obtusa, 7 cm longa, inferne 1 cm crassa, sursum 

 paullum attenuata. Pistilla ovoidea, 2 mm longa, plerumque 4-locularia, ovulis pluribus 

 prope basin funiculis longis insertis. Flores masculi 3- — 4-andri; stamina 2 mm longa; 

 staminodia 3 mm longa, 1 — 1,5 mm lata. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Columbien: Ohne genaue Angabe des 

 Standortes (Wallis). 



Species quarum flores nondum noti sunt, aut ad sectionem Poly- 

 spermium, aut ad sectionem Oligospermium pertinentes. 



P. Andreanum Devansaye in Rev. Hortic. LVIII. (1886) 36 et Rev. Hortic. Beige 

 XIII. (1887) 274, flg. 30. — P. grandidens Hort, ex Rev. Hortic. Beige XIII. (1887) 

 274. — Caulis saturate viridis scandens teres validus, internodiis elongatis 2 cm crassis 

 inferne albo-striatis. Cataphylla membranacea rufescentia naviculari-amplectentia. Folio- 

 rum petiolus subflexuoso-erectus antice deplanatus, 5 dm et ultra longus, inferne 2 cm 

 crassus, sursum paullum attenuatus; lamina coriacea saturate viridis nitida aureo-suffusa 

 vel in foliis junioribus salmonea marginibus acietatis pellucidis, ad summum petiolum de- 

 curvum subito deflexa, 6 — 8 dm longa, usque ad 2,5 dm lata, sagittato-oblonga, lobo 

 antico anguste oblonge apice longe acuminato, lobis posticis quam anticus pluries bre- 

 vioribus oblique obtusis sinu profundo elliptico basi acuto separatis, nervis lateralibus I. 

 ut Costa albidis patentibus marginem versus arcuatis utrinque 3—4 basalibus atque 

 7 — 8 costalibus percursa. Inflorescentia ignota. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Columbien: In Urwäldern nahe der pazi- 

 fischen Küste; in botanischen Gärten kultiviert. 



P. gloriosum Andre in 111. hortic. (1876) 194 t. 262; Engl, in DG. Monogr. 

 Phan. II. (1879) 399, in Arac. exsicc. et illustr. n. 254 et in Engler's Bot. .lahrb. XXVI. 

 (1899) 644. — Caudex prorepens internodiis viridibus 4 — 6 cm longis, 1,5 — 2 cm 

 crassis. Cataphylla purpurea ecarinata, 1 — 1,5 dm longa, diutius persistentia. Foliorum 

 petiolus inferne viridis superne atque costae nervisque lateralibus primariis rubesccns, 

 striolis longitudinalibus albis notatus, semiteres 2 — 3 dm longus, 6 — 8 mm crassus; 

 lamina tenuis herbacea supra costa nervisque primariis pallidis atque margine rubes- 

 cente exceptis saturate viridis, subtus pallida, cordato-ovata, 1,5 — 2,5 dm longa, 1,2 — 

 2 dm lata, lobis posticis subsemiorbicularibus, 3 — 5 cm longis, 6 — 9 cm latis, sinu 



