Taccarum. 43 



Nord-Paraguay: an feuchten Uferwaldrändern zwischen Rio Apa und Rio Aqui- 

 daban, bei Estrella und San Luis (Fiebrig n. 5300 — Herb. Berlin). 



Nota. Inflorescentia fructifera propter baccas flavas dense sitas inflorescentiam Maydis 

 sat simulans, at crassior, edulis seminibus acerrimis exceptis. 



2. T. peregrinum (Schott) Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 647, in Arac. exs. 

 et illustr. n. 9. — Lysistigma peregrinum Schott in Bonplandia X. (1862) 2 23. — 

 Endera conophalloidea Regel in Gartenflora (1872) 236, t. 732. — T. cylindricum 

 Arcangeli in Nuovo Giornale bot. ital. XI. (4 879) 189—192, t. VIII. — Tuber leviter 

 depressum, circ. 2 cm diametiens. Folii solitarii coaetanei petiolus laevis maculatus 



1 m vel ultra longus, lamina maxima trisecta segmentis circ. 2 — 2,5 dm longis, inter- 

 medio pinnatipartito vel bipinnatipartito, lateralibus primariis bipartitis aut bipinnati- 

 fidis vel pinnatifido-incisis, laciniis omnibus irregulariter spathulato-lanceolatis plerumque 

 margine repando-undulatis, nervis lateralibus angulo acuto arcuatim ascendentibus. 

 Pedunculi demum usque 4 dm longi spatha e tubo laxe soluto sensim in laminam 

 oblongam inferne arcte convolutam exiens, 1,5 — 2 dm longa, livescens, margine sub- 

 undulata, utrinque et in tubi fundo viridis. Spadicis sessilis quam spatha brevioris 

 circ. 8 cm longi, 1 cm crassi inflorescentia mascula femineae contigua. Florum mascu- 

 lorum synandria brevia, connectivo pileiformi purpurascente 5 — 6-lobato, vertice plerum- 

 que exsculpto et tunc 4 — -6-gibbo instructa, thecis infra peltae marginem oppositis, ad 

 basin usque productis, rima apicali aperientibus. Florum femineorum staminodia lon- 

 giora inferne dilute purpurantia, sanguineo-punctata, superne flaventia, breviora ex toto 

 fere purpurascentia, sanguineo-punctulata, ovarium breviter ovoideum subglobosum 4 — 

 6-loculare in stilos brevissimos stigmate crasso rotundato flavo coronatos exiens. 



Tropisches Amerika: Bisher nur aus botanischen Gärten bekannt. 



3. T. Ulei Engl, et Krause in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem VI. n. 54. 

 (1914) 116. — ■ Foliorum petiolus teres modice validus, 3,5 — 4,5 dm longus, inferne 

 circ. 2 cm crassus sursum paullum attenuatus, lamina tenuiter herbacea ambitu late 

 ovata, 3 — 4 dm longa atque fere aequilata, tritomo-partita, partitionibus omnibus ± 

 bipinnatifidis, lateralibus quam intermedium paullum hrevioribus atque extus petiolum 

 versus per spatium breve denudatis, laciniis irregulariter lanceolatis vel spathulato-lanceo- 

 latis atque longiuscule acuminatis basin versus angustatis demum decurrentibus atque 

 inter se cohaerentibus, 5 — 8 cm longis, usque ad 3,2 cm latis, nervis lateralibus tenui- 

 bus angulo acuto adscendentibus arcuatis in nervum collectivum marginalem conjunctis, 

 venis numerosis reticulatis. Pedunculus 1,5 — 1,8 dm longus, 1,2 — 1,5 cm crassus. 

 Spatha crassiuscula subcoriacea oblonga, 2,5 dm longa, 6 — 7 cm lata. Spadix stipite 



2 cm longo spathae adnato suffultus; inflorescentia feminea (fructifera tantum cognita) 

 cylindroidea, 1,2 dm longa, 3,2 cm crassula, mascula circ. 8 cm longa, in specimine 

 suppetente jam deflorata. Baccae late ovoideae vel ovoideo-globosae apice obtusae, 

 medio paullum concavae 7 — 9 mm longae atque aequilatae, semina 2 — 4 majuscula 

 oblonga interdum obliqua extus minute verruculosa 5 — 6 mm longa circ. 3 mm dia- 

 metientia includentes. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Piauhy, in feuchten Felsschluchten der Serra da 

 Lagoa (Ule n. 7171 — fruchtend im Januar). 



4. T. Weddellianum Brongn. ex Schott 1. c; Engl, in Fl. bras. III. 2. (1878) 

 207, t. 49, in DG. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 519 et in Arac. exs. et illustr. n. 97. — 

 T. Hasslerianum Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2. ser. III. (1903) 1114. — Tuber 

 magnum. Folii petiolus 4 — 8 dm longus, laminae usque 4 dm longae, 5 dm latae seg- 

 mentum intermedium 2,5 — k dm longum, lateralia 2 — 3 dm longa, segmenta I. 1 — 

 1,25 dm longa, bi-tripinnatifida, laciniae ultimae in foliis status junioris oblongae 5 — 6 cm 

 longae, 2 — 3 cm latae, dz acuminatae, in foliis status magis adulti lineari-lanceolatae 

 1 cm vel vix 4 cm latae. Pedunculus usque 1,5 dm longus; spatha ovata ventricosa 

 vel expansa suborbicularis, breviter cuspidata, flavovirens, circ. 12 — 16 cm longa, ex- 

 pansa usque 2 dm lata. Spadix stipite 0,5 — 1,5 cm longo, spathae accrecto suffultus, 

 juvenculus 0,9 — 1,5 dm longus, pars feminea 0,35 — 0,5 dm, mascula 5 cm longa, 



