232 A.. Engler. — Araceae-Aroideae. 



106. CryptOCOryne Fischer. 



Oryptoeoryne*) Fischer ex Reichenbach, Consp. (1828) 44, msc. ei Wydler in 

 Linnaea V. (1830) 428; Schott, Melet. I. (1832) 16, Syn. (1856) 1, in Bonplandia V. 

 (1857) 221, 222, Gen. Ar. (1859) t. 1, Prodr. (1860) 13 pr. p.; Blume in Rumphia I. 

 (1835) 83—87, t. 36c; Endl. Gen. (1840) 233 n. 1671; Kunth, Enum. III. (1841) 12; 

 Griff, in Transact. Linn. Soc. XX. 2. (1847) 263, t. 10 — 12; Engl, in Nov. Act. 

 Acad. nat. cur. XXXIX. 34. (1877) 193, 194, DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 623, in 

 Bull. Soc. Tose, di Ortic. (1879) 15, 16, in Beccari Malesia I. (1882) 296 — 300, 

 t. 27—28, et in Engler-Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 3. (1887) 148; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. pl. III. 

 (1883) 963; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 492; Baill. Hist. pl. XIII. (1894) 468; 

 Goebel in Flora LXXXIII. (1894) 426 et Organographie II. (1900) 460, Fig. 306.4, B. 

 ÄrumL. Spec. ed. 1. (1753) 967 n. 16, ed. 2. (1763) 1371, n. 17; Retz. Observ. I. 

 (1779) 30. — Galadium Vent. Cels. (1800) 30 pr. p.; Willd. Spec. IV. (1805) 488 

 pr. p. — Ambrosinia Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 65, Corom. pl. III. (1819) 90, Fl. ind. 

 III. (1832) 491, 492. — Myrioblastus Wall, ex Griffith in Proc. Linn. Soc. I. (1845) 

 264. — Melioblastis C. Muell. in Bot. Zeitg. IV. (1846) 158. 



Flores unisexuales, nudi. Flores masculi 1 — 2-andri : Stamina brevissima ; an- 

 therae sessiles inferne distinete 4-loculares, superne breviter connectivo tenui obsoleto 

 instruetae, compressulae, vertice truncato coneavatae, thecis oppositis vertice processu 

 coniformi poro aperiente demum evanescente instruetis, pollen in fareiminulis emit- 

 tentibus. Flores feminei monogyni verticillati omnes inter se connati; ovarium uni- 

 loculare, pluriovulatum ; ovula ereeta, orthotropa, funiculo brevissimo pilis longis 

 dense obsito placentae lineari ad parietem internam sitae affixa, 2 — 4-seriata, mi- 

 cropyle tholum speetante; stili breves crassiusculi extrorsum curvati, stigmate dis- 

 coideo impresso-excavato orbiculari vel ovali vel anguste oblongo instrueti. Fructus 

 compositus, baccarum concretu exortus, epicarpii parte dorsali disrupta valvatim aperiens; 

 semina obovoideo-oblonga, exsiccata striis verrueoso-rugosis longitudinalibus distantius- 

 culis costata, testa haud crassa obteeta, micropyle prominula ; albumen copiosum ; 

 embryo axilis, (in G. ciliata) gemmulam polyphyllam comosam, cataphyllis plurimis 

 subulatis formatam proferens. — Herbae Indiae orientalis rhizomate saepe ramoso, haud 

 raro stolonifero, caudice post primam inflorescentiam sympodiali. Foliorum petiolus 

 longiuscule vaginatus, lamina cordata, elliptica, lanceolata, aut petiolo omnino destituta 

 linearis, nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 3 — 6 adscendentibus, in apice exeuntibus, venis 

 transversis connexis. Pedunculus plerumque brevis; spathae tubus hypogaeus vel hy- 

 polimnus, inferior inflorescentiam includens plerumque amplior et brevior quam tubus 

 superior, supra inflorescentiam processu (plicae) semicampaniformi inflorescentiam mas- 

 culam obtegente instruetus, lamina d= lanceolata aut aperte patens aut marginibus 

 connivens, anguste hians, "saepe in caudam valde elongatam reetam vel spiraliter tortam 

 prolongata. Spadicis tenuissimi appendix brevis tholo tubi plicae adnata, infiorescentia 

 feminea saepius pauci(4 — 7)-flora, floribus monoeyclis vel dicyclis, Ulis cycli superioris 

 abortivis, illis cycli inferioris inter se connatis, infiorescentia mascula a feminea inter- 

 stitio nudo longo remota, dense multiflora. 



Ramificationis schema: 

 L, L . . . . L(n — 1), Ln, S 



N, L, L . . . . L(n— 1), Ln, S 



N, L, L S(n— 1), S. 



*) xQvmos = oecultus et xoqvvr] = clava, quia spadiz totus in spathae tubo plica oc- 

 cultus est. 



