Echidniura, Dracontium. 39 



ßot. Wochenbl. (1857) 62, Prodi-. (1860) 418; Engl, in DG. Mon. Phan. H. (1879) 286. 



— Foliorum lamina laciniis cuspidato-acuminatis. Pedunculus 3 cm longus, cataphyllis 

 2 — 7 cm longis lanceolatis involutus. Spatha ovata, longe acuminata, atropurpm'ea, 

 1 dm longa, 6 cm lata. Spadix stipite 2 mm longo suffultus 3 — 3,5 cm longus, 4 — 

 6 mm crassus, cjlindricus, apice acutus. Flores 4 — 5-tepali, tepalis flavis, apice pur- 

 pureo-fuscis. Staminum filamenta late linearia 7 — 9, flavide pallida. Ovarium flavo- 

 viride in stilum purpureo-fuscum aequilongum attenuatum. — Fig. 14^ — F. 



Hylaea: Brit. Guiana (Schomburgk — Blühte im Bot. Garten zu Berlin 

 Sept. 1844). 



Nota. Valde imperfecte cognita, fortasse cum sequente conjungenda. 



2. E. Regelianum Engl, in DG. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 2 8 6. — E. Sprueea- 

 num Regel in Gartenfl. 1866 t. 503 non Schott. — Folii petiolus 0,5 — 1 m longus, 

 vix 1 cm crassus, laevis, variegatus, maculis brunneis atque brunneo-viridibus irregu- 

 laribus ornatus, lamina tota fere 5 dm diametiens, tripartita, partitionibus tripai'titis vel 

 pinnatipartitis, partitionibus I. 2 — 3 dm longis, partitionibus II. vel pinnis 0,75 — 1 dm 

 longis, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, obtusis vel acutis, integris vel pinnatisectis, secus nervös 

 hinc inde irregulariter pertusis, nervis lateralibus angulo circ. 45° abeuntibus, nervum 

 coUectivum a margine circ. 5 mm remotum constituentibus. Pedunculus florifer circ. 4 cm 

 longus, brunnescens, cataphyllis superioribus lineari-lanceolatis longe superatus. Spatha 

 vix 1 dm longa, ad 2 cm convoluta, medio circ. 5 cm lata, oblongo-ovata, breviter 

 acuminata, atropurpurea, intus nitida. Spadix 2 cm longus, 1 cm crassus, stipiti 1 cm 

 longo insidens. — Fig. 1 4 G — I. 



Trop. Amerika: (Soll nach Regel's Angabe in der Gartenflora von Appun aus 

 Brasilien eingesendet worden sein, nach mündlicher Angabe wahrscheinlich aus Venezuela 

 stammen. — Blühte zuerst im Juni 1864 in botan. Garten von St. Petersburg). 



34. Dracontium l. 



Dracontium*) L. Hort. Cliff. (1737) 434, Spec. pl. ed. 1. (1753) 968 pr. p.; Willd. 

 Sp. II. (1799) 289 pr. p.; Endl. Gen. (1836) 210. n. 1704; Kunth En. III. (1841) 83; 

 Schott Melet. (1832) 22, Gen. Ar. (1858) 87 et Prodr. (1860) 417; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. III. (1880) 995; Engl, in Martins Fl. Bras. III. 2. (1878) 124, in DG. Mon. 

 Phan. II. (1879) 282 et in Engl, und Prantl, Pflzfam. II. 2. (1889) 124. — Ophione 

 Schott in Oest. Bot. Wochenbl. VII. (1857) 101, Gen. Ar. (1858) t. 89, Prodr. (1860) 

 491; Engl, in DG. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 281; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. (1883). 997 

 excl. syn. Echidnium. — Ghersydrium Schott in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. XV. (1865) 72. 



— Godmnia Seem. in Journ. of. bot. (1869) t. 96. 97; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 6048. 



Flores hermaphroditi, perigoniati, Tepala 4 — 5 — 6 — 8 biseriata, apicem versus 

 dilatata, fornicata, vertice convexula, irregulariter imbricata. Stamina 4— 5 — 6 biseriata, 

 raro 9 — 12 et 3 — 4-seriata; filamenta parum dilatata, compressula, apice repentino in 

 connectivum tenue, acuminatum angustata, dimidium pistilli subaequantia vel longiora; 

 antherae connectivum longe superantes thecis lineari-ellipticis, extrorsum versis, rimula 

 apicali dehiscentibus, poUen conglutinatum eraittentibus. Ovarium ovoideum incomplete 

 2 — 5-loculare, in stilum aequilongum vel longiorem attenuatum; ovula in loculis solitaria, 

 anatropa vel subcampylotropa, funiculo brevi placentae centrali infra medium vel prope 

 basin loculamenti affixo adscendentia, micropjle fundum spectante. Stigmatis parvi 

 2 — 5-partiti laciniae lineari-spathulatae vertici stili insidentes. Fructus baccatus, peri- 

 gonio suffultus, indistincte 2 — 5-lobus, 2 — 5-locularis, loculis 1-spermis, stili rudimento 

 coronatus. Semen rotundato-reniforme, compressulum, ambitu corrugato-verrucoso- 

 gibbosum, testa crassula, umbilico valde intruso. Embryo curvatus. — Herbae Americae 

 subaequatorialis andinae atque Hylaeae, tubere hypogaeo folium solitarium giganteum 



*) Denorainatio ex antiquitate accepta a maculis serpentis modo coloratis et distributis 

 derivata. 



