Dracontium. 45 



patentibus in nervum collectivum a margine paullum remotum conjunctis. Pedunculus 

 tenuis elongatus. Spatha lanceolata. Perigonii tepala 5 — 6 spathulata supra cucullata, 

 rubro-brunneo-maculata. Staminum 5 — 6 filamenta anguste linearia, ihecae poro obliquo 

 dehiscentes. Ovarium ovoideum, biloculare ovulis infra medium affixis; stilus ovario 

 aequilongus. 



Subaequatoriale andine Provinz: Columbia, Villavicencia, um 400 m ü. M. 

 (Triana n. 691, n. 289 — Blühend Juni 1856). 



6. D. longipes Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXVII. (1905) 122. — Folii petiolus 

 laevis, pallide viridis, maculis obscure viridibus longiusculis irregulariter dispositis instructus, 

 1 — 2 m altus, lamina subtus pallida, tripartita, partitione media iterum tripartita, duabus 

 lateralibus bipartitis, partitionibus IL pinnatisectis, segmentis inferioribus oblongis 

 acuminatis, basi in costae alam cuneiformem transeuntibus, segmentis superioribus 

 pinnatifidis, omnium segmentorum nervis arcuatim adscendentibus procul a margine 

 conjunctis. Pedunculus quam spatha 4-plo longior, 1 m et ultra assequens. Spatha ob- 

 longa, valde concava, circ. 2,5 dm longa, 5—6 cm ampla, extus glauca, intus atro- 

 purpurea, inferne hinc inde verruculosa. Spadix stipite 1 cm longo suffultus, 3 cm longus, 



7 mm crassus. Tepala 4 — 6 cucullata, purpureo-punctata. Staminum antherae oblongae 

 filamenta Hnearia aequantes, thecis apice poro obliquo dehiscentibus. Ovarium subglo- 

 bosum, 2-loculare, in stilum duplo longiorem elongato-conoideum attenuatum, ovula in 

 loculis solitaria prope basin affixa. 



Hylaea: Belem am Jurua Miry (Ule, Herb. bras. n. 5781. — Blühend im Sep- 

 tember 1901 — Herb. Berlin). 



7. D. Carderi Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. (1880) t. 6523. — Folii petiolus gracilis laevis, 

 maculis brunneis irregulariter dispositis instructus, usque 1 m altus, lamina subtus pallida 

 tripartita, partitione I. media bifida, lateralibus I. indivisis vel bifidis, omnibus partitionibus 

 n. infra medium pinnatipartitis, supra medium pinnatifidis, segmentis ultimis valde 

 irregularibus, infimis partitionum I. aliis oblongis aliis elliptico-ovatis, acutis, aequilateralibus 

 vel inaequilateralibus, superioribus majoribus usque 1,5 dm longis irregulariter lobulatis 

 vel rarius pertusis, acutis, inferioribus majoribus cum minoribus saepe alternantibus, 

 nervis lateralibus I. angulo acuto a costa segmenti abeuntibus, in nervum collectivum 

 a margine 2 — 3 mm remotum conjunctis. Pedunculus gracilis folio duplo longior laevis 

 glaberrimus, usque 2 m longus. Spatha lanceolata inferne convoluta, apice sursum verso 

 acuminata, 3 dm longa, extus luride viridis costis fusco-rubris, intus rubropurpurea. 

 Spadix stipite 3 mm longo, 6 mm crasso suffultus, cylindricus obtusus, 3 cm longus, 



8 mm crassus, violaceus. Tepala 5 spathulata, apice incrassata, fornicata cucullata, 

 brunneo-punctata. Stamina usque 8. Ovarium ovoideum triloculare, loculis uniovulatis, 

 ovulis prope basin affixis; stilus cylindricus robustus ovario aequilongus; stigma punc- 

 tiforme. 



Sub äquatoriale andine Provinz: Golombia (durch Carder eingeführt, blühte 

 zuerst im Garten von Mr. Bull April 1879). 



8. D. Purdieanum (Schott) Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. (1873) in observatione ad tabu- 

 lam 6048. — Ophione Purdisana Schott in Oest. Bot. Wochenbl. (1857) p. 101, Gen. 

 Ar. (1858) t. 89, Prodr. (I86O) 419; Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. II. (1879) 281. — 

 Foliorum petiolus crassus, inferne longe vaginatus, variegatus, verrucoso-asperatus, 

 lamina . . . Pedunculus circ. 2,5 dm [longus, 4 — 5 mm crassus. Spatha lanceolata 

 1,5 dm longa, inferne 5 — 6 cm lata, inferne convoluta, superne marginibus revoluta, 

 apicem versus sensim angustata. Spadix stipite 2 mm longo suffultus, cylindricus, obtusus 

 3 cm longus, 0,75 cm crassus deorsum florens. Perigonii tepala 4 — 5 apicem versus 

 valde dilatata, vertice truncata, 1,5 mm longa. Stamina 4 — 5; filamenta linearia, dorso 

 subcarinata, pistillo pauUo breviora. Ovarium breviter ovoideum, in stilum aequilongum 

 contractum, 4 — 5-loculare; ovula in loculis solitaria, subamphitropa, placentae medio 

 funiculo brevi affixa, micropyle fundum spectante. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Golombia, bei Santa Marta (Purdie — 

 Herb. Kew). 



