Rhodospatha. 95 



Prov. Bahia, Itaparica und Ilheos (Expedition des Erzherzog Maximilian); Estrada do 

 Felisberto (Prinz Neuwied — Herb. Martins, Brüssel). 



Hjlaea: Para, in Urwäldern bei Para (Martins — Herb. München); Niederländ. 

 Guiana (Wullschlägel); subandines Peru, Mission Tocache (Poeppig). 



7. Rh. costaricensis Engl, et Krause n. sp. — Caudex teres validus, circ. 2 cm 

 crassus, internodiis 1,5 cm longis. Foliorum petiolus 2 — 2,8 dm longus ad geniculum 

 \ — 1,5 cm longum usque vagina subcoriacea persistente margine plerumque fibroso- 

 dilacerata, basi utrinque 1,4 — 1,6 cm lata, sursum sensim angustata instructus, lamina 

 oblonga, basin versus subcuneatim angustata, apice breviter cuspidato-acuminata, circ. 

 3,5 dm longa, 1,5 — 1,7 dm lata, nervis lateralibus I. numerosis angulo 40^ — 50° a 

 Costa supra pauUum depressa subtus valde prominente abeuntibus marginem versus leviter 

 arcuatim adscendentibus, nervis lateralibus II. primariis multo tenuioribus subparallelis. 

 Pedunculus 1,2 dm longus. Spatha oblonga acuminata 1 dm longa. Spadix sessilis cylin- 

 dricus apice rotundato-obtusus, 8 cm longus, fere 2 cm crassus. Staminum filamenta 

 latissime linearia basin versus paullum angustata, pistillis subaequilonga, antherae parvae 

 ovoideae. Pistilla prismatoidea, 4 — 5 mm longa, 2 mm crassa stigmate oblongo coronata. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Gostarica: Ferno de Boston, am Abfall 

 zum atlantischen Ozean, um 30 m ü. M. (A. Ton duz in Herb. Inst. phys. geogr. nat. 

 costar. n. 14 628 — blühend im August 1901 — Herb. Berlin). 



8. Rh. heliconiifolia Schott in Österr. bot. Zeitschr. VIII. (1858) 317 et Prodr. 

 (1860) 350; Engl, in Mart. Fl. brasil. III. 2. (1878) 107, in DG. Monogr. Phan. II. 

 (1879) 234 et in Engl. Arac. exsicc. et illustr. n, 266. — Gaudex internodiis inferio- 

 ribus 2 — 5 cm longis, superioribus vix 2 cm longis, 1,5 — 2 cm crassis. Foliorum petio- 

 lus circ. 3 dm longus ad geniculum 0,75 — 1 cm longum planiusculum margine cris- 

 patum usque vagina e basi 4 — 5 cm lata apicem versus sensim angustata serius di- 

 lacerata instructus, lamina deflexa membranacea, supra nitidula, subtus opaca, oblonga 

 vel oblongo-elliptica, inaequilatera, apicem versus linea levissime arcuata sensim angus- 

 tata, basi obtusa vel acutiuscula, ima in geniculum cuneatim contracta, 2,5 — 3 dm 

 longa, 1,5 — 1,7 dm lata, costa basi aogulose compressa, supra obtuse prominente, 

 nervis lateralibus I. numerosis (20 — 25) patentibus, superioribus adscendentibus, subtus 

 prominentibus, nervis lateralibus II. paucis interjectis cum tertiariis reticulato-conjunctis. 

 Pedunculus pallide viridis, 1,5 dm longus, 6 mm crassus, folii antecedentis vagina invo- 

 lutus. Spatha oblongo-lanceolata, 1,5 — 1,75 dm longa, 6 — 7 cm lata, ab infimo tri- 

 ente apicem versus angustata, initio pallide viridis intus flavescens, expansa et deflexa 

 rosea, mox decidua. Spadix conoideus tota longitudine floribus hermaphroditis ob- 

 sessus, stipite circ. 1,5 cm longo, 6 mm crasso suffultus, 1,5 dm longus, basi 1,5 cm 

 crassus. Staminum circ. 1 mm longorum filamenta late linearia, paIHda, apice flavida, 

 quam antherae triplo longiora. Pistilla tetragona 1 mm longa, vertice roseo-lilacina 

 stigmate atro-violaceo instructa, loculis multiovulatis. 



Trop. Amerika. 



Nota, Patria accuratius haud cognita, verisimiliter Brasilia, quum reliquae species affines, 

 insuper quoque Bhodospatha hlanda Schott in Brasilia oceurrant. 



9. Rh. blanda Schott msc. ex Engl, in Mart. Fl. brasil. HI. 2. (1878) 107 et in 

 DG. Monogr. Phan. II. (1879) 234; Nichols. Dict. Card. IH. (1887) 298. — Gaudex 

 scandens internodiis inferioribus 2 — 4 cm longis, superioribus 1 cm longis, 8 — 10 mm 

 crassis. Foliorum petiolus 1,25 — 1,5 dm longus, 1,5 cm latus, ad geniculum 2 — 

 5 mm longum usque subaequaliter vaginatus, lamina oblongo-elliptica, basi obtusiuscula, 

 apicem versus linea leviter arcuata angustata, acuta, 1,25 — 2 dm longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, 

 nervis lateralibus I. utrinque 12 — 18 erecto-patentibus paullum prominentibus, secun- 

 dariis subparallelis paucis interjectis. Pedunculus 8 — 9 cm longus, 3 — 4 mm crassus. 

 Spatha .... Spadix cylindroideus obtusiusculus, stipite 1,5 cm longo suffultus, 7 cm 

 longus, inferne 8 mm crassus, apicem versus paullum attenuatus. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Bahia, bei Ilheos (Expedition des Erzherzog Maxi- 

 miUan — Kais. Herb. Wien). 



