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1° a peduncle of Anthurium Ferrierense which ends in two 
spadices connected along a distance of 1.7 ¢.M. One spathe only. 
2° a peduncle of Anthurium spec., of which the spadix, 12 
e.M. long, at a distance of 4.5 ¢.M. from the basis is divided 
into two (unequal) branches and a groove in the basal portion 
indicates an initiating fission. One spathe only. 
3° a peduncle of Anthurium Ferrierense with a spadix flat- 
tened underneath and 2 ¢.M. above the base splitting up into 
two unequal portions, which cohere. One spathe (fig. 19) ’). 
4° a fasciating peduncle of the same on one of its surfaces 
distinctly grooved bearing two spadices which slightly cohere 
at their bases but have each a spathe of their own (fig. 20) *). 
5° a flattened peduncle with one flattened spadix which is 
two-topped; the incision corresponds with a groove at the back. 
The so cohering spadices have each a normal spathe. 
The above is in favour of our opinion that the top splits up 
and that the starting-point of the bifurcation moves in the 
given examples from the top downward. The lower this point, 
the sooner a bifurcation is induced and accomplished. | 
The observations now to be described remove all doubt: 
6° A peduncle bearing a coxcomb-shaped spadix, supported 
by a spathe. 
This comb shows near the top (on the left in fig. 21) a lateral 
spadix and at the top a terminal, strongly flattened spadix with 
several tops. In this case the division of the growing point 
has gone so far as to create a thing like the well known comb 
of Celosia ‘cristata. 
7° A strongly fasciating peduncle dichotomizing into two stalks, 
of a length of 20 and 16 cM. respectively, each with spathe 
and spadix. The short-stalked spadix is thoroughly normal, the 
long-stalked on the other hand has the shape of a coxcomb 
but the regularity of a dichotomy: the main divisions splitting 
up into two and the latter into three each, constituting six 
tops. Which ot the secondary (tertiary) tops belong to the same 
order cannot be decided. 
1) Cfr. Dr. J. J. Smrru in ,De Tropische Natuur” March 1917, 
2) J. J. Smurn, lc. 
