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Stenospermatium Spruceanum S. Petioli 8&—9- 
pollicares, vagina a genieulo folii suffuleientis haud distante, a re- 
liquorum foliorum vero longe remota. Lamina fol. oblonga, sub-9- 
pollicaris, basi acuta , apice subacuminata. Pedunculus firmulus, 
folio sufluleiente multo longior, sub-IO-pollicaris. Spadix sesqui- 
pollicaris Il. vix-bi-pollicaris, juliformis, stipite trilineari. 
Brasilia. (Sao Gabriel, prov. Rio-negro). Spruce. 
Tornelia Spruceana S. Folii lamina ovato-oblonga |, 
oblonga, foraminibus a costa fere in marginem usque protensis, 
saepissime I. plerumque disrupto tenuissimo marginis limbo, seq- 
menta irregularia, imperforata, constituentibus. Pedunculus sub-J- 
pollicaris. Spatha ...... Spadix longitudine sub-6-pullicaris, 
diametro eireiter pollicari, albidus. 
Brusilia (Rio-negro, Sao Gabriel) Spruce. 
Monstera crassifolia S. Petioli ad apicem fere usque 
vaginati. Lamina fol. erassula, coriacea, oblongo-ellyptica, modice 
inaequilatera, basi arcuatim obtusata, hinc magis rotundata, illine 
(latere angustiore) magis cuneata, in geniculum haud angustata, 
apice subrepentino cuspidato-acutata, foraminibus nullis I. paucis- 
simis, costae approximalis, venis patentibus, crassis. Spatha ob- 
longa, acuminata, pedalis, intus pallide-flava. Spadix cylindroideus, 
crassus, mediam spatham haud superans. Stigmata aurantiaca. 
Venezuela. 
Monstera Seemannii S. Foli lamina late oblonyo- 
ovata, a medio basin versus leviter angustata et denique abrupte-, 
arcuata linea vero, contracta et juxta petiolum cuneatim descendens, 
apice rotundate diminuta, cuspidato-apiculata, foraminibus magnis, 
latere latiore biserialibus , interioribus ibi costae approzimaltis, 
minoribus, exterioribus in marginem disruptum exeuntibus, latere 
paulo angustiore medianis , venis patentissime sursum tendentibus. 
SPEMG® ol hr 
Insula Taboga. Seemann. 
Monstera Imrayana S. Foli lamina late ovato-ob- 
longa, ab imo fere apicem versus arcuatim sed sensim angustata, 
cuspidato-apiculata, basti latere latiore subtruncata, paulo angustiore 
rotundata, in priore foraminibus paueis medianis, in posteriore fo- 
ramine uno alterove costae approximato instructa, venis et in- 
ferioribus patentissime sursum tendentibus. Spatha late - obovata, 
apiculata, 7—&-pollices longa, 5 pollices (ubi expansa) lata. 
Spadix mediam spatham attingens, crassulus. £% 
Dominica Imray. A 
Monstera Holtoniana S. Foli lamina late-ovata, 
(11 pollices lata, 14 pollices longa), basi subcordata et ima basi 
brevissime cuneata, apice rotundute et subrepen tino angustata, 
cuspidulata , foraminibus lateris latioris subbiserialibus, interio- 
