— 11 — 
Var. ß. effusa (Griseb.) Uline in msc. — D. effusa Griseb. 
in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddels. (1875) 161. 
Brasilien: Staat Minas Geraös (Warning J' 2Q!). — Staat 
Sao Paulo, Rio Claro (LÖFGREN n. 659 J'!). 
Var. y. fodinarum (Kunth) Uline in msc. — D. fodinarum 
Kunth, Enum. pl. V (1850) 405. 
Brasilien: Staat Rio de Janeiro, Canto Gallo (PECKHOLT 2). 
— Staat Minas Geraös, Lagoa Santa (WARMING dJ'!). 
21. D. guianensis R. Knuth. — Folia usque 9 cm longa et 4 cm 
lata, ambitu oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata, apice + abrupte angustata, 
acuta, basi leviter cordata, 5-nervata, nervis subtus prominentibus. 
Spicae J' solitariae axillares aut plerumque in paniculam irregularem 
15-25 cm longam unitae, Flores solitarii vel 2—3-ni fasciculato- 
verticillati, sessiles. Perianthium + rotatum, 21/,—3 mm diam., usque 
ad 3/, partitum; segmenta rotundato-obovata, apice rotundata. Stamina 
fertilia 6, subcentralia, ad marginem disci triangularis inserta, minima; 
antherae parvae; filamenta brevissima, saepe subnulla. 
Britisch-Guiana: Potaro River, Kaieteur Savannah (JENMAN 
a. 1881 n. 812 J[!). 
22. D. nitida R. Knuth. — Folia 12", cm longa et 9 cm lata, 
exs. firme papyracea vel coriaceo-papyracea, ambitu cordata, in api- 
culum satis abrupte angustata, acutissima, basi manifeste cordata, 7- 
nervata, subtus valide sed graciliter nervata, utrinque nitida, glaberrima, 
Spicae J' solitariae, usque 40 cm longae, simplices, pedunculis 1,—8 cm 
longis suffultae; rachis firma, + strieta. Flores sessiles, verticillato- 
capitulati, verticillis 1—5-floris. Perianthium campanulato-tubuliforme, 
3'/,; mm longum, viride; segmenta obovata, obtusiuscula. Stamina fer- 
tilia 6, basi segmentorum affıxa, perianthio 2-plo breviora vel paullo 
ultra medium longiora. Rudimentum stylinum globoideum, °/, mm diam. 
Nord-Paraguay: Zwischen Rio Apa und Rio Aquidaban, San 
Luis (FIEBRIG n, 5149 J'!); Villa Sana, im schattigen Uferwald (FIEBRIG 
n. 5322b J' p.p.!). Rio Apa (HAssLEr n. 7833 Q!). 
23. D. Eckmanii R. Knuth. — Folia basi + late cordata, ambitu 
cordato-triquetra, supra lobos basales leviter contracta, apice obtuso- 
rotundata et mucronulata, ad 5 cm langa et 4!/,cm lata, exs. firme 
papyracea, supra opaca, infra nitidula, glabra, nervis 9 percursa. In- 
florescentia f‘ paniculato -racemosa, ad 9 cm longa; racemi ad 3 cm 
longi, verticillis circ. 13 obsiti; vertieilli 2—3 mm remoti, 2—3-flori; 
flores sessiles. Perianthium aperte campanulatum; segmenta + ovata. 
Antherae ad basin segmentorum perianthii vel infra affıxae, minutae. 
Rudimentum stylinum nullum. 
Cuba: Havana (EcKMAN in REGNELL, It. III a. 1914 n. 1336 J'!). 
