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AMORPHOPHALLUS mne 
(Batav. Diar. 1825.) 
Spatha ampla, vix basi in tubum distinctum convoluta, (intus basi verruculosa). 
Spadix androgynus, liber, erectus, spatha subbrevior; spica feminea cylindroidea, densi- 
ac multiflora, sessilis; spica mascula femineae arcte juncta, ceylindroidea vel parum 
obconica, densa, multiflora; rhachis spiearum  cylindroidea, spica organorum 
neutrorum nulla; appendix conica, tandem grandefacta et ob spongiosam medullam 
infirmis, vario modo rugosa, sinuosa, valleculosa, depressa et deplanata. 
Flosculi nudi; masculi: antherae parallelepipedae, compressulae, indistincto ordine aggregatae ; 
connectivum tenue, ultra loculos prominulum; loculi oppositi, vertice primum biporosi, 
mox autem rimula transversa, oblonga aperientes; pollen ...... ; feminei: 
ovarium bi—triloculare; stylus praelongus, teres, abrupte ex ovario exsertus, deciduus ; 
stigma magnum, capitato- bi—-tripartitum, partitionibus arrectis, margine involutis 
inflexisve; placenta septum parum adscendens; funiculus longus; ovulum solitarium in 
qualibet cavitate, funiculo arrecto appensum vel affixum, anatropum ; micropyle fundum 
versus spectans; neutri nulli. 
Eriius.....-. 
Semen ..... 
Mabitus. Tuber magnum. Folium solitarium, hysteranthium, petiolo tereti, elongato, maculato 
tricruri, segmentis laminae oblique oblongis, acuminatis inaequalibus. Pedunculus parum 
e terra prominens. Spatha maxima, coriacea, campanulata, limbo undulata. Spadicis 
appendix fungosa, varie tandem ac irregulariter profunde-rugosa. — Cibus! 
Synonym à. Arum Roxb. Pythion Mart. Candarum Reichnb. 
Geogra phica. Latissime in Asia tropica dispersus. 
Etymolo gia. 44opoos deformis et gaAAós. 
