NEPHTHYTIS set. 
(Oestr. Bot. Wochenbl. 1857. p. 406.) 
Spatha pedunculo decurrens 
^ pa dix multiflorus 
Flosculi feminei: uniloculares, uniovulati, ovulo apice tholum versus appenso; micropyle 
fundum versus spectans. 
Fruetus. Baccae ellipsoideae, ima basi, axeos breviter-elevatis aciebus hexagonis cireumdatae, 
haud connatae, uniloculares, monospermae. 
Semen obovoideum, appensum, ex cavitatis apice lateraliter descendens, umbilico excavato circu- 
lari, micropyle minuta fundum respiciente; albumen nullum; embryo macropodus. 
Wabitus. Prorepens. Petioli longi, inferne vaginati. Lamina folii sagittata, lobis posticis retrorsis, 
incumbentibus, acuminatissimis, venis ramosis areolas majusculas formantibus, pseu- 
doneuris in margine, intimo a margine paulo remoto. Peduneulus longus. 
Synonyma nulla. 
Geographica. Guineam inhabitat. 
Etymologia. Nephthys mater Anubis, uxor Typhonis. 
