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ASTEROSTIGMA Schot. 
(In literis 1851. Oestr. Bot. Wechbl. 1852. p. 67.) 
Spatha erecta, elongata, lanceolato-linearis, basi convoluta, reliqua parte hians vel aperta. 
Spadix androgynus, erectus, spatha paulo brevior; spica feminea: spatha convoluta, 
inclusa et illi magna parte acereta, multi- et remotiflora; spica mascula: femineae 
contigua, cylindrico-clavata , libera, multi ac quamquam primum densi-, tamen tandem 
inferne remotiflora. 
Floseuli masculi: nudi, synandria e staminibus tribus (utplurimum), substipitatis, apice 
incrassatis; connectiva juncta, vertice peltata, irregulariter rotundata, umbonata ; loculi 
obcordiformes, cireum apicem connectivi communis incrassatum, pro parte pelta obtecti, 
quasi appensi, distantes, breves, rimula tandem ampliata et demum subtransversa 
aperientes; feminei: organis neutris cincti; ovaria 3—4-——5-locularia; stylus conicus, 
ex: ovario sensim attenuatus; stigma late-3-—4——5-lobum, peltatim affixum, tenue, lobis 
bifidis, rectis, triangulare-lanceolatis, acutis, asterisciforme; placentae ex axeos basi 
exsertae, vix insignitae, uniovulatae; funiculus brevis, assurgens; ovulum cylindrico- 
lagenaeforme, horizontaliter-obliquatum, anatropum; micropyle parietem loculamenti 
versus directa; organa neutra: ad basin ovarii 3—4— 5; saepe hinc inde connata, 
imam ovarii basin cingentia, crassiuscule cuneata, vertice truncata, brevia. 
 Fruefus. ..... 
Mabitus. Herba e tubere depresse rotundato stolonifera. Folia plerumque pauca, interdum 
solitaria, hysteranthia, petiolo longo, maculato, inferne teretiusculo; lamina tritomo- 
partita, partitione media pinnati-secta, lateralibus irregulariter pinnatipartitis, extus 
petiolum versus longe denudatis, segmentis lanceolatis, dense venulosis, pseudoneuro 
in extimo margine. Pedunculus longulus vel longus. Spatha proportione parva. 
Synonyma. Arum Flor. Flum. Caladium Lodd? Staurostigma Scheid w. 
