278 A. Engler. — Araceae. 
Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. I. (1881) 482, non in Regel, Gartenfl. (1883) t. 1112. — Caudex 
usque 1 m longus. Foliorum petioli 4—8 dm longi, teretes, supra leviter sulcati, geni- 
culo brevi, tereti, supra sulcato instructi, lamina ahitu subrotunda vel subovata, adulta 
3—5 dm lon nga, 2—3 dm lata, profunde pedato -5— 7-fida, partitionibus elliptico-oblongis 
vel lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, intermediis 2,5— 4 dm longis, triente superiore 4— 
5 cm latis, cuspide a—4 cm longa instructis, lateralibus decrescentibus atque brevius 
vel non acuminatis, extimis basi deorsum in lobum obtusissimum productis, nervis late- 
ralibus I. intimis ad basin liberis, reliquis in costulas breves connatis, nervis lateralibus 
II. tenuibus adscendentibus, superioribus nervum collectivum a margine paullum remotum 
efformantibus. Pedunculi usque 2 dm longi. Spatha 1,75—2 dm longa, 1,5—2 cm 
lata, coriacea, viridis, anguste lanceolata, basi amplexa, demum reflexa. 5 adix sub- 
eylindricus, usque 2 dm longus, 6—7 mm crassus, violaceus. Tepala Mirco ver- 
tice violascentia. Staminum filamenta obovato-oblonga, antherae aurantiac 
Westindische Provinz: Martinique (Hahn m. 946 — Herb. i" Candolle, 
Mus. e. 
. A. palmatum (L.) Kunth, Enum. 5 III. (1841) 80; Schott Prodr. (1860) 
is Pug. in DC. Mon. Phan. Il. A 879) 194. — Pothos palmata L. Spec. pl. ed. 
2. (1763) 1374; Syst. XII. 5. (Plum. am. t. prem fil. t. 207/208). — Caudex usque 
| m altus, 3—4 cm crassus. Foliorum petioli ultra 4 m longi, fere 4 cm crassi, geni- 
culo 2 cm longo, 1,5 cm crasso instructi, antice sulcati, EN ambitu i aubrotundatl 
fere 4 dm diametiens, profunde 9—1 1-partita, partitionibus 2—3 dm longis, 5—7 em 
latis, lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, a medio basin versus sensim angustatis, apice 
euspidato-acuminatis, exterioribus gradatim minus profunde separatis, nervis lateralibus 
I. omnibus, intimis 2 utrinque exceptis in phalangem crassipedem connatis, nervo col- 
pp tenui margini approximato. Pedunculus 7—8 dm longus, 4 cm crassus. Spatha 
1,5—2,5 dm longa, basi 3 cm lata, apicem versus gradatim angustata, lineari-lanceolata, 
acuminata.  Spadix brevissime stipitatus, myosuroideus, 2,5—3 dm longus, basi 2 em 
crassus, apicem versus attenuatus 
Westindische Provinz: Dominica (Imray n. 440 — Herb. Kew), epiphytisch 
(Ramage — blühend im Juli 1888 — Herb. Kew). 
462. A. silvestre Sp. Moore in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2. ser. IV. 3. (1895) 503. — 
Foliorum petiolus elongatus 4,9 dm longus, basi inerassatus, vagina cire, 3 em longa 
et genieulo subbrevi instructus, antice leviter sulcatus, lamina subcoriacea, 7-pedati-secta, 
segmenta 3 exteriora cohaerentia, intimum solummodo liberum, omnia = + lanceolata, 
1,6 dm longa, 3,5—4,5 cm lata, extima latere exteriore auriculata ceterum praeter 
marginem = repandum i iite a, inata, nervis lateralibus segmentorum utrinque 
gr 
cire. 5 erecto-arcuatis, venis sibi roma Pedunculus 2,8 dm longus, inferne 
4 mm, superne 2 mm crassus.  Spatha lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, 8 em longa, medio 
2 cm lata, purpurea. Spadix sessilis, 4,35 cm longus e basi 6 mm crassa, sursum 
attenuatus, viridis. 
brasilianische Provinz: Matto Grosso, im Wald zwischen Santa Cruz und 
ug (Spencer le Moore n. 392 — Herb. Brit. Mus .) 
. A. sinuatum Benth. ex Schott in Österr. bot. Wochenbl. (1857) 318; Engl. 
in Fl. brasil. III. 2. (1878) 99 et in DC. Mon. Phan. IL. (1879) 200 n. 146 et in Arac. 
exsicc. et illustr. n. 87. — A. Warszewiexii Al. Braun ex Schott, Prodr. (1860) 543. 
— Caudex alte scandens. Folia forma valde diversa, primaria oblongo-lanceolata, basi 
cordata, acuminata, sequentia hastata, lobis posticis divaricatis acuminatis, sequentia 
3—5— c secta. Foliorum stirpis adultae aed 4—6 dm longus, 6—7 mm crassus 
vagina 6—7 em longa et genieulo 4—0,5 cm longo subsulcato instruetus, antice sul- 
catus, lamina $— 9-secta, segmentis lanceolato-oblongis, subsessilibus, apice cuspidato- 
acuminatis, intermedio circ. 3,5 dm longo, dimidio superiore 4—1,3 dm lato 1—1,5 
M acuminato, basin versus cuneato, lateribus lobis duobus rotundatis instructo, 
sinuato-repand' s, extimis latere exteriore inferne auriculato-dilatatis ibique abrupt? 
