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Stamina œ; filamentis inter se et cum perianthio basi dilatata con- 
natis, apice subulatis; antheris dorsifixis v. subbasifixis, oblongis v. 
2-dymis; loculis intus v. ad margines rimosis. Floris fominei subli- 
bert v. rhachi plus minus immersi perianthium superum, 4-gonum, 
ä-fidum v. 4-partitum ; foliolis nunc emarginato-2-lobis v. raro bre- 
vissimis crassis; lateralibus 2: circa fructum sæpius accrescentibus 
v. induratis. Staminodia 4, sepalis opposita corumque basi adnata, 
longissime filiformia, primum corrugala, decidua, apice nunc 
antheram imperfectam gerentia. Germen plus minus inferum; styli 
lobis sessilibus crassis stellato-patentibus cum sepalis alternantibus, 
longitudinaliter sulcatis. Placentæ parietales v. sub apicales 4, oppo- 
sitisepalæ crassæ; ovulis œ, descendentibus anatropis; micropyle 
supera; funiculis varie elongatis. Fructus compositus (syncarpium) 
carnosus v. pulposus, sepalis stylisque tumidis stipantibus opertus; 
carne sæpe ab axi soluta. Semina +, ellipsoidea; integumento extimo 
carnoso; intimo autem coriaceo; albumine copioso v. nunc tenu, 
carnoso v. corneo; embrvyone cylindraceo minuto. — Herbæ perennes 
v. suffrutescentes; caudice brevi v. rarius elongato sarmentoso 
scandente annulato radicante. Folia alterna, disticha v. fasciculata, 
integra, 2-fida v. palmatisecta; segmentis integris v. dentatis flabel- 
latis, æ-costatis ; petiolo longo v. brevi, basi varie vaginante. Spadices 
basilares v. axillares, cylindracei, oblongi, obovoidei v. subsphærici, 
simplices, longe v. breviter peduneulati; floribus glomerulatis; glome - 
rulis in spiras dense dispositis; flore glomeruli centrali fœmineo; 
exterioribus 4, masculis, sepalis fæmineorum antepositis. Spathéæ 2 v. 
plures imbricatæ, caducæ ; vagina membranacea nunc limbo rudi- 
mentario superata. (America trop, Antille.) — Vid. p. 8. 
3? Stelestylis Dr! — Flores (fere Carludovicæ) diæci, dense 
Spicati; fæmineorum sepalis #4, inæqualibus ; majoribus 2, 2, subqua- 
drato-ovatis: minoribus autem 2, lineari-oblongis apiceque 2-fidis. 
Styli lobi 4, corniformes, tin patentes. Fructus compositus 
oblongus. — Herba perennis; foliis (amplis) 2-fidis ; seumentis fissis ; 
nervis pinnalis; petiolo brevi canaliculato; spadice gracili; involucri 
Spathis 3; cæteris Carludovice. (Brasilia or À) 
Habitus plantæ 
Mart. F1. bras., A, 11, 229, 2, Spec. 1. S. coriacea DR. « 
Fr 100. — B. H., bis LS di HE :h tolius ignotus » (DRr.). Nomen e stylo exserto. 
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