16 A. POLYNEURON: lbmio io a 0 9 
A A AA 
margine desinentibus; lobo terminade subtriangulari quam 
basales sub 5-plo longiore; revés cum costa subtus mo- 
dice exertis, utrinque 10-12 tum-2 interlobaribus in ner- 
- vum collectivum 6-8 mm. a margine remotum confluen- 
tibus; peduncudo 20-25.cm. longo, 4-5 mm. crasso, cylin- 
drico, fere horizontaliter patente; spatáa herbacea, in 
sicco cartilaginea, lineari-lanceolata, 7-10 cm. longa, 7-12 
min, lata, apice contracta, basi amplexante mox reflexa; 
spadice erecto, cylindrico, . rigido, flavido, per anthesin 
8-10 cm. longo, 6-8 mm. crasso; siipite 1 4-2 cm. longo 
suftulto; tepal?s aeque fere longis ac latis; filamentis bre- 
vibus dilatatis; antherís vix emersis flavidis; ovarzo sub- 
tetragono, apiculato; bacca ignota. [D. i. s. v.] 
Crescit in silvis trop. occ. regionis Angamarca. 
12/905. 
: b Cataph. persistentibus; Pedunc. quam petioli 2-3-plo breviorib.; spadice 
subsessili, : 
18 A. polyneuron Sp. nov« candice erecto, scandente, 
e nodis radicante; 2mternodz1s 6-8 cm. longis, ad 10 mm. 
crassis; cataphy1lis lanceolatis, 15-20 cm. longis, cartila- 
gineis, diu persistentibus, serc in fibras dissolvendis; pe- 
tiolis 3-33 dm. longis, subsemicylindricis, basi breviter 
[2 cm.] vaginatis, antice profunde sulcatis, geniculo 12- 
15 mm. longo instructis; /imbiís e basi subtruncata, cor- 
data ovatis, 25-30 cm. longis, 18-20 cm. prope basin la- 
tis, dense herbaceis, in sicro subcoriaceis; lobrs basalibus 
divergentibus -obtusis, sinu parabolico, costis 4-nerviis, 
breviter denudatis, seiunctis; lobo terminal? quam -basa- 
les 5-plo longiore, e basi sursum linea primum obiter con- 
tracta, mox convexa in apicem longe et abrupte cuspi- 
datum angustato; ne»v?s 1. lobi term. utrinque 15-18 erec- 
to-patentibus, cum interlobari et plerisque loborum bas. 
in nervum collectivum a margine 3-4 mm.-remotum con- 
fluentibus; pedurnculo tenui 8-10 cm::longo; spatha lan- 
ceolata, 6-7 cm. longa, 10-12 mm.:prope basin lata, sur- 
sum gradatim angustata; basi-amplexante; «spadice erec- 
to, sessili,.. per anthesin 7-8 :cm. «longo, 5-6 mm. crasso, - 
. Sursum attenuato; fepalis leviter cuneatis, aeque fere 
