68 I. ST. BRACHVPODUM, 2. ST. SUBELLIPTiCUM^ 



I. PetioUs omnibus ad geniculum usque vaginitis, quam linibi brevioribas; 

 A. Pediincnlis Z-lO cm. longis, supra folium (bracteam) supremum 3-5 cm, lon- 

 gis; spadice subsessili ellipsoideo; 



a Petiolis 3-4 ciii. longis, quam limbi subquadruplo brevioribus. 



I St, brachypodiim Sod. sp. nov. candice ascendente 

 vel erecto; internodiis 2-4 cm. longis, 45 mm. crassis, 

 in sicco striato-rugosis; petiolis 3-4 cm. longis, basi dila- 

 tato amplexantibus, SLirsum usque ad limbi basin (geni- 

 culo vix distincto^ vaginantibus, vagina apice oblique, 

 retusa; limbis oblongis, vel oblongo-ellipticis, basi acu- 

 tis, apice breviter acuminatis, subcoriaceis, glabris, sub- 

 tus pallidioribus/ costa suprg immersa, subtus ad limbi 

 dimidium obtuse exerta; nei^vis tenuibus, sub anijulo val- 



de acuto, erecto ascendentibus, I paullo validioribus, 11. 

 2 3 interiectis; pediinculis in caulis apice, ssepe geminatis, 

 4-5 cm. longis, erectis, 2>-Z bracteatis, sub apice constric- 

 tis fere articulalis; spat/ia virescente, vix pollicari, mox 

 decidua; spadice breviter [sub 3 mm.] stipitato, ellipsoi- 

 deo, demum matur^scendo cylindraceo, 3-4 cm. longo, 

 vix I cm. crasso; pis ti His latitudine sua parum longio- 

 ribus; Jilamentis lineari-ligulatis; antheris minimis ins- 

 tructis; fructu i-loculari, 9-10 ovulato. 



Crescit in silvis trop. prov. Esmeraldas, 



b- FetioUs 5-6 ct. longis, quam limbi plus dupio brevioribus; 



2 St. siibellipticiim Sod. sp. nov. cay dice assurgente 

 v. breviter scandente; iniefjiodiis 5-6 ct. longis, vix i ct. 

 crassis, laevibus; petiolis basi dilatata fere amplexanti- 

 bus, usque ad limbi basin (geniculo vix distinctoj vagina- 

 tis; limbis lev iter asymmetricis, subelllpticis, i5-i8ct. lon- 

 gis, 8 ID ct. latis. basi acutis, apice breviter acuminatis, 

 supra intense, subtus pallide viridibus, subcoriaceis, gla- 

 bris, utrinque minute punctulatis; costa supra immersa, 

 subtus ultra limbi dimidium obtuse exerta, striolata; ner- 

 vis tenuibus, in sicco utrinque prominulis, sub angulo 

 valde acuto ad marginem protensis, I cum II geminis ab 

 ternantibus; pedtiiiculo 6-7 ct. longo erecto, ultra dimi- 



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