7^ 3- EH. DAMMERI. 



vel ad trientem superioreni usque, cataphyllo, utrimqiie 

 ad 15 mm. lato, apice acuto involutis; spatha coriacea 

 15 ct. longa convoluta angusta apice subulata alba, spa- 

 dice breviter fj 8 mm. J stipitato, cylindraceo fbasi api- 

 ceque sterili?J 15-18 ct. longo, i>^-2 ct, crasso; pistillis 

 prismatico-tetragonis, apice complanato.. medio stigma- 

 lifero, vix margine dilatato; ovario biloculari: seminibus 

 in loculis 2-seriatim superpositis, in serie qualibet 4-5 

 lenticularibus, campy lotropis, funlculo brevi affixis; tex- 

 ta nitida, sub lente minutissime areolata, dorso callose 

 aristata. 



Crescit in silvis trope, prov. Esmeraldas at fl. Lita 



et Cackaby. 



b, Vag^ifid petiolari lata, suVsum clenique in fibras ^ resoluta; 

 (X N^ervis I S-io mm. ab iiivicem reinotis 



3 Rh, Danimeri Sod 



b 



10-12 mm. crassis e nodis radicantibus; pctiolis, 25-40 

 ct longis, in sicco castaneis, deorsum profunde striatis, 

 antice vagina basi i ct. utrinque lata, sursum angustiore, 

 ad geniculum usque producta, demum in fibras i dissol- 

 venda, instructis; s'enicitto i>^-2 ct. lonp:o antice unisul- 



cato, marginato; limbis subellipticis, ^Yi-^Yz dc. longis, 

 prope medium 20 25 ct, jatis atque inde utroversus lineis 

 convexis gradatim angustatis, basi obtusis v. in genicu- 

 lum angustatis, apice breviter acuminatis, asymmetricis, 

 (latere altero 4-5 ct. alio latiore) dense cartilagineis, su- 

 pra intense viridibus, subtus viridi rufescentibus, casta 

 supra impressa v. plana, subtus, fere usque ad apicem, 

 prominente obtusa, et (cum nervis) tenuissime pulveru- 

 lento-puberula; nervis a costa sub angulo fere recto pro- 

 fcictis arcuatim ascendentibus, in nervulum submargina- 

 lem confluentibus, I ab iviceni 8-10 mm, remotis, cum II 

 et III interiectis alternantibus et irregulariter reticulatis; 

 peditnculo (in specimine adhuc iuniore) ad 16 ct. longo 

 gracili; spatha alba, mature caduc 

 longa; spadice sessili cylindraceo, 

 anthesin i ct crasso. 



ct. 



12-15 ct. longo, per 



