78 3. RH. DAMMERI. 
vel ad trientem superiorem usque, cataphyllo, utrimque 
ad 15 mm. lato, apice acuto involutis; sPa/Za coriacea 
15 ct. longa convoluta angusta apice subulata alba, sfa- 
dice breviter (7.8 mm.) stipitato, cylindraceo (basi api- 
ceque sterili? ) 15-18 ct. longo, 14-2 ct. crasso; Pzs/z//is 
prismatico-tetragonis, apice complanato. medio stigma- 
tifero, vix margine dilatato; ova770 biloculari: seminibus 
in loculis 2-seriatim  superpositis, in serie qualibet 4-5 
lenticularibus, campy lotropis, funiculo brevi affixis; /ex- 
fa nitida, sub lente minutissime areolata, dorso callose 
aristata. 
Crescit in silvis tropc. prov. Esmeraldas at fl. Z//a. 
et Cachaby. 
b. Pagind petiolari lata, sursum denique in fibras -- resoluta; 
Q, ANervzis I 8-1o mm. ab invicem remotis 
9 Rh. Daszmer: Sod. sp. nov. zzfernodi?s brevibus, 
10-I2 mm. crassis e nodis radicantibus; fe//0//s, 25-40 
ct. longis, in sicco castaneis, deorsum profunde striatis, 
antice vagina basi rct. utrinque lata, sursum angustiore, 
ad geniculum usque producta, demum in fibras 4 dissol- 
venda, instructis; gezzcuto 112-2 ct. longo antice unisul- 
cato, marginato; Z7sóis subellipticis, 412- 577 dc. longis, 
prope medium 20-25 ct. [atis atque inde utroversus lineis 
convexis gradatim angustatis, basi obtusis v. in genicu- 
lum angustatis, apice breviter acuminatis, asymmetricis, 
llatere altero 4-5 ct. alio latiore) dense cartilagineis, su- 
pra intense viridibus, subtus viridi-.rufescentibus, cos/« 
supra impressa v. plana, subtus, fere usque ad apicem, 
prominente obtusa, et (cum nervis) tenuissime pulveru- 
lento-puberula; zer7s a costa sub angulo fere recto pro- 
fzctis arcuatim ascendentibus, in nervulum submargina- 
lem confluentibus, I ab ivicem 8. 10 mm. remotis, cum II 
et III interiectis alternantibus et irregulariter reticulatis; 
pedunculo (in specimine adhuc iuniore) ad 16 ct. longo 
gracili; sPa/za alba, mature caduca convoluta, 12-15 ct. 
longa; spad';ce sessili cylindraceo, 12-15 ct. longo, per 
anthesin [ ct. crasso. 
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