78 ARACEAE 



Spathiphyllum Candoileanum Schott. Prod. 429. 

 Surinam: Hostmann 1154. 

 French Guyana. 



Spathiphyllum cuspidatum Schott in Ost. Botan. Wochenbl. 1857 

 p. 158. 

 Surinam : Splitgerber ex Engler Monogr. p. 226. 

 British Guyana. 



CYRTOSPERMA Griff. 



Cyrtosperma americanum Engl. Flora Bras. III. 2 p. 117. 

 Upper Tapanahoni River : Versteeg 864 (fl. Sept.j 

 French Guyana. 



UROSPATHA Schott. 



Urospatha Hostmanni Schott in Bonpl. V. p. 128. 



Surinam : Hostmann 34 in hb. Benth. ex Engl. Monogr. p. 277. 



DRACONTIUM Linn. 



Dracontium polyphyllum Linn. Spec, plant. I. 967. 

 Dracotitium surinamense Hori. 



Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust : Splitgerber 399 H L. B. 



898, 88—447. 

 Surinam : Wullschlagel 1096. 

 Cultivated in the East-Indies. 



Dracontium asperum C. Koch, in Ender. Ind. Ar. 44. 

 Upper Tapanahoni River : Versteeg 823 (fl. Aug.) 

 Paramaribo, near Wanica pad: Kegel 928 (fl. July). 

 Vernacular name : >Sneki-Taja". 

 Northern Brazil. 



MONTRICMARDIA Criiger. 



Montrichanlia arborescens Schott Arac. Betreff. p. 4. 



Upper Gonini River : Versteeg 80 (fl. Aug.) 



Lower Surinam River: Fqcke 277 and 1270 (fl. Octob.) = /V/Z/oiafe^i/row 

 arborescens Kth. v. Miquel Linnaea XVIII (1844) p. 78 



Para River, near Onoribo : Tulleken 210 H. L. B. 903, 322 — 15 17. 

 var ; (3. aculeata (Schott) Engl. Flora Bras. p. 128. 



Lower Surinam River: Kegel 951 (fl. July); Splitgerber 53 H. L. B. 

 898, 89—142; Weigelt ex Engler 1. c. 128 



Very common in swamps, ditches on the riverside in stagnant water. 



Vernacular name : >Mokko-Mokko". 



Tropical Brazil and Guyana. 



