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Planta subrobusta data. Folia caulina 4—5'/-; cM. longe petiolata ; vaginae 

 18—23 cM. longae, 1,5 cM. latae, hirsutae, Petioli pars callosa 7—10 mM. 

 longa, villosa, basi annulata. Folia ad 35 cM longa, 10 cM. lata supra 

 glabra, subtus breviter adpresseque villosa, basi acuta, apice vix excentrice 

 acuminata Folium panniculam commitans basi rotundatum, propepetiolum 

 abrupte angustatum et acuminatum. Petioli pars callosa 3 mM. longa, 

 petiolus 7 mM. longus, vagina 7 cM. longa. Panniculae 3 congestae, major 

 7 cM. longa, pedunculo ad 32 cM. longo glabro suffultae. Ovarium glabrum ; 

 sepala obtusa, 6 mM. longa. Corollae tubus 16 mM. longus, lobi rosei, 

 staminodia 



PI. III. 



Upper Saramacca River : Pulle 208 (fl. March). 



THALIA Linn. 



Thaiia geniculata Linn. Spec. pi. ed. i. p. 3. 



Paramaribo: Splitgerber 169 H. L. B. goi, 199—84 and 85 in swamps 

 (fl. Nov.) ; near plant. Quarta : Kegel 603 in ditches (fl. Sept.) ; near 

 Wanicapad; Focke 637 in water (fl. Sept.). 



Lower Surinam River, near plant. Jagtlust : Went 324 in forests (fl. Aug.) 



Para River, near Beekhuizen : Versteeg 489 in swamps (fl. June). 



Tropical and subtropical America and Africa. 



