Monochoria Prsl. 109 



lata, subulato-aciiminata, basi racemi axin amplectens, primo 

 marginibus imbricatis subconvoluta , clausa racemum totum 

 arcte includens (spadicis instar Homalonematis a spatha in- 

 clusi), dein hians, vaginae foHi floralis opposita, 1,5 — 2,0 poll. 

 longa, primo lacte virens, praeprimis versus marginem tenuis- 

 sima, margine ipso hyalino, dein magis robusta viridis navi- 

 cularis persistens, racemum sustinens ; racemus 15 — 18 florus; 

 flores in spiras 3 congesti, spiris 5-, 6- et 7-floris; axis com- 

 munis 2 poll. longa, ima basi nuda 0,5 poll. longa, 0,2 

 poll. crassa, laete viridis glaberrima, lucida, apiccm versus 

 sensim in pedunculos soluta et attenuata; pednncnli erecti 

 teretes 0,4 poll. longi, 0,06 poll. crassi, in axi decurrentes 

 glaberrimi, lucidi, pallide viridcs, fructiferi subtrigoni, atro- 

 virides, paullo incrassati, structura interiore eadem ac petio- 

 lorum, sed non fistulosi et canalis interioris majoris loco tela 

 cellulosa spongiosa a canalibus minoris lucis cinctis; epider- 

 midis cellnlae eaedem ac ramorum; perigonium sat magnum 

 lilacinum , biseriatum , 6-partitum ; laciniae externae paullo 

 angustiores, caeterum internis conformes, oblongo - lanceola- 

 tae, acuminatae, 0,5 — 0,6 poll. longae, 0,2 poll. latae, dorso 

 nervo medio crasso viridi prominulo percursae, ante an- 

 thesin imbricatae, in anthesi companulato - connivcntes, sub- 

 fornicatae , marginibus internarum margines obtegentes; 

 post anthesin apice subconvolutae aut subcontortae et mar- 

 gine emarcidae, nervo medio rigido ultra medium vegeto, 

 persistentes et fructum arcte includentes; ceUulae epidermi- 

 dis iis folii subsimiles, sed minores et papullosae succo lila- 

 cino foetae; stamina 6, ima basi laciniarum perigonii adnata, 

 iisque opposita subadscendenti-erecta, per paria approximata, 

 5 aequalia, 6-tum diftbrme majus ; filamenta lilacina, compla- 

 nata, basi dilatata, apicem versus subulato-attenuata, 0,15 

 poll. longa, 0,03 poll. lata, subcurvata; sextum inferum du- 

 plo latius et paullo longius, apice bifidum, lacinia altera minore 

 acuta, antherifera, altera mnjore et subcucullata, lanceolata, 

 subinflexa, ananthera ; antlwrae omnes fertiles, 5 luteae, erectae, 

 complanatae, lineari-lanceolatae, basi subsagittato-bifidae, apice 



