Colocasia Ray. J^^l 



cem transeuntes; spa t/m suY^ra basin constricta; basis l,5poll. 

 longa codem cmii pedunculo colore, dorso autem magis vi- 

 ridi, antice intensius rubro-colorata, persistens, vegeta ; pars 

 terminalis petaloidea, ante antbesin convoluta spadicem arcte 

 cingens, in antlicsi primo fornicata, subcucuUata, oblonga, 

 cuspide terminali convoluto subfalcato terminata, spadice 

 paullo longior 7 — 8 poU. longa, erecta, intus rubicundo-albida, 

 subincarnata, opaca, extus virescenti-albida, striis purpureis 

 medio dorso creberrimis notata, lucida, dcin (postero die) pa- 

 tenti-erecta, subexplanata, 3 poll. lata, post anthesin reflexa 

 et marcescenti-decidua ; spadix 8 poll. longus, spatha brevior, 

 in basi 1,0 poll. longa germina gerens, dein constrictus stami- 

 nibus abortivis irregularibus dense tectus, 0,5 poll. longus, 

 dcin longitudine 1,0 poU. pauUo incrassatus, cjlindricus, sta- 

 minifer, supra stamina incrassatus 0,8 poll. crassus, 6 poll. 

 longus subcompressus, longiter acuminatus, staminibus ste- 

 rilibus abortivis densissime tectus (appendix sterilis) flaves- 

 centi-albus; germi/ia circiter 100, dense sibi in quicunce ad- 

 pressa, sessilia, glaberrima, lucida, subtetragona, apice ro- 

 tundata, uniloculata, septis 3 incompletis ima basi tantum 

 conspiciendis ; gemmulae e septo quoque binae adscendenti- 

 erectae, securidaceae , glabrae; stylus brevissimus crassus; 

 stigma capitatum 3-lobum, massa lactea glutinosa post antlie- 

 sin tectum, glabrum, uti et germina albida ; stamina ahortiva 

 densa, formam inter stamina fertilia et germina intermediam 

 tenentia, 4 — 5-gona, supra truncata subumbonata; stami?ia 

 fertilia densa sessilia ; cotinectiva pyramidata, basi attenuata, 

 nunc obverse conica, apice convexiusculo subtruucata, lactea; 

 antherae 8 — 10 — 12 biloculatae, filiformes, basi tenuiores, 

 connectivi lateribus verticillatim adnatae (nec immersae) et 

 inde connectivum sublobatum referentes; loculi gemini, apice 

 poro communi dehiscentes ; appendix sterilis intus spongiosa 

 et extus tota connectivis innumeris arctissime sibi adpressis, 

 irregulariter pyramidatis, truncatis, parvis ita dense tecta, 

 ut superficies fiat sat glabra laevis, sulcis, nudo oculo vix 

 conspiciendis tcssellata; loculim connectivis hisce nulli; haccae 



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