Raphidophora Ilsskl. J^^y 



a nervo inecllo 2,0 poll. distantes, nervoriim secnnclanoriim dl- 

 chotomla Inclusl, aciitl, uno alterove nunc obtuso; laciniae (jam 

 in folio gemmae incvoluto evldenter evolutae et ncrvo marginali 

 tenui clnctac, sed In follo gemmae, polllcem longo, marginem 

 contmuum vidl et fissuras marglnem, ncc autcm ncrvum mc- 

 dium attlngcntcs!) nunc 1-, nunc 2— 3-ncrvIae (quasi 2 — 3 

 haud fissae aut connatae), falcatae, acumiiiatae, G— 7 poll. lon- 

 gae, 1 poll. et ultra (singulae) latae; lohi bascos rotundi; 

 pedunculi axlllarcs patentes, 8 — 9 poil. longl, teretes, 0,5 

 poll. crassi, pallide vlrldcs glabrl, aplce Incurvi ; spatha primo 

 spadicem arcte Involvens, dcin patula, apice convoluto pugio- 

 nlforml munlta, deln marcescens, coriacea, alblda, hians, sub- 

 cymblformls G,0 poU. longa, 2,4 poll. lata, perslstens, intus 

 tota rhaphldlbus pungentibus . farcta, postremo tota emarcida, 

 decldua; rJiapJiides haud cristalli , sed ccllulae llberac nunc 

 simplices utrlnque longiter acumlnatae, nunc ramo brcvl aut 

 longiore praeditae plane (fig. 57 et GO In Schld. 1. c. T. I. p. 252 

 repraesentantes) 0, 1 poll. longae, albidae, nitidae, sub apice nunc 

 flexuosae, lumine sat magno, nunc granulis? foetae?; spadix 

 cylinclricus, obtusiusculus, 4,5 — 5,5 poll. longus, 1,3 poll. 

 crassus , ubique germinibus stamlnibusque clrcum.positls 

 tectus; — partes ge?iitales cf. Monstera Adans. Endl. Gen. 

 1698. Msn. Gen. 3G0. Knth. En. III. GO, cui nostra diflTert 

 (aut addenda) : filamenta subcuneato-llnearia, basi angustiora 

 badia, longitudine germinum, nigrescentl-badia ; antJierae ex- 

 sertae oblongo-Iineares dein ovatae, basi bilobac post antliesln 

 emarcidae persistentes; germina 4 — 6-gona truncata; gem~ 

 mulae In loculo Cjuoque binae; stylus totus immersus compla- 

 natus mger brevis; stigma cxsertum, nmam 0,07 poll. lon- 

 gam, elcvatam, nigram In apice gerrainum formans; baccae 

 libcrae arcte sibi adpressae, nec connatae, totae rhaphidibus 

 foetae, monospermae; semen in basi baccae sessile globoso- 

 reniforme, a latere comprcssum, hllo umbilicah 0,1 poU. longo, 

 albldo, latiusculo, pallide-flavescens, 0,2 poll. longum, 0,12 

 poU. latum, lucldum; albumen crassum, amylaceum, periplie- 

 ricum; embryo axIUarls curvatus tenuis cylindricus. — IMen- 



