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90 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. LIMNOCHARIS, 
aliis a basi ditorgentibus, ad apicem convergentibus et ibidem in 
porum eallosum coalitis; nervis secundariis parallelis, approximatis, 
venis copiose anastomosantibus, rete lactifero subtus conspicuo, 
superne obscuro; folia exteriora nonnunquam lamina destituta; in 
speciminibus junioribus, limbus lanceolatus, non ultra 2 cent. latus. 
Scapi 1 v. plures, ex axilla foliorum exteriorum vel ex vaginis folio- 
rum abortivorum enati, erecti, folia subzequantes, leves, triquetri, 
intus lacunosi, superne floriferi. Flores 2-12 in pseudo-umbellam ter- 
minalem, rarius foliatam dispositi, pedicellati, pedicellis crassis, tri- 
gonis, ad angulos prsecipue superne alatis, 30-40 cent. longis, post 
anthesin patenti-divergentibus vel etiam reflexis ; bracteæ ad basim 
umbellæ 2, involucrum simulantes, late ovata, obtusæ, mem- 
branaceæ, 15 mill. longs, interiores minores plurimæ. Sepala late 
ovata, obtusa, sub anthesi patentia, postea fructum arcte cingentia, 
multinervia et copiose lactescentia; petala tenera, late ovata vel 
orbicularia, obtusa, sepala paullo superantia, lutea. Stamina fertilia 
4 mill. longa, post anthesin fugacia; filamenta antheris oblongis 
paullo longiora, complanata; stamina sterilia 15-20, exteriora, fila- 
mentis fertilibus similia. Ovaria ventre leviter adhærentia, superne 
sensim angustata et in stylum brevissimum desinentia ; stigmatis 
papilis apice precipue extrorsum impositis. Ovula vix 0,5 mill. 
longa. Carpella in fructum globosum, congesta, superne mutica, 
valde compressa, parietibus membranaceis, lactescentibus, dorso 
lunato-curvata, tricostata, ventre dchlapoittiA. Semina _creberrima, 
1,5 mill. longa, testa crustacea, elevato-cristata. 
G, minor; planta humilior, 20-30 cent. alta; folia lanceolata, vix 2 
cent. lata; scapi foliis fere duplo breviores ; flores et fructus circa dimi- 
dio minores. 
In aquis stagnantibus Americæ meridionalis calidioris ; ambæ varie- 
tates conjuncte occurrunt, var. 5 in aqua minus copiosa evoluta 
videtur. In Guatemala (herb. Vindob.), Nicaragua (Levy n. 73 in 
herb. Vindob., Kew, Mus. Paris.), Panama (Seemann, Hayn i! 
herb. Kew et Brit. Mus.), Nova Granata, Bogota (Linden n. 125? 
in herb. Deless. et Kew), La Paila (Holton n. 170 in herb. Kew, 
Purdie ibid.); in Columbia (Moritz n. 384, 1210 in herb. Berol.) 
Venezuela (Fendler n. 2181 in herb. Kew, Grosourdy in herb. Mus. 
Paris., Ecuador, Guyaquil (Spruce n. 6452 in herb. Brit. Mus- 
Kew et Boiss., Pavon in herb. Boiss.), Peruvia (Spruce n. 3872 in 
herb. Kew et Brit. Mus.), prope Maynas (Póppig n. 2080 in herb. 
Vindob.); in Brasiliæ prov. Maranhao, Piauhy, Matto-Grosso, etc 
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