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 RHOPALOCNEMIS PHALLOIDES Junghühn. 



Unica species hucusque repei'ta in sylms pri- 

 maevis 4000 pedum alt is montis javanici Gede 

 radicihus arborum et plantae vivae scandentis 

 innata 7'arissima die iv. 3Iens, Jan. mdgccxliii. 

 (Jünghuhn). 



DESCRIPTIO. 



Recept aculutn hasilare s. Organum vege- 

 tativwm in i^adlcibus alienis parasiticum , subso' 

 litai'iuin , terrae pj^orsus immei^sum , carnoso-lig- 

 nosum^ irregidari-globosum. ^ qua7idoque subramo- 

 sum , extus i^ugoso-tuberculatam et riigoso-costa- 

 tum sive costato-plicatum^ dein siijterne attenua- 

 tum , 'papillatum , denique vertice riimpens cijlin- 

 dricoelongatam^ spadicem solitaidum e mittens ; 

 basinque spadicis 0C7'eae instar cingens. 



Spadices e terra semiprominentes , cum re- 

 ceptaculo homogenei et concreti^ carnoso-lignosi ^ 

 cylindrico-pistillares ^ statu recenti solidly statu 

 sicco excavati ^ superne aequales {jiec iticrassati) 

 stipitati y ocreae fuberculi elongati 7'upta crassa 

 sublignosa quadrijida brevi extus rugosa tuber- 

 culata ibidem cincti , in statu j uniori squamis vel 

 corporibus claviformibus hexa^onis margine co- 

 Jiaereiitibus undique velati^ dein in aetate prove- 

 ctiori hisce corporibus delapsis denudati. 



Squamae vel corpuscula liexagojia claviformia 



