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Teyssinaiiia Roichli. et Zoll. 

 Characteres gcneris : 

 Flores hermaphroditi, in spadice spathif pliiribus iiiconi- 

 pletis «'incto subspssiles, hracteolati. ('aiij.v riipularis 3-deii- 

 tatns. Corolla tripetala, aestivatioiie valvata. Slamina 6 ,• 

 tilanienta liasi dilatafa in urccolniu roniinta, superue subito 

 iu aciimeii siibulaliim temiiiiata, liypoüiViia; aiitherae basifixae 

 ovatae. Ovaria pleniinque tria cohaerentia ; styli coiniati 

 subnlati ; stigina simplex inconspicniiin. Driipa aborlii tiiiica 

 uiouospernia ; pericarpiiim siiberosuin in pyraniides obtusas 

 3 — 6-gona.s discriminatnni. .SV/«^y/ tit iVnohis dppressinsCHlo- 

 globosnm sointum; aibnmen intiis grosse rnminatinn , ninnino 

 enibryone orei'lo repletuni. Frute.r caiilo hnniili , foliis 

 snbradicalibus altissimis subsimplicibns palmato - pliratis, spa- 

 dicibns latcralil)ns (?!) snpernp reflexis 



Species nniea adhnc rocognita : 

 Teysi^inania altifroniti Reichb. et Zoll. 



Cauile.v tVre totiis snbleiranpns, vix pedeni nnieuni siipra 

 terram elevatns, a lateie snbcompressus. Pars inferior hori- 

 zoiUalis long'itndine mihi ignota, ad annulos eirciiiusrriptione 

 — 0,18 niet. Pars snperior subtcres usqne ad 0,28 ni. cir- 

 cnmseriptione. — Intns sat bomogenus Hbris erebris oirca "o 

 mm. crassis snbfiiscis. 



Radices subsecnndae in terram a latere inferiore seria- 

 tim perpendieulariterque descendentes, crassitie penuarnm an- 

 serin., rorlice per siccationem soluto snbstriato fnsro -nigre- 

 seente , inaeqiialiler snbannulato - tiimidinsculae tenaces ; iongi- 

 tndo ignota. 



Spathac J'oiion/m qiio.HJ lextnram et ronsislentiam iis 

 t'ocoi's nttcij'erae simiies sed tennion's obscnriores nempe ni- 

 tido- fiiscae semiamplexicanles. 



2äi B<1. 6s H>^ri. 4^ 



