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Zatnia pygmaca foiioiornm forma subdiinidiala, scrratura- 

 riim sitn et cono mare hand gloljoso, a Zatnia Kicksü fo- 

 liolis latioribiis argutiiis serratis ncc adeo aequilateris, pe- 

 dnncalo piibesceutc diversa. 



Pusiiia. Radix tuberoso-fusiformis elongata. FoUola 

 subcoriacea, pallide viridia, iiifiraa 3 cent. longa, 8 mm. 

 lata, snperiora ^'^/^ lata 12 mm. lata, orania apice obtiisa 

 argiite serrata, serratnris in margine inferiore inde ab apice 

 fere ad Y^ — 1/3 long, folioli extensis, in siiperrore leviter 

 revoluto proxirae ad apicem saltem praesentibns, omnibus ad 

 lentem corneis. Nervi subtus inprimis visibiles numerosi 

 simplices vel bifidi. Pedunculus 4 cent. longus rectns sur- 

 sum incrassatus pilis fiiscis et albis subappressis hirtello- 

 pnbescens. Conus nias fere 4 cent. longns, 8 mm. ad basin 

 crassns, snrsnm attennatns, florens. Spadicum pcltac irre- 

 gnlariter hexagonae, 3 mm. latae, breyi-tomeutosae. (Descr. 

 sec. spec. a cl. Otto missum.) 



9. Zatnia Kichsii Miq. Monogr. 71, Frondinm gra- 

 cilinm rhachi tenui snbterete glabra, foliolis alternis snb- 

 oppösitisve horizoutalibus mcmbranaceis, e basi coutracta brevi- 

 lanceolatis integerrimis, apicis inaequalis obtnsiusciili mar- 

 gine inprimis inferiore serrulato, cono mare longius pedun- 

 culato cylindrico peduncnlnm glabrum aeqnante. 



/com. Miq. I. c. Tab. VIII. üg. 1. 



Crescit in insula Cuba; colitur in Horto Gandavensi unde 

 nomine Z. pf/gmaeael corauinnicavit cl. Kickx. 



Frons temiis flexilis, 31 cent. longa. Rhachis antice 

 canalicnlata, snpra siipreraa foliola parompcr producta, lae- 

 vis, glabra. Foliola utrinqne 24, alterna^ suprema snb- 

 opposita, omnia fere horizontalia, infima brevissima, 2 cent. 

 longa, 'media longissima, 5 cent., snprema mcdiis fere '/3 

 breviora; 1 cent. fere lata, omnia brevi- lanceolata, e basi 



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