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o-lauco- virides , distantes, subglabrae, oblongo- irregulariter 

 rhombeae, longe cuneatae, basi adnatae, versus «npicera re- 

 pando-erosae, subtus venis 6 — 8 parallelis, prominentibus 

 notatae, 8 — 12 poll. longae, l.Va — 2 Va P "- lata«, terrai- 

 nalis flabelliforrais , apice dentato-truncata, subiode bifida, 

 ad basiu brevi- cnneata, 7 — 11 poll. longa, 6 — 9 poll. 

 lata. Spadices nuraerosae, cylindrico-fusiformes, 10 — 12 

 poll. longae, 2 1 /2 P ^* Mrfra apicem crassae, obtuse- mncro- 

 natae, versus basi» attennatae. Spathae coriaceae^ inferiores 

 completae, clausae, demura ventre apertae, exteriores brevio- 

 res, incompletae, imbricatae, tubulosae, apice apertae. FIo- 

 res sessiles, ebraeteati, flavescenles, monoiei, in distinetis 

 spadieibus sirapliciter ramosis. Masc. gemini. Perigoniura 

 exterius tri phyllura j, foliolis triangularibus, carnosulis, minu- 

 tis, in alabastro valvatis, interins triphyllura, foliolis acute - 

 triangularibus, carnosis, exterioribus octies longioribus. Sta- 

 mina 9 — 15 hypogyna; filamenta libera^ filiforraia; authe- 

 rae lineares basifixae, rimis duabus longiludinaliter debiscen- 

 tibus; pollinis granula globosa, ecliinata; rudimentum ovarii 

 minimnm. Fem. solitarii. Perigonium duplex, foliola trian- 

 gularia, carnosa, interiora dtiplo raajora; filamenta rudimen- 

 taria nonnnlla ; ovarium triloculare; loculi distineti?, uni- 

 ovulati; ovula basilaria, solitaria, rarissime gemina, sessi- 

 lia, auatropa; Stigmata tria, sessilia, rostriformia, conniventia. 

 Bacca ovata, exsucca, subrugosa, viridis, demura nigricans, 

 magnitudine ovi columbini, unilocularis, monosperma. Albu- 

 men aequabile, corneum. Embryo basilaris. 



Floret a mense Jnnio — Octobr. Puerto Cabello, Colo- 

 nia Tovar Columbiae, Moritz n. 914. Palm. n. 1. Karsten 

 n. 70. c. (Coli. I.) 



20 r Bd. 4s Heft. 29 



