-348- 



tis, foliorum petiolo laminae circ. ^/o- >^ aequante 

 brevlter vaginato dorso rohtndato, supra canali- 

 culato, geniculo longulo supra suxato, lamina 

 coriacea lanceolata, a supremo triente basin ver- 

 S71S cuneatim a7tgustata, nervis lateralibus I plu- 

 ribus adscendentibus inter se valde remotis, in- 

 fimis in margine exeuntibus, mediis atque supe- 

 rioribus in ner7)tim collectivum a margine longe 

 distantem conJ2inctis; pedunculo quam petiolus 

 circ. triple longiore; spadice crasso cylindrico; 

 tepalis latidudine sua triple longioribus; ova- 

 no ovoideo in slylum co?iicum tepala superan- 

 tem contracto. 



Foliorum petiolus circ. i dm longus, geniculum 2 

 cm. longum, lamina 6-7 dm. longa, superne 1,5-1,6 dm. la- 

 ta, basin versus sensim angustata, nervis lateralibus I inter 

 se 2,5-3 cm. distantibus, nervo collectivo a margine 1,5-2 

 cm. remoto. Pedunculus circ. 3 dm. longus. Spadix 1,2 dm. 

 longus, 1,5 cm. crassus. Tepala 3 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata. 

 Ovarium 3 mm. longum, 2 mm. crassum, in stylum i mm. 

 longum contractum. 



Bords du R. Hacum pres Buenos Aires, 250 m. bas- 

 sin du Diquis; fl. Febr. 1892 (Tond. n. 6536). 



Species Ant/mrio Bonaventiirae valde appropinquat, 

 attamen petiolo breviore et spadice crassiore differt. 

 Distrib, : Costa Rica. 



6. — A. tetragonum (Hook.) Schott. (non Kunth); 

 Engl. Beitr. VIII, 364. — Talamanca: forets de Xirores, 100 

 m. (Tond. n. 9228 et 9234); forets de Tsaki, 200 m. (Tond. 

 n. 9507). 



Distrib. : Costa Rica. 



7. — A. acutifolium Engl, n sp. in Beitr. 

 VIII, 365; caudic.uli internodiis abbreviatis; fo- 

 liorum petiolo quam lamina 3-4 plo breviore, 

 carinaio et late canaliculate, geniculo brevi ins- 

 tructo, lami^ia tenui late spathtilato la7iceolata, 

 a triente superiore vel a medio basin versus Ion- 



