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7.5 (-8.7) cm long, sessile or on a stipe to 1 em long; perianth segments separate 

 at the apex, partially conglutinate at the base (at least in age), the apex fimbriate 

 or erose and often deeply notched in the center ; pistil narrowly elongate, shortly 

 exserted beyond the perianth; ovary (2-)3-locular, the ovules affixed near the 

 top of the locules, superposed, varying from 4-2 (-1) in each of the 3 locules, 

 totaling 11-6 (-3) ovules per ovary; fruit unknown. 



Type collection : M. C. Pachcro 93, "Lago Bruille ( ?), Cartago," Costa Rica ; 

 1 Jan 1946 (neotype F). Unicate. This specimen most nearly agrees with the 

 original description and with Schott's drawing of 8. wendlandii (W). The holo- 

 type (Wendland 722, Cuesta de Congo, pr. San Miguel, Costa Rica, 1875) is 

 doubtfully extant ; it was probably deposited at Vienna, and burned with the 

 other Araceae. A fine photograph of the type specimen (Field Mus. no. 29839) 

 further exemplifies this species. 



Distribution : Wet forests of the Caribbean slope of central Costa Rica, and in 

 adjacent Chiriqm, Panama. 



COSTA RICA: Alajuela; San Luis de Zareero, Feb 1938, A, Smith 11337 (F ) ; San Luis 

 de Zareero, canton Alfaro Ruiz, Jul 1938, A. Smith 857 (F, NY) ; hills above Zapote, canton 

 San Carlos, Jul 1938, A. Smith 927 (F, NY). San Jose or Cartago: Santiago de San Ramon, 

 Jul 1937, Brenes 22626 (F) ; vicinity of El General, Dec 1936, Shutch 3033 (US) ; Rio Verde, 

 Llanuras de Sta. Clara, Mai 1896, J. D. Smith 6817 (GH, US) ; vicinity of Sta. Maria de 

 Dota, Dec 1925- Jan 1926, Standley $ Valerio 44088 (US). Limon: in forest near Banana R., 

 Port Limon, Mai 1903, Cool <$- Doyle 425 (US) ; vicinity of Guapiles, Mar 1924, Standley 37350 

 (US) ; colline de Sikurbeta, Talamanca, Feb 1895, Tonduz 9398 (BR, US), Tonduz 9399 (BR). 



PANAMA: Chiriqm: Chiquero, Boquete Distr., Apr 1938, Davidson 565 (F, MO, US). 



S. wendlandii is outstanding for its fringed and/or notched perianth seg- 

 ments, its pistil which is very narrowly elongate but only shortly exserted beyond 

 the perianth, and its winged geniculum (in the typical form). Despite the 

 narrow range of this species, two forms may be distinguished. The geniculum 

 may be alate by the continuation of the petiolar wing to the blade, or the genicu- 

 lum may not be alate. All specimens without an alate geniculum are from higher 

 altitudes (Brenes 22626, Skutch 3033, A. Smith H337, 857, 927, Standley & 

 Valerio 44088, Davidson 565). Specimens with an alate geniculum are from ad- 

 jacent areas of lower elevation down to the coast. The specimens from higher alti- 

 tudes are smaller and the leaf-shape somewhat different. With the accumulation 

 of more specimens, these forms may deserve naming. 



Previous descriptions of 8. wendlandii characterized the locules of the ovary 

 as six-ovulate. Among the material referred to this group, the locules typically 

 contain four or fewer ovules. The description is accordingly emended, and this 

 species is placed next to S. ortgiesii rather than 8. cochlearispathum. 



Standley (Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 18: 143. 1937) merged S. wendlandii with 

 8. friedrichsthalii, under the latter name. These two species are totally distinct. 

 8. wendlandii differs by the smaller number of ovules per locule and notched 

 and/or fringed perianth segments. 



30. S. ortgiesii Regel, Gartenflora 21: 292, 293. pi. 738 (facing p. 322). 1872. 

 Figure 8. 



Leaf-blade elliptic-oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, very oblique, 37-59 cm 

 long and 15-26 cm wide, the apex cuspidate, the base cuneate and finally decur- 

 rent onto the geniculum forming a crinkled wing continuous with the wing of 

 the petiole; primary lateral veins arising at an angle of 45-60°, passing without 

 interruption into the wing of the petiole ; petiole ca. 20-48 cm long, alate through- 



