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ralibus apice rotundatis j calcari lineari , ovarium subaequante , cir- 

 riler 7 mm. longo : disco trilamellato , lamellis laleralibus basi in 

 dentem tuberculiformem productis ; columna brevis. 



Japonia. C. Sieboldi Dne. in Kevue hort. 1855 p. 381. (Rgl. j 



15. Zingiber Mioga Rosc. 



Roscoe in Linn. Trans. VIII 348. — Roem. el Schult. syst. I. 

 pag. 24 — Glaber. Caules steriles usque 2'/,— 3 pedales Folia 

 pedalia. disticha, elongato-lanreolata, breviter petiolaia, aeuminata. 

 Spica subsessilis , radicalis ; bracteae inferiores in laminam parvani 

 ovalam v. ovato-oblongam excurrentcs. Flores pallide luiei. Petala 

 ovato-lanceolala , acuta, aequilonga , supremum caeteris latius. La- 

 bium ovato-subrolundum, obtusum, basi utrinque auricula lanceolata 

 aucium Anthera lineari-oblonga , bilocularis, in processum subula- 

 tum excurrens , st\hum fililormem iovolvens. — Spica pluriflora. 

 Bracteae superiores basi ovatae vaginatae, apice in acumen longius- 

 culum produclae. — £ Japonia a. cL Sieboldio allalum. (RgL) 



16. Calalhea Lindeniana. 



Glabra ; petiolis elongatis c\ lindraceis , basi vaginatis; foliorum 

 laminibus late ovatis, breviler acuminatis, subundulalis. lucidis, dia- 

 phano-laete-viridibus , utrinque lascia longitudinali supra atroviridi 

 subtus purpurea piclis; spica subsessili, radicali, ovato-capituliformi ; 

 bracteis irabricatis, concavis, inferioribus ovatis acutis, superioribus 

 lanceolatis oblusiusculis. Uoribus exsertis. luteis, in glomerulis 2 — 3- 

 floris in axilla braclearum sessilibus; glomerulis basi bracteolis mem 

 branaceis involucratis. — Maranta Lindeniana Wallis in Linden cat. 

 1867. pag. 9. Brasilia. (Rgl.) 



17. Xanlhosoma auriculalum Rgl. 



Glabrum, acaule, rhizomate bulboso. Petiolus laevis , rufescens 

 v. viridis et rufescent-slriolalus v. variegatus , basi longe vaginatus, 

 supra vaginam teres . 1% — 3'/ 4 ped longus, robustus. 



Foliorum lamina triloba, cordato-hastata ; supra laete viridis et 

 interdum maculis pallidioribus notata, subtus pallide viridis, specimi- 

 num floriferorum maxima, usque l 3 / 4 ped lata longaque ; lobis posticis 

 recurvato palentibus , oblongis v. ovalo-oblongis. obtusis v. acutis, 

 lobo intermedio duplo triplove brevioribus, basi sinum aperlum rhom- 

 boideum demonstranlibus, costa valida basi exlrorsum denudata per- 

 cursis, supra basin denudatam in auriculam semicordalam excurrenti- 

 bus ; lobo intermedio ovato v. ovato-oblongo, acuminato ; costa inter- 

 media crassa ; venis primariis 3—5 anie marginem in pseudoneurum 

 confluentibus, venulis numerosis interjeclis. Petiolus vix pedalis, an- 

 gulalus. Spalhae lubus ovoideo-oblongus, apice constrictus, viridis ; 

 lamina oblongo-lanceolata, acuminala. intus albida, extus virescens, 

 tubo subtriplo longior. Spadix spatham aequans, circiter 8 poll. lou- 

 gus, stipite brevi cum spalhae basi laleraliter concreto suffultus: spica 

 foeminea basilari , circiter pollicari ; spica neutriflora intermedia , e 

 basi crassiore attenuata, alba, circiter sesqui usque bipollicaris; spica 



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