UROSPATHA Schott, 
Spatha inferne cnenllato - convoluta, apice in ligulam longissimam et an- 
gustissimam elongata. Spadix subsessilis a spatha multoties superatus. Sepala 
4 6 apice cucullato -inflexa, vertice truncata. Stamina sepalorum numero. 
Ovaria 2 3-locularia, ovulis in quolibet loculamento 2-bus, juxtapositis, e me- 
dio loculamenti ex axi exseri is, funiculis longulis appensis Stigma ses- 
sile, placentiforme - discoideum, orbiculare 
Herbae Ameiicae ti opicae acaules, paludosa amantes. Folia errecta. Petioli longissimi, maculati , basi tantum yaginati, 
superne pei longum spatium nudi (absque vagina), teretes, geniculo vix manifesto. Lamina pedatinervi - sagittata costis ner- 
visque 5—9—15, venis tenuibus approximatis, quasi unilateraliter transverse exsertis, supra laevigata, lobis tribus aequilon- 
gis, 2-bus retrorsum versis sinu angusto 1. amplo distantibus, inaequilateris , infima parte costa extimo latere denudatis, in 
petiolum coadunatis. Pedunculi longissimi. Spatha costa valida percursa, extus colorata, intus pallida 1. albida. — (Ex siccis.) 
Synon. Pothi spec. Rudge. — Dracontii spec. Meyer Spathiphylli spec. Schott Melet. 
Poepp. et Endl. — 
1. U. Friedrichsthaliana Schtt. petiolis glabris (maculatis), lamina sagittata, undulata, obtusissima, 15-costata 1. 15-nervi, lobo 
terminali lato, apice rotundato -obtusato, acumine brevissimo terminato, sub 5-pollicari, 7-nervi, nervis extimis iterato -bicruribus , cruribus sur- 
sum deorsumque directis, reliquis simplicibus; lobis retrorsis basin versus vix angustatis, oblongis, angustis, longe-acuminatis, 4-nerviis . 
; (Tab. 7). 
Habit. S. Juan de Nicaragua (Friedrichs th a 1 in Herb. Caes. Vindob.). 
2. F. affinis Schtt. petiolis glubris, ; lamina sagittata, margine planiuscula, 5-costata, lobo terminali oblongo - triangulari, 
apice acuminato, 13-pollicari, basi (cum costa media triplinervi) 3-costata 1. crasse - trinervi (venis medium marginem petentibus subhorizontali- 
bus); lobis retrorsis late oblongo - ovatis, basi angustatis, apice acuminatis uninerviis 1. potius unicostatis, venis infimis bicruribus; spatha longis- 
sima sub- 1 5-pollicari ; spadice 3-pollicari; perigoniis tetrasepalis. (Tab. 8.) 
Synon. Spathiphyllum an caudatum? Poepp. in Herb. Caes. Vindob. 
Habit. Brasilia borealis , in paludosis ad Ega. (Poepp.) 
3. U. caudata Schtt. petiolis glabris luride violaceo -maculatis; lamina trilobato hastato - sagittata , subrepando- undulata, 9-costata 
1. 9-nervi, lobo terminali oblongo -lanceolato- triangulari, acuminato, 13-15-20-pollicari, basi (cum costa valida bis triplinervi) 5-nervi, nervis 
tenuibus, extimis obsoletius -bicruribus cruribus divaricatis (venis medium marginem petentibus subadscendentibus), lobis retrorsis oblongo -lan- 
ceolatis, basi angustatis, apice acuminatis subbinerviis 1. costa et nervo obsolete -bicruri praeditis; spatha in ligulam linearem longissimam et 
angustissimam apiceque tortam acuminata, bipedali, intus pallide- viridi, extus atro-violacea; spadice vix tripolicari; perigoniis tetrasepalis. (Tab. 9.) 
Synon. Spathiphyllum caudatum Poepp. et Endl. N. Gen. et sp. III. p. 85. t. 296. 
Habit. Brasilia, in fossis sylvarum ad Ega. (Poepp. in Herb. Caes. Vindob.) 
