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ANTHUKIUM GLADIIFOLIUM Schott. 
Tabula 9. 
A. cauclice brevissimo, petiolis foliorum majorum pedalibus, geniciilo leviter iiicrassato instructis, 
lamina gladiiformi usque 2\ pedali, basi rotundata vel cimeata, versus apicem sensim angustata, cuspidato- 
apiculata, costa convexa, uervis secundariis teimibiis, subimmersis , aperte patentibus, pseudonervo 
a margine remoto; pedimciilo petiolo longiore et eodem tenniore, apicem versus livescente; spatha oblongo- 
lanceolata, basi autice decurrente, apice acuminata; spadice myosuroideo spatha subduplo longiore, sursiim 
leviter attenuato, apice obtusato, ex bnmneo violascente; baccis obovoideis, sanguinolento - pürpureis ; 
seminibus oblongis fulvis, tiiberculatis. 
Anthurium gladiifolium Schott in Seem. Journ. of Botcmy, 1863. p. 5. Engler Arac. I. c. p. 86. 
Planta foliorum magnitudine speciosa, caudice brevissimo radicante. Folia stirpis floridae adulta tripedalia 
et ultra, gladiiformia ; petioli 1 — -3 dm. long. , pennae anserinae majoris crassitie, subteretes , supra sulcati , antice 
supra subplani et acietato marginati, geniculo 1 Va — 3 cm. long., 1 cm. crasso flavo-viridulo instructi ; foliorum lamina 
horizontaliter patens vel dependens, 4 — 8 dm. long., medio 8 — 13 cm. lat., oblongo lineari-lanceolata, ab inferiore 
triente versus basin angustata, fere cuneata, basi obtusa, apice breviter acuminata, acuta, subcoriacea, supra glauco- 
viridis, subtus ex glauco flavens; costa utrinqe convexa, basi petioli crassitie; nervis secundariis numerosis (18 — 25) 
intervenastris comitatis, subimmersis, aperte patentibus, parum curvatis, infimis exceptis, pseudonervo (nervo collectico 
Engler) repentino insertis, pseudonervo 7 — 9 mm. a margine subrevoluto remoto; nervis infimis assurgentibus, in 
margine evanescentibus, nervulis tenuibus, sicco parum prominentibus. Pedunculus 5 — 7 dm. long., pennae anserinae 
tenuioris crassitie, teres, apicem versus livescens. Spatha 10 — 12 cm. long., basi 1 — 1'/4 cm. lat., oblongo-lanceolata, 
basi antice decurrens, parte decurrente 1 — T ’/a cm. long., sanguinolenta, spadicem basi oblique amplectens, horizontalis, 
livida, apice purpurascens. Spadix 1 Va • — •2‘ l /-2 dm. long., myosuroideus, cum floribus rhombeo-compressis 8 — 10 mm. 
crassus, sursum versus leviter attenuatus, apice obtusatus, brunneo-violaceus. Tepala apice convexo saturate violacea, 
reliqua parte viridula. Stamina filamentis hinc convexis, illinc planis, antheris flavis, polline flavo. Ovarium oblongum, 
vertice sanguineum, stigmate viridi-flavescente obscure bilobo coronatum, biloculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria, angulo 
centrali supra medium affixa, pendula, hemianatropa, placenta breviter filamentosa, filis fasciculatis. Baccae obovoideae, 
e perigonio exsertae, 6 mm. long., sanguinolenfae, striis saturatioribus pictae. Semina oblonga, strophiolata, strophiolo 
albido, in aere impellucido, testa fulva, pallide tuberculata, parte chalazina purpurascente , testae strato interno, ut 
videtur ex icone, rubidulo. Embryo in albuinine obscure albido axilis, dimidiam longitudinem seminis occupans, 
parte radiculari rotundatus viridis, cotyledonari oblongus, emarginatus. 
Vorkommen: Im Districte J.lheos der Provinz Bahia. 
