ZOMICARPA Schott. 
Spätha vegeto-persistens, obliqua basi spadicis parti femineae adnata, ibique cucullata, 
ulterius lnarginibus liberis convolutis tubuliformis , dein hians in laminain multinerviam ex- 
pansa. Spadix spatha brevior, androgynus, appendiculatus ; pars feminea inferior floribns pancis 
biserialibns remotinsenlis ; pars maseula femineae contigua floribns copiosis confertissimis ; 
appendix organis nentris nonnnllis setuliformibns vel tnberenliformibns, interdnm obsoletis 
obsessa. Flores midi. Masenli: Antherae 1 — 2, sessiles vel breviter stipitatae, didymae, tlieeis 
oppositis, vertice rima brevi transversa dehiscentibus. Pollinis grannla globosa, laevia, band 
eonglutinata. Feminei: Ovarinm snbglobosnm , subastylum, stigmate diseiformi coronatnm. 
Ovula plurima placentae centrali obsoletae affixa , ereeta , anatropa , raplii distineta loeuli 
eentrum speetante. Fructus baecatus, baccis spatliae adliaerentibus , oligo-vel pleiospennis, 
demum exsuceis, deeiduis, basi circumscisse lacera dehiscentibus, a spatha et spadiee solutis. 
Semina ovoidea vel oblongo-ellipsoidea, extremitate radiculari eonice producta, chalaza tuber- 
culiformi, raphi distineta ; testa chartacea, stratis duobus conflata, externo albido subdiapliano 
solubili, interno tenuiore concolore vel punctulis fuscis aut fusco - violaceis pieto. Albuinen 
eopiosum, crassum, album vel extus fiavum sive viridulum. Embryo axilis, teretiusculus, 
albidus, extremitate radiculari obtusa crassiore, liilo proxima. 
Herb ae acaules Brasil ienscs. Planta germinans post eataphylla pauca folium ovato-cor- 
datuni proferens. Rhizoma tuberiforme, horizontale, secundariis paueis saepius auctis, vertice 
radiculas filiformes tenues gerens. Cataphylla vaginalia tenuia, partim hypogaea, partim epi- 
gaea. Folia petiolata pedatiseeta, excepto folio primario indiviso stirpis germinantis ; petiolus 
basi vaginatus, parte vaginali hypogaea, inferne teres, superne ab apice deorsum evanescenter 
suleatus, maeulatus; segmenta 3 — T, lanceolata ovata vel oblonga, utrinque acutata, extima 
saepe basi inaequilatera , omnia penninervia, nervis secundariis (venis costalibus Schott) intra 
marginem in pseudonenum (pseudoneurum Schott , nervuni colleetivum Engter) arcuatim con- 
fluentibus. Scapus solitarius vel turionum consociatione plures, fioriferi erecti, fructiferi recurvi. 
Spatha discolor, plus minusve vittato -striata vel eoneolor viridis. 
Zomicarpa Schott Syn. Aroid. I. p. 33. Gen. Aroid. p. 23. Prodr. Aroid. p. 121. Engter Arctc. in Fl. hra-s. 
Fase. LXXVI, p. 208. Schott Msc. Fenzl Msc. 
Avi et Arisaematis sp. Auct. 
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