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Gonatopus angustus N. E. BROWN

by Nicholas Edward Brown.

excerpt from: N. E. Brown, Araceae.
in: Schinz, H. (Ed.): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Flora (Neue Folge) XIII, p. (22).
published in: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier ser. 2, vol. I, p. 778. - Genève 1901. - [Bull. Herb. Boissier, II, 1: 778]

note: this is the first description of Gonatopus angustus N. E. Br.



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N. E. Brown (1901), Gonatopus angustus N. E. Brown. from: N. E. Brown, Araceae. in: Schinz, H. (Ed.): Beiträge
zur Kenntnis der Afrikanischen Flora (Neue Folge) XIII. Published in: Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier ser. 2, I, p. 778


Gonatopus angustus N. E. BROWN

Planta « 0,5—1,5 m » alta ex Menyharth. Specimenis petiolus 1 ped. vel ultra longus, levis; lamina trisecta, partitiones 10—12 poll. longæ, bipinnatæ, duabus lateralibus basi bini pinnæ instructis, partitione media usque ad ¹/3 nuda; pinnæ 3—6 poll. longæ, segmentis ultimis 1—3 poll. longis, 2—4 lin. latis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis. Pedunculus 2—3 poll. longus, levis. Spathæ tubus convolutus, 1—1¼ poll. longus, 7—8 lin. diam.; limbus 3 poll. longus, 14—15 lin. latus, oblongus, cuspidatus, reflexus. Spadix sessilis, 3 poll. vel ultra longus, floribus ubique dense obtectus; pars femina 8 lin. longa; 3—4 lin. crassa, cylindrica; pars neutra constricta, 8 lin. longa; pars mascula 1 ¾ poll. longa, cylindrica obtusa. Ovarium ovoideum 2-loculare, loculis uniovulatis; ovulum anatropum erectum. Stylus brevis. Stigma latum, discoideum. Florum masculorum stamina monadelpha ovarii rudimentum cingentia.

Südost-Afrika : Boruma am Sambesi, Menyharth 922 bis !



Title page of Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier ser. 2, I (1901).
Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier
Title page of ser. 2, vol. I (1901).
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