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Aglaonema (Supplement)

About a score species--all tropical--are included here. Spadix sessile or stipitate; spathe straight, at length marcescent; peduncles fascicled. Leaves ovate-or oblong-lanceolate. To the species described on p. 42, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

A. acutispathum (acute-spathed). fl., spadix sessile, 1 3/4in. long; spathe light green, 3 1/2in. long, 1 1/4in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, widely expanded; scape as long as the petioles. l. 6in. to 8in. long, 2 1/2in. to 3 1/4in. broad, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, slightly oblique, rounded and slightly cuneate at base, the apex gradually attenuated into a fine point 1in. long; petioles 3in. to 4 1/2in. long, sheathing. Hong Kong (?), 1885. Nearly hardy.

A. nebulosum (clouded). l. 5in. to 8in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad, oblong or obovate-oblong, obliquely cuspidate-acuminate at apex, obtuse at base, green, irregularly marked with greenish-white above; petioles 1 1/2in. to 2in. long, channelled above, sheathed. Java, 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 24.)

A. pictum compactum (compact). fl., spathe green, pointed, the outer surface shining. l. short, oblong-ovate, acuminate, unequal-sided, dark sap-green, sparingly blotched grey; petioles sheathing, green, with a membranous, whitish margin. Stems very short, erect. Java, 1888.