Zomicarpella
(a diminutive of Zomicarpa). ORD. Aroideoe (Araceae). A monotypic genus. The species is a rather small, slender, tuberous-rooted, stove herb, allied to Zomicarpa. For culture, see Staurostigma.
Z. maculata (spotted). fl., inflorescence very small; spathe dull green, 1in. long, lanceolate, spreading out nearly flat, with revolute margins; spadix blackish, 1 1/2in. long, very slender. l. ovate, deeply cordate-sagittate at base, dark green, with a series of irregular, pale green blotches arranged around, near the margins, somewhat resembling those of Caladium marmoratun, but much smaller. New Grenada, 1881.