Monstera adansonii var. laniata (Schott) Madison

BOTANICAL
GARDE**
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03781597
TROPIC0S
ARACEAE	Exsiccatae
Monstera A.&avi.so»H ScV\ofT, \)OJt.
cjr*- CScWft) MakiStM
Vicinity of Saul, along road between
Eaux Claires and Sa~l, 2 km S of Eaux
Claires.
030371N 53°12 ‘ W
Appressed hemiepiphyte at 5 m; stem
less than 1 m long; internodes dark
green, weakly glossy, densely
warty-ridged throughout, 2-4 cm long, S
cm diam.; petioles and geniculum
sharply sulcate, sheath deciduous,
shaft dark green, matte weakly
asperous; blades subcoriaceous, dark
16 February 1993
Thomas B. Croat 74-242
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
green and semiglossy above, slightly
paler and semiglossy below? midrib
obtusely sunken and concolorous above,
pale green and thicker than broad
below; primary lateral veins
conspicuously sunken above, convex and
pale below; tertiary veins
conspicuously darker than surface, flat
below; inflorescences 2 per axil;
peduncle matte, medium green and
asperous; spathe medium green outside,
matte; inner surface almost white
(unopened); spadix (immature) pale
orange.
16 February 1993
Thomas B. Croat 74242
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM CMO)
03781597