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dnbia habeantor mci-ilo, el ad alias cum jbac coufusas spe- 

 cies referenda sint. 



Cttudea: 40 circUer pcdnm altilndinem attingit, plcrnm- 

 qac simplicissiinus, rare apico in tcrnos, qitafcraos rel qui-, 

 nos ramos divisus, sesqnipedem crassus, basibiis pcrsistenli- 

 bas frondium scabcr demnm g^labrescens et annnlatum candi- 



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com simnlanci, corticc cinereo iutns purpureo. Fronts 

 octo pcdrs leitgae, foUola utrinque 90 — 100; foliolum ad- 



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nUum'21 — 24 cent, fere longum, 1% latum, nt video turn 

 in icone H, M., turn in sicco spccimine Herb. Wiild., |uni in 

 spec, cullo iu iuR. Pavonnm; inforiora ct snperiora minora; 

 caeteruta opposita rel alterua, basi contracta plerumque de- 

 currentia* Fvons speeiminis cuUi 2 met. longa, quorum 

 stipes 3,4 mclri, tcrcli-totra£;onus, angnlo autico raJde pro- 



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mineute ad utrumque latus excaratas, anguHsque lateralibus 

 15 circiter utrinque spinas horizontalcs V-J^ — 2eeiit»'distan- 

 tes gcrentibus. Rhachis sursum ralde attenuata, in nni- 

 Tcrsum semilurcti-subtetragona, facie postica valde convexa 

 prominente, faciebus duabus auticis, angulo antico valdo 

 elevate obtusoque diremtis^ excavatis, Foliola utrinque fere 

 86, opposita et alterua, liuearia, faicata, basi angustafa, 

 moUiter acuminata, utrinque giauco-viridia, supra nitidnla, 

 snbtus pallida et ncrvo medio tiavido instructa. Marge snb- 

 iucrassatus subrevolutus. Conus mas in Hort. Edinensi effor- 

 matus ei a cl. Hoo.ker depictns, fere sessilis, 4 — 5 poll, 

 longns, ovoidens, spadicibus iatis laxe imbricatis, ferrugi- 

 neo-hirsutis, quornm pars Va inferior p^ramidata horizon- 

 taiifer iuserta, pars y^ superior sursum cnrrata et in acu- 

 men crectum longum prodncta. Antherae solitariac, bina- 

 tae— quateruae, corneae. Spudiees Herb. WiUd. acumen ba- 

 bent valde hreye ,' afttheras pallide fuscas, oblongas, tema- 

 tim vel qnaternatim conjunctas; tomentum inter eas parcum. 

 Spadices feminei ^e Rheedii icone noti, dense imbricati. 



