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Oenocarpns Mart., Endl., Kunth. 
©. utilis Klotzsch. Candice graeili, nudo; frondibus 
sparsis; 2öjugis; rhachibas stipiteque triangularibas, adpresse 
fuseo-sqnamalosisz pinnis sessilibus, linearibus, longissime- 
‚aenminalis; spathis longissimis, subulatis; spadice fructifero 
rubente; baccis globosis, nigris; seminis albumine radiatim- 
striato, in sieco fus&o - marmorato. 
Candex cylindriens, nadus, 36 pedes longus, 3-poll. in 
diametro. Corpus ligneum durnm, carneum. Medulla spon- 
giosa, Navescens, mollis, Nrondes cireiter 10, terminales, 
sparsae , pinnatae, 7—8-pedales. Vaginae frondium nitidae, 
plus minusve fuscae, 11/, ped. longae, Rhachis stlipesqae 
triaugnlaris, 6 ped. longa, erässitndine pennae cygnear. 
Piunae ereciae, sessiles, suboppösitae, lineares, longissime 
acnminatae, parallele-venosae, margine integerrimäe,' acu- 
tae, atro-virides, pedem longae, semipollicem latae. Spathae 
diphyllae, compresso - cylindricae, longissime rostratae, fasco- 
tomentosac, 4—41/, pel. longae, 11/,—21/, poli. in dia- 
metro, exteriori profundius fissa, interiori subulata, longitu- 
dineexteriorem triplo superante. Spadices simpliciter fastigiato- 
ramosi, fractiferi rubentes. Flores monoici in eedem spadice, 
in serobienlis sessiles, ebracteati, feminei solitarii, inter ge- 
minos masculos positi. Masc.: Perigenium exterius triphyl- 
lum, foliolis parvis, carnosis, margine membranaceis, snb- 
triangnlaribus, in alabastre subimbricatis, interius triphyllum, 
foliolis majoribns in alabastro valratis. Stamina 6, flamenta 
sabnlata; antherae bilocnlares, introrsum dehiscentes, versa- 
tiles. Orarii rudimentam stigmatibns tribas ornatum. Fem. 
Terigonium exterius interinsque ut in mare, Staminum sudi- 
menta nulla. Orarium 3-locnlare, loculis 2 minimis. Stigma- 
ta 3, sessilia, acnta, conniventia. Bacca monosperma, nigra, 
globosa, semipollicaris, mesocarpio carnoso, Stigmatibes 
