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glanco-virides, distantes, subglabrae, oblongo- irregalariter 
rhombeae, longe cuneatae, basi adnatae, versus apicem re- 
rando-erosae, subtns venis 6 — 8 parallelis, prominentibus 
notatae, 8-—12 poll, longae, 11, —21/, poll. latae, termi- 
aalis Nabelliformis, apice dentato-truncata, subinde bikida, 
ad basin brevi-cnneata, 7— 11 poll. longa, 6— 9 poll, 
lata. Spadices numerosae, cylindrico -fusiformes, 10—12 
poll. longae, 21/, poll. infra apicem crassae, obtuse- mucre- 
natae, versus basin altenuatae, Spathae coriaceae, interiores 
completae, elausae, demum ventre apertae, exteriores brevio- 
res, incompletae, imbricatae, tubulosae, apice apertae. Flo- 
res sessiles, ebracteati, Savescentes, monoiei, in distinetis 
spadieibus simpliciter ramosis, Masc. gemini, Perigonium 
exterius tripbylium, foliolis triangularibus, carnosulis, minu- 
tis, in alabasiro valvatis, interias triphylium, foliolis acute- 
triangalaribus, carnosis, exterioribus ooties longioribus. Sta- 
mina 9—15 hypogyna; filamenta libera, filiformia; anthe- 
rae lineares basifixae, rimis duabus longitadinaliter dehisoen- 
bus; pollinis granula globosa, echinata; rodimentum vvarıı 
winimum. Fem. solitarii, Perigonium duplex, foliola trian- 
gularia, carnosa, interiora duplo majora; filamenta redimen- 
taria nonnulla; ovarium trileenlare; loculi distincti?, uni- 
orulati; ovula basilaria, solitaria, rarissime gemina, seesi- 
kin, anatropa; siigmata fria, sessilia, rostriformia, eonniventia, 
Bacca ovata, exeueca, snbrugosa, viridis, demum migricans, 
magnitadine ovi columbini, unilocularis, monosperma. Albn- 
men aequabile, corneum, Embryo basilaris. 
Floret a mense Junio — Octobr. Paerto Cabello, Colo- 
nia Tovar Columbiae, Moritz n, 914. Palm, n. 1. Karsten 
w. 70. e. (Coll. 1.) 
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