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. Hlopstockin. . 
Palma dioica in diversis stirpibus-. vel polygamo- dieica 
vel monoica, ‚Inflorescentiae axillares spathis pluribus sparsis 
einefae, exterioribus incompletis, interioribns eompletis, facie 
exteriore, fürfuraceo -pnbernlis, interiore glabris‘, sub anthesi 
pendulig primum ventre aperlis demum- irregnlariter longitudi- 
naliter fatiscentihus, spadiees ramosissimi, fNores bracteolati 
mini in pedunenlo teneri flexuoso breviter pedicellati, Calyx 
inimns ini 
rüitus, laciniis triangulari - acutis, "Corolla 
keipariita , laciniae Iincari - aentne ealyce multo longiores carno- 
sulae eoriaceae, aestivatione subvalvata; stamina 9, rarins 10 
—12, -6 per paria petalis imposita, tria iis 'alterna fanei in- 
serta, "Alamenta subnlata basi in nreeolum tube eorollae ad- 
nat unita, antherae sagittatae versatiles birimosae. , Ova- 
rum trloenlare locnlis nniovulatis, ovulis anatropis, styli tres 
Sanalienlati, acnti , intns stigmatosi, reclinati. Bacca globosa 
Phyllis perigonialibns immntatis sustenta, monosperma vel ra- 
dus di- — trisperma, stigmatorum residna suhbasilaria vel 
inter lohos terminalia; epicarpio coriaceo, mesocarpio muci- 
Iaginoso earnoso, seminis testa fragilis nigra, albumen corneum 
subradjatum, embryo basilaris eonieus. Palmae 1runco altis- 
sine, ligne nigro durissimo; annulate, epidermide alba vel 
raten tecto, foliis pinnatis basi relienlo fbroso vaginatis, 
Pianis Hineari = acntis, supra laete viridibus- infra tomentosnlis 
abidiy:. ve, favescentibus, inflorescentis multiramosis sub 
Aulkesi-pendulis stramineis vel albis, baveis corallinis magni- 
tudine mnois arellanae. : : 
1. Klopstockia cerifera caudice interdum excelso (200°), 
Y diameteo, epidermide.cergeen ‚alba, folia pinnata, foliola al- 
ferna ve] subopposita basi redaplicata, aequaliter rachi imposita, 
horizontalin, sub vernalione Bava, subtus uti-petiolus serieeo - 
Abo-tomentosnla, Spathae plures coriaceae, extus Bavescenti- 
