| 
401 
sperso, facie .superiore aruleisgue 1 — 2”. longis teretibus 
pallidis, nigro apientis armala, basi vaginaera in ochream 
pedalem: membranacernm glabram demum retieulatim fissam 
excedenis; foliolis eirea 120 gregarie dispositis, gregibus sab- 
opposifis superne demum confinentibus vachi oblique (descen- 
dentim) basi replicata sessilibus affıxis, inferioribus (antieis) 
in.rachidis linen media ereelis, superioribus (postieis) in rachidis 
Iatere patentibus ideoque folium erispum eflcientibus, — laır- 
veolato - linearibus .nenminatis 1 — 11/4‘ Tongis,. pollicem latis 
supra glabris, cosia media superne praesertiim prominente 
acnleis semipollicaribns pallidis obsite, in Interibus utringue 
nervis 6— 7 tenniorihus percursis; margine, aculeis similibus 
selisque. eiliatis; subtus pallidieribus pilis, brevibas setnlisqne 
hirtis,. — Inflorescentia axillaris spathis duabns. tecta, ex- 
texior_ brevissimg. incompleta apice apertn, interior completa 
fusiformis _ pedalis sublignosa demm longitudinaliter . ventre 
Aperta, intus glahberrima fava, extus viridis, acnleis setosis 
semipollicaribus pallidis dense tecta; spadix semipedalis pen- 
dulug dieii erassitie, parte snperiore densissine Navidar- 
hirtus, ‚apice bracteas tres Iatas, earmosas, vertieillatas gerens 
!amos ‚infmes spicae simplieiter ramosae fulerantes, ramis 
sexpollicaribus sparsis furfure favessente tectis;. flores bra- 
“teils mueroniformibus minntis fulti, Iineas tres longi, sessiles, 
!amos undique tegentes; masenli plurimi feıineis paueis, magni- 
‚line is similibus intermixtis, glabris. " Hasewlinoruam 'calyx 
membranaceug minutus -tripartitns, laoinis linearibus acımi- 
Ndtis; oorolla carnosula campanulata trifida, lobis triasgulari- 
bmg aoulis aestivatione valvata; siamina sex fanc} inseria tin 
Aeeiniig eorollinis alterna,' Alnmenta subulata basi complanata 
Apite inflexa, antherae versatiles oblongae birimosae ; ovari; 
udimentom stigmätibus tribus eoronatum. Fl. fenitnint valyx 
‚hroeolatns carnosulüs, ore membranaceo trumento: (ridentien- 
RE 1A, datiert, . 26 
