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pedem distantibus,; iu eodem latere sed alternatim purum 
nodosus, aculeatus;: aculei ochroleuci ir eodem atque nodi 
latere üsque affixi, bipollicares, parum duri, horizontaliter 
patentes. — Folia numero sex ad novem, sex- ad octo- 
pedalia, erectiuscula, nutantia, apiee paripinnata, infra inter- 
rapte-pinnata, 18—20-juga; pinnis binis ad. ternas — qua- 
ternasve aggregatis, oppositis et alteruis, sex al onio pollices 
longis, duos ad ires pollices latis, rostro digitum longo acu- 
minatis, dilute-viridibas, parum strietis, tenuibns, glahris, ob- 
solete plieatis, 16 — 18 nerviis convergentibus, costa media 
prominente, superioribus utrinque basi lata sessilibus; deltei- 
deis, ceteris basi angustata et contracta sessilibus, oblique 
deltoideo- oblongis; petiolus canalieulatus, basi vaginante lon- 
giusenle-amplexicaulis, intus glaberrimus, externe parvi- 
aeuleatus, aculeis viresoentibns pollicaribus; rachis superne 
tri- ad guadrangularis ei aculeis sparse-armata, — Inflo- 
rescenlia inter folia inferiera et rudimenta foliorum emorina, 
spathis dnabus tecta, exterior 3 pollices longa, glabra, Ha- 
voscens, apice ventrem versus aperta, interior subpedalis, de- 
curva, ovalis, coriacea, externe viridis, muricibus virescenti- 
bus subpollicaribus tecta,, longitudinaliter ventre aperia, intus 
glaberrima, virescens. Spadix subpedalis, simplieiter ramo- 
sus, pendulus, ramis inferioribus foemineis sex-, superioribus 
waseulis 4-pollicaribus, Raveseentibns. 
Flores? 
Fruetus drupacens utringne vompressus, ellipsoidens, nu- 
eis avellanae minoris magnitudine, perigonio siceo suffaltus, 
styli radimento apiexlatus, atro-purpureus (fere niger) epi- 
varpio membranaceo, mesovarpio sucenlento, dulei, endorar- 
Pio osseo, glabro, ovali, nigro, testa rubiennda, albumine 
albido - corneo, embryone minutissimo subverticali, 
Creseit in silvis umbrosis humidis calidisgue Novo - Gra- 
