676 
Klopstockia eoaretata Eng. 
Palma elata, habitu coaretato , caudiee recto, 40—50- 
pedali, 1—1N/, pedis diametro, apice nonnihil atienuata, 
annulis obsolelis inter se approximatis, ligno duro erassiusenlo. 
Folia numero 10-12, 5—6-pedalia, ovalia, infera sub- 
reetangulari-patentia, teneriora, ereeliuscula, crispa, multum 
pinnata, densam comam hemisphaericam ventis agitatamı for- 
mantia; pinnae rachi lateraliter 2 — 4— 6 aggregatae et deinde 
spatio 11/, — 2-pollieari inter se dispositae, basi auute re- 
duplicata aflixae, sesqui- — bipedales, 1—1%/g latae, longi- 
tudinaliter striatae, nervo intermedio luteo, furfure lepidoto 
Havo-cinereo longitudinaliter tecto, superne "obscnre virides, 
inferne argenteo-serieeae, durae, inter se- erispo-faceide 
conduentes; rachis furfure füsco - griseo tecta; petiolus brevis 
in basin vaginantem dilatatus; vagina externe cana, intus 
Aavo-grisea, dorso parum carinata, marginibus superioribus 
longe retieulato - fusco - ümbriatis, brevissime laxe subeapitali- 
formi-amplexicaulis. — Inflorescentia axillaris inter folia, 
spathis tribus teeta, exteriore incompleta, apice aperta, in- 
terioribus duabus completis, earumque infera apice laterali 
aperta, supera primum ventre, inm dorso diruptß, 2—3- 
pedalibus, lanceolato-acnminatis, rufs, coriaceis. Spadix 
longe pedunculatus, duplo ramosus, valde arcuato -reclinatus; 
pedunculis 3-pedalibus, rachis sesquipedalis, virescens, ramuli 
hasales eireiter pedem, apice 1 -—- 2 pollices longi, virescenfes. 
Flores ? 
Fructus baceatus, Nammeus, globosus, pistilli rudimente 
nullo, perigonio exieriore sustentus, nucis avellanae magni- 
tadine; epicärpio membranacao, mesoearpio ochroleuco, MU- 
seoso-Ähroso, tenni, endocarpio tenniter memnhbranaeeo atro- 
sanguineo; testa fusca, in albumine albo-eoernleo subosseo 
embryo conicus fere basilaris locatus. 
