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Geonoma ramosa Eng. 
Palma arundinacea, 4-—6-pedalis, pollicem erassa, cau- 
diee reeto, simpliei vel ramoso, ejusdem 5— 6 rami item 
erretiusenli, colore rufo-Iuteo, annulis latis albidis Navisve 
approximatis eineto, ligno molli Navo-Iuteo punetato. Quin- 
que ad sex folia aut caudici simpliei ant ramis terminalia, 
pinnatiseeta, basi ad apicem 3 — 31/,-pedalia, pedem lata, 
snbovalia, fere reetangulari-patentia, longe petiolata, ‚sng- 
mentis pedalibus uiringue 4-6 oppositis, basi lata ei plana 
seseilibus, superioribus ennealis, basi 3—4 pollices latis, in- 
ferioribus lineari - lanceolatis, subeuspidatis, basi 2 vel 1 pol- 
liees Iatis, strieliuseulis, reelinatis, dilute viridibus, malti- 
nerviis, nervis angulo acnto e rachi excurrentibus; nervi, Pe- 
tiolas atque rachis lepidibus fuseis adspersi; petiolus fere 
medii folii longitudine; vagina hreviter amplexicaulis. — Info- 
rescentia axillaris; spathae duae post anthesin multifissae; 
spadix dieieus, simplieiter parum ramosas, 14-pollicaris, 
horizentaliter curvato=palens, fusco verrucoso -leprosus, ramis 
5--6-pollicarihus. ' 
Spadix masc, Flores bini, rarius terni in alveolis semi- 
immersi, Jatere plano accumbentes, brarteati, brevissime sti- 
pitati, 5—7-fariam et irregulariter imbricatis; calyX triphyl- 
Ins, membranareo-siccus, Davescens, sepalis dunbus pro- 
funde earinato-concavis, sepalum unnm inferoe convexum, 
superne gibboso- concayom semiampleetentibus, oblongis, ea- 
rina Purpurascente; eorolla triphylla calyrem acquans, val- 
vata, plano-concava; stamina in alabastro ntrienlo membranaeeo 
inelnsa, flamentis-basi connatis, superne liheris, breviter fastia- 
tis, antheris introrsis, apier dorsali affixis, looulis sagittato - 
divergentihus; pistilli rudimentum intra utrienlum stamineum 
minutum. j 
Spadix loem.? 
