x 
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epidermide glabra, favo-grisea, annnlis inter se approximatis 
rafis, ligno peripherico parun dure, flavo rufo-fihroso. Folia 
in numero 12— 15, 10—12-pedalia, 3--4 pedes lata, Ia- 
minae circumseriptione fere ovali, inferiora horizontaliter ar- 
euato-patentia, superiora ereetinsenla, 2-— 3 tenera convo- 
hıta simul e coma media suhuliformi-emersa, parum Bacejdo- 
erispa, irregalariier pinnatisecta; segmenta 11/,— 2-pedalia, 
utrinqgue 25 — 30 irregulariter hasi lata et contracta affıza, 
linearia vel lanceolata, acuminafa vel fissa praemersaque, 
multinervia, eostalo-plicata, nervis utringue prominentibus, 
fuseo- et viride lepidotis, lamina fuseo-pulvernlenta et albido- 
puberula, flaceida, erispa, vonfuentia; rachis coneavo - trian- 
gularis, fusce - tomentoso - pulvernleus; petiolus canalieulatus, 
inferne rufus, breviier vaginans, 2 -- 3-pedalis; vagina conico- 
triangularis, externe sanguineo-Iuten,, intus rufa, brevissime 
ei Jaxe amplexicanlis. — Inforescentia 2 — 3 annnlis infra 
petiolorum raginas; spathae duae completae, coriaveae, eX- 
terne fuscae, siriato-suleatae, intus sordido- farae, exterior 
ellipsoidea, wedio inflata, utrinque carinata, interior elavae- 
formis, aeuminata, spadiee diutius aflıxa. Spadix suberectus, 
triplo — quadruplo vamosıs, viridis, cireiter 3-pedalis, pe- 
dnneulo sesquipedali, ramis superne in 5— 5 ramulos fruch- 
feros divisis; ramuli frnetiferi racemoso - penduli. 
Flores? 
Frwetus baccatus, ovalus, acuminatus, pisi magnitudine, 
niger, perigonio sustentus, pericarpio crassinsculo, suceu- 
lente, roseo, lesta purpurea semen globosum involvens; em- 
bryone minimo in albumine albo-coeruleo osseo suhhasilari. 
Creseit in silvis umbrosissimis Srigidisque Cordillerarım 
regionis in provincia Merida, solitaria. 
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