14 Beiblattzu den Botanischen Jahrbiichern. Nr. 87. 



7. Trichodypsis Baill. 



Trichodypsis Bail), in Bull, Soa Linn. Par. n. 447 (4 894} 1165. — 

 Flores inter minimos in eodem spadice paniculatim rarnoso interfoliaceo 

 usque ad apicem ramulorum g!omeruIato-terni ? intermedio Q ; glomeruli in 

 ramulis superficialiter spiraliter dispositi, bractea concava, interdum in 

 margine eonspieue laciniato-barbata, obvallati; floris Q bracteolae duae 

 concavae scariosae interdum barbatae. Flores q 1 symmetric!, unus bracteo- 

 latus; sepala orbicularia concava imbricata; petala concavo-navicularia val~ 

 vata sepalis subduplo longiora; stamina 3 fertilia oppositipetala, filamentis 

 basi in cupulam hrevem cormatis, apice non inflexis; an therae breves basi- 

 fixae vel loculis connectivo crasso plus minus adnatis vel etiam semiliberis 

 ct subpendulis; stamina 3 sterilia vel in margine capulae omnino rudi- 

 mentaria fertilibus alternantia; ovarii rudimentum conoideum vel trilobura, 

 slaminibus brevius. Flores Q tantum post marum anthesin bene evoluti 

 et tunc illis paulio raajores ? late ovoideo-vel subgloboso-conici, perianthio 

 post anthesin vix aucto; sepala rotundata vel reniformia late imbricata; 

 petala sepalis duplo et ultra longiora basi lata convolutivo-imbricata apici- 

 bus breviter valvatis; staminodia 3—6, minutissima denliformia; ovarium 

 asymmetrice globosum vel globoso-gibbosum uniloculnre, uniovulatum, loculis 

 duobus abortivis vix conspicuis; stigmata 3 subulata valde excentrica sub- 

 lateralia. Fructus cylindraeeus et curvulus (vel ovoideus?), stigmatum 

 residuis basilaribus. Palmulae gracillimae caudice tenuiter arundinaceo. 

 Folia simplicia et furcata vel pinnatisecta, segmentis falcatis acuminatis, 

 terminalibus basi conffuentibus. Spadices simpliciter vel duplicato ramosi longe 

 pedunculati, ramis tenuissimis. Spathae duae elongatae anguste vaginantes 

 chartaceae, quarum inferior compresso-anceps, superior longior apice fissa. 



Genus forsan nimis artificiale, habitus cum Dypside omnino conveniens, 

 a quo staminibus oppositipetalis (in Dppsids alternipetalis) tantum differre 

 videtur. 



Clavis speoierum- 



Spadix lotus pilis ramcntaccis dense hirtus, rachi filiform* 



flexuosa, Floris $ stamina sterilia inconspicua, tuber- 



culjformia \ a fr. UtldebrandlH 



Spadix totus pilis ramentaceis dense hirtus, rachi rigida 

 recta, Floris <5 anlherae staminuna sterilium majus- 



culae, reniformes, sessiles 2. TV. Moequefysiana 



.Spadix glabrescens. rarouJis sub lente minutissime papillosi, 

 Floris 3 antherae staminum sterilium majusculae, reni- 

 formes, filamento brevi suffulfae 3. Tr. glabreseens 



i. Trichodypsis flildebraudtii Baill. I c. — Gracillima < 7 50 m alta, 

 caudice tonuiter arundinaceo, 3—6 mm diam., internodiis 3—6 mm Iong ls - 

 Folia 20—35 cm longa, quoad partitionem admodum variabilia, nunc snnp'- 

 citur profundeque furcata basi cuneata et sensim in petiolum brevissifflum 



