lg Beiblaii 2U den Botanischen Jalirbuchera. Nr. 87. 



late trigono-cuneata, profundissime furcata, irregulariter ± pinnato-fissa; 

 segmenta pauca, 20 — 28 cm longa, 1 — 3 cm lata, marginibus parallelibus, 

 lateralia prope apicem tantum falcato-acuminata, % terminalia apice vix 

 coarctata ibique truncata et denticulata. Spadix foliis siibaequilongus 5 gracilis 

 longe pedunculatusj simpbciter ramosus; panicula parva ovata, laxa, pauci- 

 ramea, ramulis simplicibus filiformibus i — 7 cm longis, sub lente minutissime 

 papulosis. Florum glomeruli superficial, bractea communi triangulari ob- 

 tusa margine non barhato-ciliata suffulti. Flores <j* globoso-ovoidei 1 mm 

 Iongi; sepala suborbicularia margine scarioso liiiibrato-lacero; stamina 6, 

 qua ruin 3 majora ferliiia (petalis opposita) et 3 sterilia, antheris reniformi- 

 bus; filnmenta omnia conformia breviter linearia, basi in nectarium cupulae- 

 forme connata; antherarum fertilium locula connectivo latissimo pendula. 

 Ovarii rudimentum papiliis 3 minutissimis constans. Flores £> late ovati, 

 bracteolis sepaloideis margine scarioso ciliolato-lacero eincti, sepalis margine 

 scarioso fimbriato-lacero. Stamina 6 minuta capitellata. 



!n silva Tafondru insulae Sanctae Mariae (Boivin n. 1709 in h. 



Paris.). 



8. Adelodypsis Becc. 



Adelodypsis Becc, gen. n, — Dypsis (partim) Auct. plur. — Flores 

 parvi in eodem spadice panieulatim ramoso intrafoliaceo, usque ad apicem 

 ramulorum glomerulato-terni, intermedio O; glomeruli in ramulis sub- 

 superiiciales vel in scrobiculis nidulantes, spiraliter dispositi, bractea con- 

 cava obvallati, Floris Q bracteolae duae concavae scariosac. Flores $ 

 symmetrica, unus bracteolatus; sepala suborbicularia eoncava imbricata; 

 petala sepalis subduplo longiora valvata; stamina 3 alternipetala, filamenlfe 

 liiiearibus liberis, apice nt>n inflexis; anthcrae oblongae, loculis connectivo 

 pauilo incrassato appensis; stamina sterilia 0; ovarii rudimentum ovoideo- 

 conicum. Flores Q tantum post marum anthesin bene evoluti et tunc ill* 

 pauilo majores, ovoideo-vel subgloboso-conici, perianthio post anthesin fere 

 immutato; sepala rotundata vel reniformia late imbricata; petala sepalis 

 duplo et ultra longiora, basi lata convolutivo-imbricaln, apicibus triangularis 

 bus valvatis; staminodia 6 dentiformia; ovarium virgineum late ovoideom 

 apice, stigmatibus conniventibus, oblique acutatum, post fecundationem 

 glubosu-gibbosmn, unilocular^ uniovulatum, loculis duobus abortivis vix 

 conspicuis, stigmatibus 3 subulatis patentibus excentricc apical ibus; ovulurn 

 lateraiiter appensmn. Fructus parvus oblongus, stigrnatum residuis sub- 

 basilaribus; pericarpium grumosum; cndocarpium (sive mesocarpii pars 

 interior) fibris paucis percursum. Semen fructui conforme, albumine 

 aequabiJi, embryone pauilo infra medium dorsi locato. Palmae graciles caudtce 

 anindinaceo, foliis pinnatis, segmentis ± sigmoideis. Spadix laxe duplicate 

 vel triphrato-iamosu^ pedunculo brovis, ramis longissimis filifo««*™ s ' 

 Spalliap duae, quarum inferior compressfHancops persistent, superior longer 

 apice fissa decidua. Iliijus generis eharacteres fere omnino Dyp&d** a 



