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quo tamen differt habitu toto coelo diverse floribus non inter minimos 

 foliis pinnatis (non pinnatofissis) ncc non floris tf slaminum filamentis basi 

 liberie Species typica (Adelodypsis gracilis) Phloyae polystachyae per- 

 similis, altera non bene nota. 



1. Adelodypsis gracilis Becc. — Bypsis gracilis Bory in Mart. H. 

 nat. Palm. III. 181 (edit secundae) t 161, V] et 350 in ejusdem tab. ex- 

 pitcalione. — Areca gracilis Aub. du Petit Thenars in herbario (non 

 Roxb.) fide Martii? — Dypsis pmnaiifrons Mart 1. c. 312 (ex parte* et in 

 Sched, ms. in herb. Paris.! — Phloga polystaekya (non Noronha) Becc. in 

 Scott-Elliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. Hot XXIX. (1890) 621 — Gracilis mediocris 

 elegantissima, caudice 3 — 6 cm diam. (?). Folia 0,60—1 m(?) longa, parte 

 pedicellari brevissima, segmentis numerosis erecto-patulis, interrupt e fasci- 

 culatis, oblanccolatis, parum sigmoideis, basi valde angustatis, superne in 

 acumen longissimum abrupte coarctalis, 18 — 23 cm longis. Spadix ampins 

 metralis et ultra; panicula laxisshne 3~pIicato~ramosa, parte pedunculari 

 iongior, ramulis filiformibus patulis, 1,5 mm diam., :fc 20 cm iongis, fuga- 

 citer rubiginosis, deindc glabris, in sicco rugoso-angulosis ; florum glomeruli 

 superficiales. Flores (f oblongi, vertice rotundato, 2 mm longi, pctalis 

 quam sepala triplo longioribus; stamina 3 alternipetala, filamentis late 

 linearibus basi non connalis , antherarum loculis crasse-obclavatis fere 

 oranino liberis connective apicali brevi erasso appensis; ovarii rudimentum 

 ovoideum staminibus subdimidio hrevius. Flores Q ovoideo-conici, 2 mm 

 'opgi; sepala orbicularis; petala sepalis duplo Iongiora. Fructus ohlongus, 

 vertice rotundalo, 9 — 10 mm longus, 5-6 mm latus, stigmatum residuis 

 paullo supra basin locatis. 



Specimen typicum in Martii tab. 161, f. V. depictum el in herb. Pari- 

 siensi servatum in Madagascaria anno 1819 a Perrottetio ledum fuit In 

 coltibus Tanambo insulae Sanctae Mariae (Boivi.v in It Paris.); Fort 

 dauphin (Scott-Elliot n. 2419 in h. Kew.); sine loco special] (Kichard 

 n - <6 in herb. Paris.). 



Hujus Palmae specimina nonmilla ex herb. Commcrsomi in herb. PaVisionsi si?i- 

 v ^ta Martius nomine Dypsidis pinnatifrondis notavlL 



Species taotum quoad flores ct fructus perlinet bene nota, enim folia a me visa 

 ct des wipta et quae lam in speciminibus Commcrsomanis nuper memoralis; quom in 

 Scottianis spadicum pari i bus adjuneta sunt ? mirum iliis Phhgae pohjxtaehtjae siinilia; 

 l^opropter an certe ilia Adelodypsidis gracilis srnt mihi dubiurn manet. 



2. Adelodypsis Boivhriana Becc. — Dypsis Boivinia llailL in Bull. 

 ^•Linn. Paris, n. 147(1894) 1169 (ex parte). — Palma mediocris? Spadix 

 dl flusus, laxe duplicato-ramosus, indumento ferrugineo (± fugaciPj ohductus, 

 ramis primariis 3 — 5*partitis ? ramulis gracilibus terelibus 2.5—3 mm diam., 

 *^*5 cm longis, profunde crebreque scrobicuiatis. Florum glomeruli 



actea concava late trianguiari intcgra omni basi rainuln connata, obvallati. 



lores rf dum adoleseentcs 1,5 mm longi; stamina 3 nlternipelala, Hla- 



lne,ltis ]i nearibus, basi uon connatis, antheranim loculis anguste obclavatis, 



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