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Folia 20—40 cm longa, sessilia, valde interrupte pinnata; segmenta utrinque 

 U— 16, patentia vcl fere horizontalia, et saepe inter se divaricate, valde 

 inaequidistantia, saepe in acervos ex 3—5 compositos approximate, an- 

 gustissime linearia, unicostata, recta, basi acutiuscula, superne in acumen 

 rectum tenuissiuium sensim attenuate, 40 — 15 cm longa, 7 — 10 mm late; 

 extima angustiora; 2 terminalia latiora et breviora "2— 3-costulata,. basi 

 connate, apice parum coarctata, ibique truncata. Spadix foliis brevior, 

 simpliciter subdigitato-ramosus, parte pedunculari spatba unica vaginata; 

 spatha altera rudimentaria annuliformis; rami floriferi i — 6, crassiuscule 

 tiliformes, 8 — 12 cm longi, 1,5—2 mm crassi, striato-angulosi, secus angulos 

 tantum scabridulo-papiliosi. Florum glomeruli in scrobiculis superficialibus 

 positi, bractea concava semiorbiculari rotundata integra suffulti, bracteolis 

 fl. 9 concavo-cucullatis. Flores q* ovati, obtusi, 3 mm longi, petalis quam 

 sepala subtriplo longioribus. staminum filanientis brevibus, antberis lineari- 

 oblongis utrinque obtusis; ovarii rudimentum breviter trigono-pyramidatuni 

 acutum, staminibus plus (juatn dimidio brevius. Flores Q dum nuptiales, 

 ovato-conici, 3 mm longi, petalis qua in sepala triplo longioribus, apicibus 

 longiuscule valvatis. 



In silva Ambohimitombo prov. Tanala inter 1350—1440 m alt. 

 legit Forsyth-Major in. 604 in 11. de Cand. et n. 606 in Herb. Barbey-Boiss. 

 et Kewensi). 



12. Neophloga concinna Becc. — Dypsis concinna- Becc. in Journ. 

 Unn. Soc. Botany XII, 526 (excl. Baronii n. 1286). — Parvula, caudice 

 gracillime arundinaceo, 5 mm diam., foliis 5 — 6 inter se aliquantum dissitis 

 coronato. Vagina apice oblique truncata in ore exappendiculata. Folia 

 brevissime petiolata, subregulariter pinnata sed seme) atque iterum rachtdis 

 spatio nudo quam alioquin longiore notata, 18—20 cm longa; segmenta 

 uniformia, in utroque latere 14 — 12 concinne erecto-patula, linearia, uni- 

 costata, recta vel sigmoidea, 5—8 cm longa, 3—5 mm late, basi non con- 

 slricta, secus marginem superiorem in acumen attenuate, paullo infra apicem 

 y a)de oblique subtruncata et eroso-denticulata ; segmenta terminalia 2-3- 

 costulata, basi connate, apice truncato et denticulate. Spadix gracilis 4 5— 

 25 cm longus, bifurcatus, parte pedicellari spatha unica usque ad basin 

 r »morum vaginata; ramuli 4 0—12 cm longi, liliformes, 1,5 mm crassi, 

 g'abri, corrugato-angulosi. Florum glomeruli superliciales, spiraliter allerni, 

 br actea concava in margine rotundata et glabra suffulti, bracteolis conca vis 

 sepaloideis conspicuis. Floris Q petala longiuscule apiculata, sepalis duplo 

 '°ngiora. Fructus anguste elliptico-oblongus, utrinque rottmdatus,;iO— 1 1 mm 

 tongus, 4_ 5 mm ktus mesocar p io tcnuiter carnoso, ejusdem parte inleriori 

 f,br '3 uniseriatis spiraliter tortis percursa. Semen fructui [subconforme, 

 ^ngato-oblongum [vel subfusiforme, apice obtusum, basi acutatum, em- 

 ,n °ne infra medium dorsi locate. 



ln regione-centrali (Baron n. 3413 in Herb. Kewensi). Baron n. 1286 



