3g * Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbuchevn, Nr, 87. 



glomeruli in scrobiculis profundis 5 — 6-seriatis proxime spiraiiter ordinati 

 et braclea diinidiato-cupulari integra suffulU, bracteolis parvis anguste serai* 

 lunaribus. Flores q* oblongi vertice rotunda to, 3,5 mm longt; sepala in 

 dorso acutae carina ta, basi breviter calcarata; petala sepalis fere subtriplo 

 longiora; lilamenta anguste subulata apice breviter inflexa; antherae ob- 

 longae utrinque obtusae, loculis parallelibus; ovarii rudimentum trigono* 

 pyramidatum aculum in alabastro vix staminibus brevius. Flores 9 dum 

 nubiies subglobosi, 3 mm diam.; petala sepalis subdupio longiora; ovarium 

 subgloboso-gibbosum, stigmatibus triangularibus; staminodia 6 majuscula 

 elongato-dentiformia. Fructus obovatus, basi leviter et curvule attenuates, 

 stigtnatum residuis subbasilaribus, !2 — 13 mm longus, 7—8 mm latus; raeso- 

 carpii fibrae cum endocarpio temtiter crustaceo arete connexae, paucae, 

 uniseriatae, luxe reticulato-anastomosatae. Semen obovatum basi valde 

 acutatum, embryone circiter ad medium dorsi concaviusculi locato. 



In sylva Lucub6 dicta insulae Nossi-b6 intra 500 et 800 m a!ti- 

 tudine (Hili>ebrandt n. 2918 in Herb, Barbey-Boissier, Monacensi> de Cand. 

 et Petrop.}. 



8. Chrysalidoearpus decipiens Becc. n. sp. — Robusta, caudice 

 cylindri<;o, crasso, attainen non procero, conspicue annulato-cieatricoso. Foiia 

 ampla pinnata; rachi robusta indurnento squamoso-leproso cinerascenti ob- 

 tecta ; segmenta numerosissima , in utroque latere aggregato-biiKMjuina, 

 gregibus inter se 1—3 cm dissitis; in singulis gregibus basi valde approii- 

 mata et inde divergentia, rigide chartacea, rectissima, ensiformia vel lioean- 

 ensiformia^ basi breviter ac paullum coarctata, superne in acumen inaecpia- 

 liter bifidum sensim attenuata, unicostata et nervis 2 iis ac 3 ii9 longitudina- 

 liter striato-venosa ? marginibus nervo validiusculo auctis et uti in costa 



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media paginae inferioris paleolis minutis deciduis praeditis; segmenta m&jora 

 80-85 cm longa, 3 cm lata. Spadix amplus, partialiter 3-plicato-ramo8u8, 

 undique glaber, rachi crassa, ramulis crassiusculis, 20—25 cm longis, basi 

 5—8 mm crassis, apice attenuato-subiiiatis, dense flortferis. Florum glome- 

 ruli 3-seriatim spiraiiter ordinati, bractea conspicua concava triangulan- 

 ungueformi acuta sufrulti. Flores cf intcrdum mutua pressione paullum 

 asymmetrici, subobovato -oblongi, obtuse apiculati, pro ratione stirpium 

 majusculi, 4,5—6 mm longi; sepala acute carinata in margine ciliolau; 

 petala sepalis duplo longiora; antherae oblongae obtusae, loculis paralleli- 

 bus; ovarii rudimentum columnare, longitudinaliter 3-sulcatum, staminibua 

 in alabastro paullo brevius, apice obtuse tripartitum. Flores Q dum mas- 

 cidi bene evoluti adstant, iis paullo minores, ovati, apice conico; ovarium 

 obovatum, in alabastro stigmatibus late triangularibus conniventibus acutius- 

 culum; staminodia 3 anguste linearia nonnihil conspicua. Fructus igoo 1 * 18 ' 

 In regione centrali (Baron n. 502 et 327 < in Herb. Kew). In "* 

 Ankafina dicta provinciae Betsileo australi (Hildebrandt n. 397 

 Incolis: »Betefaka< (Baron). 



