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cataractas usque, in arenosis depressis quibus tempore pluvioso aquse 
imbrium colliguntur, gregarie viget. 
Descr. Caudez solitarius, mediocris (15-40-pedalis), crassitudine eum 
Iriarte exorrhize wquans, levis, annulatus, barba petiolorum per- 
sistente omnino velatus, vel in stirpibus elatioribus, barba marcida 
delapsa, apice solo barbatus. 
Frondes terminales, plurime contemporales, lato-arcuate, infimæ sub- 
pendule, pinnate. Petiolus elongatus, basi erectus concavo-convexus, 
margine in vaginam fibroso-reticulatam badiam demum in barbam 
pendulam dissolutam dilatatus, superne semiteres angulis acutis. 
Pinne sub 60-jugæ, horizontaliter patule apice subpendulz, lineares 
acuminate. 
Spadices 2 v. З contemporales monoici dioieive, arcuato-penduli, pani- 
culati, 4-ies divisi, ambitu triangulari-acuminati, tomento pallido fulvo 
haud dense vestiti. Stipes a basi ad ramum infimum usque valde 
compressus et reliquiis spatharum duarum truncato-laceris instructus, 
superne polygonus. Rami angulares, basi plano-convexi, angulo recto 
v. Subdivergente inserti; primarii sub 25, alterni, tres inferiores dis- 
tichi preelongi 3-pinnati, superiores subito breviores polystichi ; ramuli 
haud profunde foveolati, floriferi. Bractee minute, ad ramorum 
basin triangulares acuminate, ad ramulorum basin subulate acu- 
minate. 
Flores d ochrei, odore Resede odorate scatentes, vel ad spadicem totum 
ejusdem diverszeve stirpis, vel ad spadicis ramos superiores solos, 
ramis infimis flores © gerentibus. Calyx uterque 3-sepalus; sepala 
exteriora oblata fimbriata tenuiuseula pellucida late imbricata ; inte- 
riora duplo longiora late ovata obtusa cartilaginea valvata. Stamina 
6, filamentis basi ipsa coalitis et ovarii rudimento stylos 3 rudimen- 
tarios gerenti adnatis.— Flores 9 haud vidi. 
Bacca drupzformis subcompresso-globosa, basi subgibba, monosperma. 
Epicarpium sordide sanguineum nitidum. Sarcocarpium crassum 
laminis plurimis constans; lamina exteriore e fibris crassis согпео- 
lignescentibus intertextis anastomosantibusque ; laminis interioribus e 
fibris tenuibus intertextis. Testa tenuis membranacea badia sepa- 
rabilis. Nucleus in fructu juniori nondum formatus est. 
