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petiolulatis vel foliolis lateralibus ad basin externe cordatis, cymis 

 masculis brevissime pedunculatis 5-6nis pendulis, pedicellis bre- 

 vibus bracteas lineares aequantibus, rhachilla pedicellisque villosis, 

 perianthii segmentis ovatis iaterioribus quam exteriores latio- 

 ribus, spicis femineis solitariis, staminum rudimentis (? nectaria- 

 libus) sessilibus, ovario villoso 3-sulcato, fructu maturo reflexo 

 3-alato, alis magnis orbicularibus glabris lucidis, margine incras- 

 sato, seminibus circumcirca ala membranacea cinctis. 



A climber with glabrous or very loosely hairy sterns. Leaves 

 glabrous except for a tuft of white hairs in the axils ; petiole 

 3-5 cm. long; terminal leaflet 5-7 cm. long and 2-3 cm. broad. 

 Cymes 6-12 cm. long; pedicels 2-3 mm. and 1-2-flowered. 

 "Wings of fruit 2 cm. long and 1*5 cm. in breadth ; membranous 

 ring of seed nearly 5 mm. in diameter. 



Climbing amongst bushes, Fort Dauphin, 2624 ! 



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PALMEJE. 



(By Dr. O. Beccabi.) 



Phloga Scottiaxa, Becc, sp. n. 



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lato ; frondium vagina tubulosa longitudinaliter nervoso-striata, 

 apice subtruncata, ibique brevissime fissa et biauriculata, fugacis- 

 sime griseo- vel fuseo-furfuracea ; petiolo gracili 4-5 cent. Ion go, 

 longitudinaliter striato, subtriquetro, supra planiusculo vel super- 

 ficialiter canaliculato ; limbo + "25 cent, longo, crebre interrupte- 

 que vel subregulariter pinnatisecto, segmentis planis (nonplicatis) 

 subtiliter chartaceis, 8-10 cent, longis, 6-10 mill, latis, angustis- 

 sime lanceolatis, apice sensim acuminatis, basi paullo afctenuatis, 

 glabris, costa media acuta pereursis, subtus pallidioribus et non 

 paleosis, nervis lateralibus et marginantibus tenuibus, venulis 

 transversis inconspicuis ; spadice gracili frondibus breviore, 

 alterne remoteque parce ramoso, ramulis florigenis gracillimis, 

 filiformibus, brevibus, paucifloris ; spathis 2, vaginantibus, 

 quarum exterior brevissima, interior valde elongata et angustis- 

 sima, membranaceo-exsucca, compressa, acute bicarinata, infra 

 apicem fissa ; floribus minutis, masculis symmetris, oblongis, 

 obtusis, 1\ mill, longis, \\ mill, latis, staminibus 6, antheris 

 oblongo-sagittatis, ovarii rudimento ovato-oblongo, fl. foomineis 

 ovato-conicis, corolla calyce subduplo longiore, ovario oblongo, 

 stigmate 3-dentato, staminum rudimentis 6 ; fructibus .... 

 Forest near Fort Dauphin, 2615 ! 



