526 ME. J. G. BAKEE O'S THE 



sheaths about 3 iu. long, imbricated, densely clothed with fine 

 red-brown hairs; blade 9-12 in. long; pinnae erecto-patent, 

 lanceolate, 2-3 iu. long, ^ in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the acuminate point. Peduncle axillary, 4-5 in. 

 long Spadix short, simple; rhachis slender, angled, glabrous. 

 Petals j\j in. long, ovate, strongly ribbed. Sepals orbicular, 

 imbricated, also ribbed. Pruit oblique, oblong, | in. long, with a 

 thin pink pericarp and a single seed with white horny albumen. 

 Forests between Tamatave and Antananarivo, in wet clayey 

 soil, Dr. Mellerl, who also collected another species with copiously 

 pinnate leaves, with short truncate leaflets, inciso-.'«errated at the 

 oblique apex. This latter, he notes, Is " used for thatching." 

 Tlie specimen is without flower or fruit. 



DtPSIS CONCINl!fA, U. sp. 



D. foliis copiose pinnatis, segmento terminali parvo bifido, pinnis niulti- 

 jugis parvis lanceolatis acutis hand laceratis, vaginis glabris, spathis 

 angustis, spadicibus bifidis vel trifurcatis, petalis ovatis striatis, sepalis 

 parvis suborbicularibus, fructu oblongo semine solitario. 



Stem 5-^ in. in diam. Leaves many, spaced out, erecto-patent ; 

 sheaths glabrous, imbricated, 3 iu. long ; blade 6-8 iu. long ; 

 rhachis slender, 4-angled, minutely furfuraceous ; side-leaflets 

 very numerous, 2-4 in. long, |-^ in. broad, narrowed gradually 

 to a long point. Peduncles axillary, erecto-patent, 3-4 in. long, 

 clasped tightly by the spathe ; spikes 3-4 in. long ; rhachis angled, 

 naked; bracts and bracteoles minute, orbicular. Petals yV in. 

 long; sepals not striated, coriaceous, glossy, ^ as long as the 

 petals. Fruit oblong, rather curved, ^ in. long ; pericarp thin. 

 Seeds conspicuously spirally ribbed; albumen horny, white. 

 Baron 1286 ! 3413 ! Also received from 

 year 1876. 



Mr. William 



Dtpsis Cijetisii, u. sp. 



B. foliis copiose pinnatis, segmento terminali parvo bifido, pinnis multi- 

 jugis irregulariter dispositis lanceolatis integris longe acuminatis, spathis 

 cylindricis, spadice simplici elongate, rhachi dense nigro-furfuraceo, sepalis 

 orbicularil)us striatis, petalis oblongis obtusis calyce triplo longioribus. 



Leaf 1| ft. long ; rhachis flat on the face, scabrous ; pinnae 

 erecto-patent ; leaves 6-7 in. long, an inch broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to the adnate base and a long acuminate point. Peduncle 

 above half a foot long, tightly clasped by the coriaceous spathe. 

 Spathe simple, 8-9 in. long ; slender axis densely clothed with 



