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5. DESMONCUS PYCNACANTHOS. 



/>. vaffinis petiolarifms spitfhisque densissimc $clo$Q-actdcati$ t acu/eolis e basi hurassata rectus, ercclis, racheos aculeis rcctiuseulis* 

 cirrhis uncatis; pinnis oblowjo - tanceolatis acumituiti$ t in costa justice aadeatis. 



DESClilPTIO. 

 vaginatus. 



GaVDEX , uti vidctur , plurcs pedes altus , digiti crassitie , teres , curvntus , dense 



/VfOJVDKS* Vaginae pctiolares cylmdricac, terc spithamacac, oblique striatne, grisco - viridcs, tomenfo 

 tenui subpulvcrulentac, setis vcl aculcolis duas ad trca liucas longis, c basi intumida ortis, rcctis, crcctis vcl ad- 

 pressis, eomprcssis ct in margine tomentosis tarn dense obsitac, nt <iuasi pcllem aniinalcm referant, in margine 

 exteuuato ct arcsccntc eiliatac ininusquc aeuleatac. K nobis supra medium c vagina exscrta, bi- ad tripedalis, 

 supernc planiuscula, subtus lenitcr convexa , ibique aculeis e basi crussa virescente subrectis retrospectantibus 

 atris, duas ad quatuor liucas longis spars is annata ; longitudine circiter sesquipedali p i n n a s fulciens circiter 

 octo in quovis latere , postice magis approxiinatas antiee remotiores , quadri - ad quinquepollicares , oblongo-lan- 

 ccolatas acuminatas, nervo medio et latcrulibus multis pcrcursas, in illo, praesertim posticc, saepe aculeatas; 

 antiee promissa in cirrbum aculeis destitutum, scd hamis longis, iis r quas iu D- ortbacautko depinximus, 

 similibus instructum. 



SpaDIX sesquipollicaris- Pcdunculus compresso - teres , aculeis nigris adpressis munitus atque tomento 



pulvcrulcnto adspcrsus. Kami uti in antecedente. &PATBA exterior quinqucpollicaris, angusta, linearis, 



oblique truncate - aperta, intus coneava t marginibus acute prominentibus, aculeata. interior basi, ubi pc- 



dunculo spadicis eircumvolvitur, compresso - teres , aculeis minoribus annata, antiee tusiformis vel apcrta Ian- 



ccolata, ibique densius aculcata, aculeis subsctaccis, c basi exi)allida rcctis, nonnullas lincas longis, patcntibus vcl 

 erecto - patcntibus. 



FLORES omniuo praccedentis specici, excepto eo, quod utriusquc sexus calyx paulo sit major, corollaque tbeminca 

 in dentes breviores secta, sinubus inter dentes acutis nee rotundatis. DliVPA desideratur. 



Crcscit inter frutices ad ViUam de Pidmi et Hio Pilfovs, Provincial Ooyazanae, ubi florcntem legit meme Julio Ctarissi- 

 mus Pohl, qui bcnigtw communicavit. 



6. DESMONCUS SETOSUS. 



Ik vaffinis dense sctom f setis e basi incrassata rectis, rachibus parce setosis, setis rectis vet spimdosis aduncis t cirrhis subinermibus ; 

 pinnis linearibus aeuminatis. 



DESCHIPTIQ. CAUDEX plerumque declinatus, vel supra frutices vieinos scandens, laxus, subvimincus, crassitie 

 pen nne anserinae, teres, omni fere superficie vaginatus* 



FRONDES distantia circiter spithamaea altcrnae, pedales et scsquipcdalcs. Vaginae teretes, circiter sexpollicares, 

 transverse striatae, membranaceae , versus oriticium cxaridae, ubique adspersac setis nigris nitidis, c basi crassa oriundis rec- 

 tis, plerumque deorsuni spectantibus , e medio rachin emittentos. Itachis subtus parum convexa, supra in medio plana ad 

 margines utrinque sulco longitudinal! pro insertionc pinnarum ilonata, glabra, antiee s. in cirrbo duoruin triumvc 

 ])oIlieum longitudine simplicitcr attenuata absque aculeis magnis hamitbrinibus sed subtus parce aculeis par vis 

 aduncis in basi crassioribus munita. Pinnae octo vel novem in quovis latere, quam in rcliquis specie- 

 bus laxius dispositac et angustiores , imae saepius oppositac, supremac saepius alteruae, lincares , utrinque attenu- 



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