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3. ARECA SAPJDA. Tib. 151. 152. 



A. inertia's caudicc mctfiocri; /linnr's Htieari-Ianceolatis, terminal/bus prac/norsis, cosh's rhachi/jue unfit us sanguiiieo- 

 tepidoKSi spadicibus ra/nasissimix $ Jloribus alter***, cali/cu/n musculorum foliolis subulatis corollas subaeqiiantibus : 

 fructihns oralis, a lb limine act/uabrli. 



ARECA 8APIDA3 Soland ex Forst plant csciil. |>* CG. (absque (ilirasi vel descriptione). — Paid Bauer Ulutr, plant- Norfolk, 

 t. 179. ISO. 202. 203. in Mas. Cars. Vimlubon, asscrv* — Endliclier Fl- Norfulkica p. 20. No* G4. 



ABBCA B&VSSII, Allan Cunningham. MS. 



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Palina (jiiimlecim ad viginli pedes alia, aut paullo alitor. Cacof.x diarnctro <juiriqiie ad odo potliciini^ rectus ant 

 |>aruin Ilcxuosus, ciealricilnis a froiidiiim lapsu approximatis toroso-anniilatiis, epidermide fusco-cinerea. Frond gs o nines 

 terminales, in comam amoenam paltilam conferfae, scptcm- ad oclopedales. Basis vaginalis cylindrical sursum atte- 

 nuate, duos pedes longa, extus pallide vimis, luevis, glaborrima, linets carneis longitudinaliter parallelis picta. Petiolus 

 duorum pedum longittidiue imdiis, basi pnlliris diamelro, dorso convexus, venire Icviter sulcalus, sursum attenualus in 

 rbachin subtus convexam supra bifacialcm, faciebtis plains per poslicam frondis partem sulco latiusculo divulsis, jo 

 antica parte sulco deliqucscente approxiinalis et angulo actito counivemibus. Pinnae in rhacheos faciebus oblicjuo- et 

 reduplicalo-adnatae, siibopposilae, parium fere quinquaginla, Inferiores duos cum dimidio pedes longae, ses<[iiipoIlicem 

 latac, supcriorcs sensim ininores, liucari-lanceolatac r basi nonnibil contractae ct ope calli aduatae, apice acutae aut in 

 acumen noimullorum pollicum excurrentes, extremae basi plus minus confluentes et apice praemorsae, nervo primario 

 superne valde prontimtlo et s e cundari is tertiariisque nnnuulHs parallelis percursac, inter nervos basi nonnibil 

 plicatae. Color laetc viridis, inferne normiliil pallidior. Sfjuautulae mcuibranaccac, sordide sanguincae, cllipticae vel 

 liuearcs, ramcntaccac, in pcdunculo rhacliiquo frcqueutissimae, in iter vis, pracscrtim incdiis, paucinres et angustiorcs, arclc 

 apprcssac. Spa dicks duo vel plures, infra frondes caudicis vortici ennti, palcntcs, tres ad quatuor pedes longi. Basis 

 semilunaris amplexicaulis; manubrium pollicem ct quod excedit crassum, rhachis teretiuscula et puculata, in ramus iterum 

 ramulosos divisa. Hamuli nuianlcs, pedem et quod excedit longi, pro llorum insertione dense scrobiculati et tortuosi. 

 Scrobiculi cujusvis margo cxtcmialus medio in subulam bracteaeformem projicitur. Spatha duplex, membranacea, lincari- 

 oblonga, obftisiuscula, membranacea, glabra, dilute rosea, sursum tandem exarida et fnlvescens, et exterior et interior 

 mmplcta, sub antbesi deeidiia. Ff.oitrs in superiore ramulormn parte solummodo masculi, duo in qtiovis rhacheos scro- 

 biculo scssilcs, singuli bhactfa subulata sulfulti minima, in scrobiculo fere dclitcscente, in inferiore bini masculi ad 

 latus cujusvis foeminci; coloris ocbroleuci. Flours MASCULI Ires lincas longi. Calyx constans foliolis subulatis, dorso 

 earinatis nervosisque, ima basi lev iter coliucmitihus, duas lineas et quod excedit longis. Petala ovala, acuminata, 

 acumiue nunc recio nunc obliquo indeque suhfalcata, erecta, conniventia, aestivatione valvata, nervis crebris longitudinalibus 

 striata. Stamina sex, e fundo floris nonuihil incrassato, quam peiala breviora, cxalbida. Filamexta subulata, ima basi 

 nonnibil cuhaereniia, fere in medio amheraruni dorso aflixa, Antiikrak lineares, obtusiusculae, locults anticis parallelis. 

 PisriLLi RUDIMBHTVN slaminibus longius, clavaluin. Flores FOHMINEI magnttudine grani Sorghi. Calyx et corolla 

 eomoluto-imbrieati. Foliola CALTCIS ovato-orbicularia, cum brevi acumine, profunde coucava, longitudinaliter nervosa, 

 margine exienuato. Petala suborbieularia, sursum tnan^ulari -acuminata, quam calyx paullo longi ora* Ovarium ovatum, 

 stigmatibcs tribtis sessilibus, pyramidato-conuiveulibus terminatum, ni fallor triloculare, Ovula tamen, ol> statum ovarii 

 incompletuin, observare non potui. FBUCXU8 in inferiore parte ramulorum, tunc quatuor lineas crassonim angulato- 

 puculatoruiu, dense sessiles, perigonii panibus persistemibus et cupulam coriaceam formantibus sulTulti, quinque ad sex 

 lineas alii, ovati, medio verticc prrsistente stigmatc acute utnbonati. Epidermis miniata. Caro parca, fibrosa, ftbris 

 subsimplicilms, versus basin solutis. Endocarpiuin tenue, meinbranaceuni, pallidum, basi inque latere hinc cum testa 

 ronnatain. Testa ftisca, vasoruin impressionibus levissimis notata. Albumen solidum, aequabile, corneum, albidum. 

 Embryo basilaris, conicus. 



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Crescif in insula Sorfolk: Forster s Kingy Ferd.lla wer, Backhouse: in nota Selamlia prope Jfangaroa (ta/i- 

 tttdinc 35 gtad*) in sj/iris humuHs ad flur forum ripas aetjue ac in apricis montfum: Jos. Banks 9 Allan Cunning/tarn. 

 Ilanc Pal am m rerosimititvr uUimiun Palmarum limHem versus Austrum attingere, latiludlne australi dreitrr 38 graduuM, 

 obsertat ill Rob. Brotcn in Flinders Trar. //. p. 577. 



ICO.W EXPL. Tab. 151. Aroca sapida in insula Norfolk unncum Al&ophila exceUa, Frevcinetia Kauoriana, Phormio tenaci et 

 Arancaria c\col*n exhibiia, «*cundum irones ad d- FcrdinanJo Bauoro rclicla*. Ilabcs igilur, hcocvolc lector, hcic, cxcmplo sane raristituo, iu loco natal! 

 uno eodemquc palmaro, Illicem nrboreiccnlcru ct orborcm ex ordioe ConifcraruriL 



Tab. 152. I. S|>adi\, in spaiha , cujm pars e\ma, socuntlum icon em b. Fenl. Kiiuer in insula Norfolk ad vivurti dclincaum, m. n. II. Hamulus cum 

 iriicnbas immamm, m. n. 111. Apex ramuli florenti*, m. a, IV. Pari rliacheos mediae et V. pinna e tumma rhachi, m. Di — I. Par flortim masculorum cuiu flore 

 iniermedio fomlUM. 2. Flos masculas clau^us. 3- Idem apertus. 4. Calyx. 5. e. Stpala duo florii foeminci. 7. S. l*etala duo ejusdem floris. % Pistillura virgi- 

 neum. 10. Idem vcnicnliter dUtectum, Omnia m- a. 1L Drupa in perigonio ? m. n- 12. NucleuH in »arcocarpio et cndocarpio f a parte, qua rhophe decurrit. 

 13. 14. Nuclei duo nlomtfj decur*ura fasciculorum monuo monsirautes, in, n. 15. Embryo * in. n. 







