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9. ARECA MONOSTACIIVA. Tab. 135. Fig. 4. 



A. inermis, caudice gracili humili; pinnis linearibus inaequaliler bijidis rel bidentatis , praesertim extimis con- 

 Jluentibus praemorso-dentatis, petiolo rhachique subtus spadiccque Jusco - lepidotis ; spadice simplicissuno fdijarm,; calycum 

 musculorum subenneandrorum foliolis oralis quam petala lanceolata dvplo brecioribus; drupis — 



•alma teste CUNN1NGHAIVH0 octo pedes alia, caudice teimi. Frondks paucac terminates, tri- qiiadripedalcs. 

 lindrica, loii-itudinaliter striata, squamulis aridis, orbicularibus aut oblongis, irrcgularitcr laceris timbria.isqiic 

 persa, Rliachis infernc convexa, supeme bifacialis, pracsertim in inferiore facie paritcr ac basis lepidota. 



Palm; 

 Basis cyli 

 fuscis adspersj.. 



Pinnae spitlmmam ad pedem longnc, summac nonnihil breviorcs, inferiores snbaltcrnac, si.periorcs suboppos.tae et saepe 

 confiuentes, in faciebus rhachcos oblique adnatac et basi paullo reduplicatae, antice planae, linearcs, sohtanac circiler 

 unguem Iatae, confiuentes pollicem et sesquipollicem lalae, saturate virides, ncrvo medio pallidiori utraque facie pro- 

 minence, sccundariis subaequalibi.s approximatis, passim squamulis albidis adspcrsac et subtus punctis albis crebns 

 uotatae. Venae transversae apparent in fronde lad obversa. Spadix duos cum dimidio ad tres pedes longus, gracilis, 

 laxus, pendulus, simplicissimus. Pcdunculus sesquipedem longus, sesquilincam crassus, comprcsso-terctiusculus, panter 

 ac frondes fusco-Iepidotus. Spatiiae tcnuitcr membranaceae, fuscae; exterior ad spadicis basin cnala, tubulosa, anceps, 

 levitcr marginata, ore oblique aperta, spithamaiu et quod excedit Ionga; interior infra rliachin spadicis euata, subcylm- 

 drica, post apcrtionem plana et a pressione florum, quos arete circumclusos gestavit, puculata. Rliachis spadicis 

 tomento fusco lepidoto deciduo adspersa, pro inscrtione florum alternis locis impressa et angulata. Flokes ita circum- 

 positi, nt sextus vcrticaliter snpra primiim. Foeminci in foveola levitcr impressa rhachcos, a basi sulTuIti bractea ovato- 

 iriangulari acuta, cum rhachi immediate concrcia; masculi ad illorum utrumque latus, bractea parvula iriangulari in basi. 

 MASCULIS fcrc trcs lincas Iongis est calyx foliolis lato-ovatis acutiusculis, dorso carinatis, ghimaceo-membranaceis. 

 Petala lanceolata, acutiuscula, extus leviter convexa laevigata, Intps parum concava longitudinaliter striata. Stamina 

 novem, interdum octo vcl decern, inclusa. Filamenta ima basi in corpuscnlum carnosum connata. Anthbbae subulatae. 

 FOEM1NEI ovati; cam et corolla constant foliolis coriaceis, duris, ovatis ct lato-ovatis obtusiusculis arete convolutis. 

 Pistillum oblongum, basi subcylindricuiu, vcrlice conicum ibique in stigmata tria arclc coimivcntia intus cellulosa, 

 extus solida divisiim. Fructcs Ignolus. 



Crescit in vdis syharum, secundum Jlu Hum Hastings, in portu Macrjuarie, in Nora U'aUisia austrati, latitudine 

 australi 31° 30'; Allan Cunningham. 



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JC0.V. EXPL. Tab. 155- Fig, IV- Areeae roonostachyae aj>adix fructlfer et ipalha m* nat., addila frondo magniladine iraminuia. 1. Flo* raasculus, 

 a facie antiwu 2. Idem a facie pettier 3- Folioluni ealjcis. 4. 5. Pelalum ab ulroguo latere. G. Comploxus itaniinum. 7- Stamen iconim ab uuoque latere. 

 $. 9. Flos foermneua ab ulraquc facie- 10. 11. CnljcU foliola duo. 12- Corella focmiaca. 13. 14. PcUila duo ejutdem corolluc. 15. 1C- Duao corolla* lon s iore«. 

 17, Piuillum, Omnia m. a. IS. Pistillum inagia aactum. 19- Siigma augnicoto fortiori. 



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Pneter has, qaas ct descriptione ct icone illustrandas habnimus, species, alias nonnullas minus complete nobis cogniias heic 

 panda commemoraro hand abs re esse vidctur. 



10. ARECA JFALIICHIASA: iuermis } caudice humili; pinnis connexis, rnferioribus falcati$ y extus repandis el 

 dentictdatis f superioribus truncatis et [denficulato- praemorsis , in feme in nerris rhachique pateaceo-tiUosulis; spadicibus 

 simpliciter ralde ?*amQsis 9 calycum masculorum kexandrorum foliolis tato- orbicularibus , quam petala orata duplo breriori- 

 bus; drupis — 



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Palma secundum frondis dimensioncs parvula vidctur. Frons qnatuor ad quinquc pedes Ionga vidctur. Rliachis infernc convexa, 

 suporac acute bifacialis, palcolis vcl squamulis linearibus griseo-fnscidulis, tandem dctcrgilihus adspersa. Pinnae inferiores cbias spathamas 

 ct quod excedit longae, duos pollices latae, nervis quatuor ad sex supernc acute prominulis firmntac, Hncares, antice falcatae acuminatac, 

 in cxteriore margine per arcus levissimos ample crenatac, ad cujusvis arcus inter duos nervos primarios prosilientis verticem dcnticulis 

 parvis crosac; summac latiorcs et breviores, apice quasi truncatac et leviter crosae. Superficies inferior tarn in nervis primariis, quam in 

 secundariis ct tcrtiariis sibi valde approximatis palcolis subulatis grisco- fuscis ct aliis minoribus albidis sursum strigoso-villosa. SPADDC 

 bipedalis et longior* Pcdunculus sesquipedalis, teres, gracilis. Rliachis angulata, in ramos decern art (juindecim patcntcs, ipsi similes, 

 pedem ct quod excedit longos abiens. Squama triangularis ad cujusvis rami ortuin. Florks lincam circitcr alti, aut paullo altiorcs, tcrni 

 aggrcgati, foeminco in medio, mascnlis dttobus ad ejus latera, in sinn bractcae transversae triangularis, ita ut sextus plerumcpic vcrticaliter 

 supra primum. MASCLLI calvcis foliola membranacea , sicca, lato-ovata vcl suborbicuhiria, carinata, medio nervosa, sibi margiuibus lato- 

 imbricata. Petala ovata, acutiuscula, concava, longitudinaliter nervosa. Stamina sex, longitudinc fere pctalorum, filamkntjs subulatis, 

 basi in eupulam subtilem connatis , ASTHEW9 linearibus, obtusiusculis, fcrc basifixis, basi leviter bilobis- Ruimmbntum PISTII-LI longitudinc 

 staminum, e basi ovato-irigona prismaticum, obi 1 m FOEMINEI ofTerunt foliola calvcis et pktala ovato*oblonga, obttisa, arete convoluta, 

 sicciiiscnla, medio nervosa, margine cxlenutita. Pjstilluu ovatum, stigmatibus brcvibus conniventibus coronatutn. — Keliqua lesidcrantur- 



Crescit in insula Pulo-Pinang archipelagi indicia unde IS22 tulit ch atnicus Wattichius. 





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