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II. P L E C T O C O M 1 A. 



MART. - Cfr. BLIME in SCI1ULT. Syst Yog. VII. 2. p. 1333. 01* 2. EXDL. Gen. ... 173S. ME1SN. Gen. ,.. 354. (205.) - GRIFFITH, 



in Calc. Joucn. Nat Hist. V. p. 5. 95. 



DIOKCA. Spadjx vagipatus spatiiis tubulosis, ramos simplices cxscrens. Rami tecti spathis (spathkllis) oume- 

 rosissimis incomplciis conchaeformibafl disiiehc el arctc imbricatis, persistentibiis. Florks in spicam simpliccm vel ramo- 

 sam siibdisiicbam eomposlti, spathella recooditam, bracteis bracteolisquc (non amplceicntibus) subinde setacela. Calyx cam- 

 panulatus vel capularie, irittdus. Corolla tripartita, aestivaUone valvaia. MASC. Stamina sex, filamentis subulatis, basi 

 cohacrcntibua , AKTHBBIS linearibus sub basi fixis. Rndimcntiim pistilli nullum aut ininiiiium (GRIFF.). FOEM. Stamina 

 ananthera aut cassa in cupulam membranaceani sexiidam bypogynatu connata. Ovarium (subinde Incomplete!) triloculare, 

 loculo pleromque unico ferlili. Stigmata tria, subulala, subsessilia. Bacca nnilocularis, monospermy squaiuis relrorsis 

 loricaia. ALBUMS* corneuiu, aeqtinbile, superficie aequali. Embryq basilaris. 



Cavbex longt'ssimus, sarmeiiloso-scandem. Fro\d*:s pinnatae, pirinis reduplicutis, rhachi taepe in cirrum elon- 

 gatisttmtm excurrenle, dorso aculeis multilabis uncatis armata. SpADJCBS Interfiles, dirisi i'm ramos longOB caudaeformes, 

 upathiR cariaceis tandem fuscididis imbricatis coopertos. Fi.ores ochroleuci aut rubella- fuscididi. Loricac rufae aut 



npatiiis coriaceis tatiaem fuscidid 

 casfaneae orthostichae numerosae. 







1. PLECTOCOMIA ELQSGATA. Tab. 114. Tab. nc. Fig. i. 



/'. piimis la ncvola t Is acuminalis stibti/s glands; spat/iis ramorum suborbicularibus acutis; caiyce cupulari rllloso- 

 ciliato, dent/bus breeibus mucronafis, petatis obhiijzo-lanceolatis acutis; lori'cae stjuamis Jimbrialis. 



CALAMUS MAXIMUS, Rcinwanli in liitcris. 



PLECTOCOMIA ELOSGATA, Marl, in Sclu.lt. SysL Veg. VII. 2. p. 1333. Bb.im- Ru.n|,hia 11. I. 158. (descriptione nonrinm edila). 



GrilT. in Calc. Journ. V. p. 96. 



Caudex basi crassiiie femoris virilia, elongatna, ullra centum orgyas intcrdum extendi dicitur. Frondes alter- 

 natae, computato cirro 15 — 18 pod, longae. Hhachis crassiiie digili pollicis, ant ice supra bifacialis, dorso armata uneis 

 palniato-confliientibus inferne 2—1, sursum et in cirro numerosis , cornels, dilute fuscis, tandem apice nigricantibus. 

 Cirrus crassiiie calami scriptorii aut tenuior. Pinnae inferne aggregate, supcine subaltcrnae, c nervo medio nonnibil de- 

 currentes, angusto-lanccolatac, aeuminatae, 2 spitbamas immo ped. longae, deorsum arcuatae, medio 3 — 1 unc. latae, 

 nervo medio ci iluobus secundariis secundum margincm decurreiitibus sursum valde prominulis et praeterea ter- 

 tiariis pluribus lineam unam duasve disiamilius, omnibus dilute viridibus, firmatae, saturate virides , supernc glabrae et 

 laevigata*, Inferne tomento grlaeo tandem detcrgibili glaucae. Spadicis axillaris peduucultts et rhachis simplex 

 spathis tubulosis oblique aperlis coriaceis disiiche vaginati. Rami tt— 9 simplices, e spaihis dependent 2 — 3 ped. 

 Ion"! ct longiores. Spatuak rameales lato-ovatae aut suborbiciilarcs, aculae, alicrnatim disticbae, concavo-conchacformes, 

 coriaceae, primum arctc imbricatac , novcllac albo-alutaccac ct squamulis lust-is adspersae; adultae exsuccae, cxtus fuscae, 

 intus rufae, glabrescenles. Rliaebis ramorum angnlata, basi crassiiie pennae cygneae vel anserinae, sursum augusiior, 

 tomento ferrugineo pilorum irregulariter raiiiosorum aspera, unique obvolnta spaihis in quovis latere 40 — 50. InfloreSCOn- 

 tia partialis intra spatbam ramealem circiier pollicaris raccmiiliini sistit, pedicellis jam Inde ft basi emissis, subalternaiim 

 dislicbis, imis divisis reliquis simplicibiis, qui mi rliaebis racemiili angulati, saepe trigoni, pilis brcvibus ramosis rigidis 

 ferru-'ineis sunt aspersi. Bractea subulato-triangiilaris, intus concava, extus cariuata, lin. longa, lacvis, ad cujusvis pe- 

 dicelli apiccm in illius latere cxteriore infra llorem erccta. Florum MASC pedunciili quam focmineorum paullo gra- 

 ciliores ct flores plures (12- 15) edemes, nunc simplices nunc ex ipsa basi bilidi, pedicellos feriinl plerumqiie billoros, 

 nunc elongatos mine specie dentis cum rbaclii conlluemcs. Calyx lin. altus, cupularis, le viler triilenlatus, denlibus subu- 

 laiis, ore villo ferrugineo ciliatus. Corolla triliuearis, fere tripetala, laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, longitudinaliter 

 nervosis, ochroleuca. Stamina G, inclusa. Filambnta basi iriangularia rubicunda, sursum lilii'ormia alba. Anthkrak 



lilamentis duplo longiores, sagiltato-linearcs, infra medium nflixac. Hudimeiitum pistilli milii non \ is. ideal (esle 



GRIFFITHIO. Florom FOEM. circiter I lin. altoiuin inlloreseeiiiiae paullo rolmsiinrcs. Calyx campaiiulaio-iirceolalus, 

 coriaceus, ncrvosus, dentibus triangularibus, ore villosus. Corolla imo fundo cum caiyce coliaercns, urceolaia, proiundc 

 tripartita, laciniis ex otata basi triangulari-aciiniinaiis, acutis aut mucronulatis, ima basi gibbula, laevigata, lenuiter nervosa, 

 roseo-fuscidula. Stamina t», mcmbiaiiacca, connata in cupiilam bypogynam , cum corolla nonnibil coalitam, 2 lin. aliam. 

 AnTQERAB aut nullae aut coinpresso-memlnaiiaccae, saginaiae, pidline cardites. PisriLLUM virgineiim 3-1 lin. ahum, 

 in pedieeHo brevi teretl. OVABlDM breviter ovalum aut levitcr trilobum, dense rufo-slrigilosum, slrigis margine fimbriate- 

 lacerls. Loculi ires in ovario medio aut infra iiiedium iusculpli, approximali, seplo verlicali peranguato aique in superiore 

 parte nonmini|iiam deliciente separalt. Ovulim in quovis loculo soliiarium, scpii paiii imae oblique adnalum, ereclum. 

 Mlcropyle supra biliim in latere central!. STILUS brevis, irigonus. Stigmata 3, dimidiam lolius pistilli lougiiudinem 

 aenuaniia, subulaia, dorso laevigata, intus papillosa. Fhictus Intra spaibam 3--5, globosi aut dcprcsso-globosi , dianie- 

 Iro fere unciali. Bacca tesscllala squaiuis in series veriicales dispositis, qnaa 31, 17, IS, 52 mimeravi. Squamae car- 

 tilagiueae, casianeae, nilidae, rboiubeae, medio sulco tcnui vcrticaliter insculpiae, margine subtilissimc limhriaio-ilcnticu- 

 latae, elongaiae in subiilam inemliranaccaui (imbrialo-laceram , tamlem evanesce., lem. Caro parca, cum lorica arete con- 

 nata, flaveaoens, Ul BiCCO fruciu intus niiida. Sarcocarplnm una cum endocarpio el ipso seniine arcfe connaimn, nuclei 





