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ADNOTATIO. ChamaeropU genus cum LitUtona ab ill. It. Bnowsio et cum Trithrinace a nobis constiuua multis raodto commit, 

 ncijiic inficias inrns, hacc omnia genera artificialilms SOlommodo nolis dislingiii. Organoriim sexualimn ilislrilmlio in his omnibus per ccrlos 

 (lores certosqne roadicefl divcrea lege nbtinens ad genera riistingiicnrin in auxilinm rocala est, scd lanlnm abest, nl quoad banc differen- 

 tial!] de omnibus speciebus ccrli quid did pOSSlt, lit polios bocdum dubium reslcl, rcclenc Liristonae ct Trithrwacis species onnns 

 bermapbrodilae possiut nuncupari, an polius polj gamo-monoecae, (Juod quum ila sit, in sola Structure rorollac, pistillorum et seminis 

 generum differentiae, eacque sal Icves, positae videnlnr. In Uvistona scilicet corollam babebis monopelalam (rijinrtilnin, aeslivalione ral* 

 vala, pistilla levtier roaliia et leslae radium simpliccm, a latere venirali albumen intrant em; in Chamaerope corollam iripetalam, aestiva- 

 lione valvata, pistilla distincta, quorum ovaria, dlim novella rima tenui ventrali sin! apcrla, et stigmata scssilia, albumen denbpie varie- 

 gato-raminatnm; in Trithrinace corollam tripetnlam, aeslivalione imbricata, pistilla disiiucla, slylis donata et albumen, ni fiillor, acqiia- 

 hilt*, Lcctorcm lienrvuliim tamen nun fugict, has umncs not as, quum morpboseos <liverso gradu polius, quam di versa essentia iuniluutiir, 

 Irvioris esse moment!. Accuralior igilur boruin generum distuictio ab invesligalione fulura pendel. Copemiciae genus, alia ill lacoam, 

 staminibus perigynis et pistillorum formation* 1 a prardictis generibus difTert. 



IX. RHAPIS. 



I.I\.\. Rl. Manusc. ATT. Horl. Kcw. edit I. Ill- i>. 4?3. Gen. pi. edit SCIIREB. II. p. 77% No. 1GS7. WILLI). Spec, plant IV. 

 \f. 88/. No. 1903. SPRENG, Gen. pi. p. 2S2. No. UG3. KOKM. NClllLT. Sjsl. Vcg. VII. p. xciv. No. 1523. END!.. Gen. No. 1761. — 



Ciiamaeroims species TI1LNB. SMITH. 



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POLYGAMO-DIOECA. Fi.ores sessilcs, bractcati, in SPAP1CE rainoso, BPATHis nonnnllis incomplelis vagis in- 

 structo. MASC. Calyx cnpularis, trilidus. Corolla obovato-tubulnsa, Irifida. Stamina sex, filamentis subulatis, anthe- 

 ms eordato-ovatis, exlrorsis (!), conncciivo in facie Interior© laiiusctilo piano. HKUMAPIIR. Calyx cupularis, (riparliuis. 

 Corolla tripartita. Stamina sex, anthfris cassis. Pistilla Iria distincta, ovaiuis obovato-comprcssis , STIGHATIBUS bre- 

 vibus sessilibus, oviilo oblique crccto. Bacca — 



I'almae hii/nih'Sj caespilasae. Cavdex arnndinaceus. FRONDES apicem rersns confertae. Vaginae tongae, in Jibril- 

 III in m reficidalnm e.rlensae. La in in a e digit at o - innllijidae , laciniis apice Indent at is > siinpUcibns ant coalifis. Sr.tnix 

 panicnlato-rainosns , ante nnthesin rosco-r aliens , carnosiusciitns , J'ragilis, det'n rireiis. SPdTBAE incompletae in ima parte 

 et ad ra in i/ica Hones spadicis, memhranaceae. Flores Jtaridi. 



1. RHAPIS FLABELL1 FORMS. Tab. tu. 



lili. caudice tri-qnadripedali, nodis distant/bus; peliotis inermibus, laminis Jla belli for mi/ms , digitato-dirisis, laci- 

 niis primariis I — 7, iincari/jus irregular iter truncata-dentatis ; spadice composito-ramoso, pa/n/o. 



ItUAPIS FLABELLIF0RMI8, Ait lion. Kcw. cd. prior- III. p. 473. edit 2. V. p. 473. Giseke in Lin. Pracl. Ord. natnr. p. 06. AYilM. 

 Spec. plan!. IV. p. 1093. Smilli in Rees Cyclop. No. 1. Spreng. Svsl. Vcg. II. p. 137. cxcl. Lonr. Rom. Sclmlt. Svsl. Vcg. VII. 

 2. p. 1491. Jacq. Hort SchOnbnmn. III. p- 3G. t 316. Bot Magaz. t 1371. L'Hcrit Stirp. nov. II. t 100. Luc citaiur (an editaT> 



Haiiiculae cylindricae, crassilic pennae cygncao, pallidac, in fasciculuin coiiicum congesiae. Palma borlcnsis, 



quam soliimniodo vidi, quadri-quinqiicpcdalis, e kiu/omate subleiranco plures caudices crigit ercclos, slrictos, firmos, 



tcretes, digilum crassos, ligno duro et lenaci (lavcscenlc donatos, plcruiiiqiic inde a basi ad apiccm usque vaginis frondiimi 



persislcnlibus dense arctcquc obvolatos. Fuo.nues pbyllotaxi % disposilac, versus apiccm caudicis confertae, ereclo- 



patcnlcs, bi-tripedalcs. Vaginae cylindricac, dorso carinato-convcxae, virides, iudc a carinae margine in inembranam 



Iiiscam extenuatae, quae mox dissolvilur in nbrilliiium laxe reiiculatimi, c fibris tcnacibus vcnicalibus ct Iiori/.ontalibus 



icciangnlo-dcciissantibus tandem nigricantibus tarn laxe context am, ut quasi fencsiratum diccrc possis. Apex vaginae 



in facie ventrali aliius producitiir lanccolatus, concavus, margine villoso-cilialus, struttiirae tencrioris, tandem irrcgula- 



riter laccrus et discissus, fibris vcrtiralibus diutius pcrsistentibus. Pctiolus e dorso vaginae producitiir pedalis ct ses- 



qolpedalis, gracilis, flexilis, viridis, scmitcres, supcrnc poslicc siibcanalicnlatiis, anlice levilcr convcxo-bifacialis , margine 



Gitegerrimo Bcabrlnsculo. Ligula scuiiorbicularis, concava, brcvis. Lamina digitala, divisa in lacinias -I — 7 



nunc omucs subaeqiialcs nunc ex parte laiiores et tandem ulterius dividcudas, in scmiciiculum expansas, linearcs, laiilu- 



dinc unguis ad diiorum pollicmii, loiigitudine spitliamac vel pedis. Apex laciniarum simpliciiim in denies gcniiiios, pie- 



riimque inaequales, obtusiusculos divisus; compositarum c contrario iruncatiis el irregiilaritcr dentatus apparel. Ncrvi 



primarii sccmiduni laciniarum lalitudinem nunc solilarii nunc bini lernivc, iiquc dislaniia inaefjuali decurreiues, subtus 



parum prominentes. Nervi coinmissurales supra promincntcs, sicm margines, scissionc oni, serriilalo-scabriiisculi. 



Color saturate viridis, supra nitidus, nervorum el venarum transversarum parum conspicuarum tlilulior. Indumentum 



Moccosum, cinerco-fiisciim, in margine petioloram, in ligula, in hastac facie ventrali et in laciniarum apice, tandem deci- 



iluum. Si-adix MASC. ex alu frondis supcrioris emergens, palcns, ecranoideus, multiramosus. Pedunciilus et rbacbeos 



pars inferior compressi, dlim juniores passim \ illo tenui adspcrsi. Kami primarii et secundarii irregulariler sparsi 



el patuli, teretiuscoli. Color spadicis junioris pulclirc roseus. Simtiiae binae lernacve vagac, infra spadicis diusiones 



primarias, lanccolatac, acuminatae, oblique apcrtac, incmbraiiaceac, longitudinaliier ncrvosac, aibidae, supcrne (estaccae, 



in apice tomenlo lloccoso albido nilido detergibili adspcrsae; iulima dorso levitcr bicarinaia. Supra luis spadias aliae ad 



ramilicationcs in s«|uainas triangulares subulatas conlractac, piiniuni alhidac dcin fiisccsccntcs. Hamuli florigcri I — 2 



pollices longi, fere a basi dense florigcri. FtOBES scssiles, bractea tenera, membranacea, alba, sulnilaia sullulli, priiuuni 



nodulos subglobosos coloris manrariiacco - flavidi si stunt In cvolutis calvx cnpularis, (rilidiis, \iridis, laciniis aculis, 



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