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FAMILIA SECUNDA: 



LBP1D0CARYINAB. 



(CALAMEAE Kunih Nova Gen. et Spec. Plant. I. p. 310.) 



Pistillum constans caipidiis tribus, rarissime duobus, jam ab initio in iinnm 

 connatis, ideo tri- aut rarissime bilocnlare. Ovula in qnovis loculo solitaria erecta, 

 plermnque nnum, rarins duo aut tria cvoluta. Bacca loricata i. e. tessellato- 

 corticata squamulis corneis, primum erectis dein resupinato-recurvatis arctissime im- 

 bricatis. Stamina hypogyna aut corollae longius adnata ideoque perigyna. 



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Flores plermnque diclines cum alter ius sexus rudimento, sessiles aut breviter 

 pedicellate, instructi bracteis bracteolisque subinde circumcirca clausis s. perfoliatis 

 itaque in spathellas et spathellulas mutatis, in ramulis plermnque spicati ideoque 

 quasi juliformes s. amentacei (rhachibus tamcn turn solrendis). Spathae coriaceae, 

 pier unique plures incompletae, sive ad spadicum ramificationes vagae. Caudices 

 saepe sarmentoso-elongatissi/m (calamosi), raro stricti alti aut perbreves. Frondes 

 pinnatae pinnis reduplicatis , saepe in cirrum dcsincntes, in vagina et rhachi ar- 

 mis /torridae, aut palmato -flabelliformes. Flores textura siccmscula quasi coria- 

 cea, rubelli, roseo -Jlavidi aut ochroleuco - albidL Baccae nitidae. 



I. CERATOLOBUS. 



Ceratolobis BLUME in Syst. Veg. edit. Rom. Scliult. VII. p. LXXX. No. 1J97. 



POL VGA MO-MONO EC A. Spadices alii mascnlos flores fcrcntes alii masculos et hermaphroditos in lino 

 codemquc individtio. Spathae complctae, solitariac, siliquaeformes, longe pedunculalae. Calyx tridentatus. Corolla pro- 

 fundc tripartita. MASCULIS: Stamina sex, filamentis subnlatis e basi corollae carnosa, antheris linearibus. HERMA- 

 PHKODITI juxta masculos sessiles. Stamina sex, filamentis quani in masciilis altius cum corolla connatis, antheris 

 linearibus (polline destitutis?). Ovarium triloculare. Stigmata tria, sessilia, subulata. Bacca squamis retrorsis loricata, 

 monospcrma. Embryo in albumine ruminato, basilaris (?). 



Cavdex cah/nosus : tenuis credits et sarmentoso-scandens, rap'tu's frondium patentium ehngatis aadeat'is obtectus. 

 FRONDES jmtnatae, pinnis cuneato - rhombeis antice crenato - dent at is sitbtus albo - gla ucescenl if/us, rhachi saepe in funetn 

 aculeatum extentiata, Spaiiices laterales , peduncido pertenui frondium interior urn siiperjichi longe adnata , paniculato- 

 ra/nosi, bracteis et bracfeotis amplcvicaidlbus spat/iaeformlbt/s mi/nifi, inclusi SI'ATI/a inu'ca chartacea in peduncido termi- 

 nal!', irregidariter rumpenda. Flores pa/llde Jlarescentes. Baccae lorlcutae fuscidulae. 



CERATOLOIiL'S GLAfJCESCEXS. Tab. 115. 



CER.ITOLOBUS G LAV C ESC ESS, Blume in Rfimer et Sclmltcs Syst. Yog. VII. p. 1334. 



Caudex teres, basi circiier erassitie pollirari, sursum gracilior, nonnullas orgyas longus, parte superiorc super 

 vicinas arbores rcclinatus ct quasi sarmentosus, frondes subaltcrnatim patentes versus extremiiatem ferens, ceterum ubi- 

 que fere vestitus vaginis frondium arctis, pedem et quod execdit longis. Hae vaginae oiuui ambitn muniunlur aculeis 

 e basi callosa snblriangulari subulatis, compressis, dimidium pollicem ad duos longis, rectis aut nonnihil flexuosis, flavo- 

 fuscidulis, basi fuscis, nitidis, jiivenluic tomento pulveraceo fusco passim adspersis. Ligula orificium circumdat vaginae 

 membranacea , tenuis, fusca, laevigaia, margine sctis rectis pallidis ariuala. Petiolus inde excurrit spithamam vcl pedem 

 longus, superne planiusculus, infernc scmitcrcs, farina alba tandem deterenda inspcrsus atque aculeis patcntilnis angustis 



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