Arecan.] CLXXXVIL PALMAE. ^ 887 
9. Xentlopsis, Brongn. in, Comptes Rend. Acad. Sc. Par. 1xxvii. 398.—Flores in eodem 
spadice infrafoliaceo fastigiatim ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, inferiores 3-ni inter- 
medio 9, superiores solitarii v. 2-ni d', brevissime bracteati et bracteolati. Fl d asymme- 
irici, late trigono-compressi. Sepala late triangulari-rotundata, acuta, concava, imbricata. 
Petala lata, oblique ovata, obtusa, coriacea, valvata.. Stamina numerosa, fasciculata, fila- 
mentis brevibus subulatis basi connatis ; antherze li i-elongatee, basi sagittatee, dorsifi 
erectz, ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. 9 masculis minores, p idato-globosi. ianthi: 
crasse coriaceo, post anthesin valde aucto. . Sepala orbicularia, subacuta, valde concava, 
late imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, basibus latissimis concavis convolutivo-imbricatis, 
apicibus abrupte angustatis acutis valvatis. Staminodia 0. Ovarium globoso-ovoideum, 
basi valde contractum, 1-loculare ; stigma crassum, conoideum, apice 3-lobum, lobis trigonis 
erectis ; ovulum parietale. ear ellipsoideus v. ovoideus, rostratus v. vertice rotun- 
dato, deheni A rigen Dericarpin crasso fibroso, endocarpio crustaceo intus levi. 
Semen  glol , erectum, liberum, hilo elongato verticem seminis 
attingente, :1 ramis reticulatis semen totum involventibus, albumine duro zequabili ; 
DD basilaris. gu PIU. gato caudice elato robusto annulato. Folia terminalia, - 
i rmibus apice it ti obtusis v. dentatis 
valde eoriaceis, costa valida, nervis promi gulat tis basi 
recurvis, costa robusta obtuse 3-gona v. quadrata faciebus planis, petiolo et vagina non 
visis. Spadices magni, crassi, ramis elongatis robustis; spathe non desceripte ; braetec 
et bracteole in eupulam brevem areolam marginantes connatw. Flores inter majores. 
Fructus mediocris v. magnus. 
Species 3 i Novo-Caledoni a Museo Parisiensi receptas;—1. K. olive/formis, 
Brongn., rhachi folii quadrata, fructu parvo umbonato (nullo modo rostrato), seminis hilo angusto, 
rapheosque ramis transverse retieulatis; fl. d non visi. 2. K. sacrocarpa, Brongn., rhachi folii 
3-gona, fructu. globoso-ellipsoideo granulato, semine globoso, hilo lato, rapheos ramis verticalibus 
impressis irregulariter ramosis, 3. Species diversa? sub nomine K. sacrocarpe, fructu magno 
utrinque rostrato granulato, hilo et' raphe ut in No. l. XK. divaricata, Brongn., generice differt 
fl. d symmetrico et aliter. 
10. veitchia, H. Wendl. in Seem. Fl. Vit. 271, t. 81.— Flores in Godediftpadico infra- 
foliaceo duplicato-ramosissimo monoici, inferiores 3-ni intermedio $9, superiores solitarii 
v. 2-ni superpositi d; .bractes bracteoleeque obsolets. Fl. parvi, subsymmetrici. 
Sepala chartacea, ovato-rotundata, concava, basi connata, marginibus superne paullo 
imbricatis, nervosa. Petala paullo longiora, late elliptica, ima basi connata, coriacea, 
valvata. Stamina 6, basi perianthii inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherze lineari- 
oblongse, basifixse, erecte.. Ovarii rudimentum crassum, colummnare, truncatum.  Fl.9 
masculis multo majores, subrotundati, a dorso compressi, perianthio valde aucto. 
Sepala crasse coriacea, oblique n valde concava, late imbricata. Petala consimilia 
sed multo minora, Staminodia 0. Ovarium late ovoideum v. 
subglobosum, basi valde tract et cylind l-loculare, in stigma conoideum 
tridentatum contractum dentibus trigonis erectis ; oradum parietale, Fructus magnus, 
ellipsoideus v. fusiformi-ovoideus et sul Ibglobosus, stigmate terminali 
umbonatus, Deriurmo levi crasso fibroso, endocarpio tülul intus polito. Semen ovoideum, 
apice d v. id erectum, liberum, hilo ad verticem OX UEDBD lato, a 
brunnea, rapheos ramis d d inulis laxe lati denso 
sequabili ; b ise basilaris.—Palm:e i inermes caudice elato annulato. Folia terminalia, 
ta, pinnis linearib inatis oblique truncatis, marginibus 
incrassatis, costa valida. Spadix breviter del pedunculatus, ramis elongatis fastigiatis 
basi crassis; spathz 3? decidue. ^ Florum glomeruli basin versus ramorum sparsi, 
superiores conferti. Fructus ad 2-pollicaris. 
Species a Wendlandio indicate 4, Ins. Fiji et Novarum Hebridarum incole, Flores exami- 
navimus JV. Storckii, et fructus V. Joannis. Genus imperfecte notum, 
