890 CLXXXVIL PALMA. [Avrecem., 
Muell, Fragm. Phyt, Austral. v. A7, t. 43, 44 (Ptychosperia). — Benth. Fl. Austral, vii, 141 (Ptycho- 
spera, sp. n. 2, 3). Bot. Mag. t. 4961 (Seaforthia, excl. figs. 9, 10, 11, a Martio iteratis, que ad. 
Piychosperma elegans pertinent). 
16. Ehopalostytis, HT. Wendl. et Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 180, t. 1, f. 2.—Flores in 
eodem spadice infrafoliaceo v. fastigiatim ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, 3-ni inter- 
i FL 
medio 9, v. superiores solitarii e& 2-ni d', bracteati et bracteolati udi brici, 
3-gon pressi. Sepala subulato-l lata, haud imbricata. Petala oblique ovata, 
acuminata, valvata. Stamina 6, fil tis subulato-filiformibus apice inflexis ; antherze 
lineares, dorsifi tiles. Ovarii rudi t l Fl 9 masculis minores, 
trigono-globosi, perianthio post anthesin aucto. Sepala rotundata, concava, late imbricata, 
etala minora, vix exserta, basi cochleata late imbricata in apices triangulares valvatos 
repente angustata. $Staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare ; stigma sessile, con- 
oideum, 3-fidum, segmentis 3-gonis erectis ; ovulum parietale, Fructus ellipsoideus, lovis, 
stigmate terminali umbonatus, pericarpio crassiusculo fibroso intus levi Semen ellipsoi- 
deum v. ovoideo-oblongum, erectum, liberum, hilo lato a basi ad verticem producto, 
rapheos ramis laxis v. ereberrimis tenuissimis d dentil ticulatis, albumine s»equa- 
bili ; embryo basilaris.—Palmze inermes, caudice mediocri annulato. Folia terminalia, 
qualiter pinnatisecta, segmentis zequidistantil is anguste ensiformibus acumi- 
natis, marginibus basi recurvis non incrassatis, costa valida, nervis utrinque 1-3, rhachi 
facie concava furfuracea, petiolo brevissimo, vagina elongata. Spadices breves, patentes, 
brevissi que ped lati, is subflabellati; iusculis densifloris ; spathze 2. 
pletze, oblong:e, planate, inferiore 2-alata ; bracteze fosse floriferm adnat: apicibus 
subulatis ; bracteolz squamif. Flores medi Fructus parvus v. majusculus. 
Species 2, Nove Zelandiwe et insule Norfoleis ineole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 172, t. 151, 
152 (Areca), et 312 (Kentia sapida). — Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. t. 59, 60 (Areca).. Drude in Bot. Zeit. 
1877, 637, 1. 6, f. 18-21. Bot. Mag. t. 9139, 6730 (Areca). 95a 
17. Dietyosperma, H. JWendl. et Drude in Linnca, xxxix. 181.—Flores in eodem 
spadice infrafoliaceo simpliciter ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, 3-ni intermedio 9. v. 
inferióres 9 solitarii intermediis 3-nis, supremis solitariis v. 2-nis d', bracteati et brac- 
teolati. — Fl" d asymmetrici, obtuse 3-goni. Sepala parva, ovata, acuta, distincta. 
Petala oblique ovata, obtusa, valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis breviusculis apice inflexis ; 
antherm lineares, dorsifixze, üles. Ovarii rudiment longatum, a basi conica 
sensim attenuatum, trifidum. Fl. 9 masculis multo minores, subglobosi, perianthio post 
anthesin valde aucto. Sepala late orbicularia, imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, carno- 
sula, orbicularia, imbricata apicibus leviter imbricatis. Staminodia 6, dentiformia. 
Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare, basi contractum ; stigma latum, 3-gonum ;ovulum parietale. 
Fructus oliveformis v. subglobosus, stigmate terminali, pericarpio fibroso, endocarpio. 
tenuissi Semen subglob v. elongato-ovoideum; hilo laterali verticem attin- 
gente, rapheos ramis oblique d lentibus laxe reticulatis, albumine leviter inato ; 
, ; 
embryo subbasilaris. — Palme inermes, graciles, caudice annulato. : Folia equaliter 
pinnatisect: g lineari lati; inatis v. 2-fidis, summis confluentibus, 
marginibus incrassatis basi recurvis, costa valida nervisque subtus paleis persistentibus » f 
sparsis nudisve, rhachi petioloque gracili furfuraceis trigonis facie canaliculatis, vagina —— 
elongata, integra. Spadix in pedunculo brevi glabro v. tomentoso, ramis erectis v. patulis 
flexuosis, inferioribus basi membranaceo-bracteatis ; spathz 2, completze, a dorso com- 
presse, caducze, inferiore bicristata, areolis floriferis depressis magnis; bracteze bracteoleque 
squamiformes. Flores 9 majusculi, albi v. flavescentes. Fructus furfuraceus, parvus. 
Species. 2. v. 3, insularum. Mascarensium incole. alf. f. 4a Baker, Fl. Maurit. 383. Mart. 
Hist, Nat. Palin, iii. 175, t. 154, 155, f. 2, 3 (Areca).  Scheff. in. Natuurk. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 
183 (Ptychosperma album), et in. Aun. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. i. 192, D. albuin, var. aureum, ex exem- 
plaribus a Horneo (Hort, Bot. Maurit. Praefect.) missis certe a D, alJo specifico differt. 
