894 CLXXXVIL. PALMAE. [Avecec. 
breviore 2-cristata lanceolata lignea, apice oblique fissa, superiore cylindracea utrinque 
i Flores maj li Fructus cerasiformis. 
Species 1, insularum Molucearum incola. Fructus tantum a nobis examinatus. 
24. Clinostigma, H. JWendl. in Bonplandia 1862, 190; et in. Linnca, xxxix. 185.— Flores 
in eodem spadice infrafoliaceo panieulatim ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, inferi 
9-ni intermedio 9, v. superiores solitarii et 2-ni d; bractez bracteoleque obsolete. 
Fl d symmetrici. ' Sepala. orbieularia, basi gibba v. saccata, late imbricata. Petala 
paullo longiora, ovata, obtusiuseula, valvata. Stamina 6 v. 19 filamentis filiformibus 
apice. inflexis ; antherz oblongc v. lineari-oblongze, dorsifix:e, versatiles. Ovarii rudi- 
mentum crassum, columnare. Fl. 9 masculis minores, subglobosi, perianthio post 
anthesin parum aucto. Sepala reniformia, late imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, orbi- 
cularia, convolutivo-imbricata, apicibus aeutatis subvalvatis. Staminodia 3 v. 6, linearia. 
Ovarium subglobosum v. turbinatum, 1- rarius 2-3-loculare; stigmata parva, crassa, 
trigona; ovulum parietale. Fructus globosus v. subglobosus, rarius paullo elongatus, 
obliquus, stigmatibus excentricis lateralibus v. subbasil ibus, 1-locularis v. 2-3-locularis 
loculis 2 parvis vacuis, pericarpio crassiusculo grumoso et fibroso, endocarpio membranaceo 
v. erustaceo. Semen glob , rarius oblongum et curvum infra situm stigmatium 
affixum, hilo orbiculari, rapheos ramis ab hilo radiantil ticulatis, ine sequabili ; 
embryo hilo propinquus.— Palme inermes, caudice elato v. humili annulato v. annulis 
obscuris. Foliaterminalia, cequaliter pinnatisecta, gmentis subfalcato-I. latis basi lata. 
insertis plicatis acuminatis (apice 2-fidis? v. oblique truncatis et dentatis?), margi- 
nibus interdum incrassatis basi vix recurvis, rachi furfuracea dorso convexa facie obtuse 
carinata. Spadix elongatus, ramis fructiferis el gatis crdssis areolis distantibus ; 
spath: 2-3. Fructus parvus, maturus ruber. 
Speeies 3 nobis note, una A lasiea, ezeteree insul: Samosx ineole,—Specierum Samos 
exemplaria valde incompleta vidimus, a Rev. dom. .Powell missa, altera pinnis apice bifidis, altera. 
pinnis abrupte et late truncatis (an potius folium P/ychospermatis errore fructibus Clinostigmatis 
relatum). Species Australasica sectionem Lepidorhachis, H. Wendl. in Linnza, xxxix, 186, 218, t. 2, 
f. 5 efficit, spadice perbrevi, floribus omnibus 3-nis et caudice humili. Zen/A. Fl. Austral, vii. 199 
(Kentia). 
95. Cyphokentia, Brongn. in Comptes Rend. Acad. Sc. Par. Ixxvii. 399, partim.— Flores 
in eodem spadice infrafoliaceo panieulatim ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, 3-ni 
intermedio 9, bracteati et minute bracteolati. Fl. d ... Btamina 6 v. 12. Fl. 9 
rianthio post anthesin immutato, . . . Fructus parvus, elli v. subglob 
5 parvus, p g: 
rectus y. paullo ineurvus, 1-spermus, stigmatil bbasilaribus v. lateralibus, pericary 
grumoso, endocarpio crustaceo intus polito. Semen glob v. ellipsoid bbasil 
suberectum, hilo orbieulari v. oblongo, rapheos ramis dorso a hilo ascendentibus liberis 
dein decurvis parce anastomosantibus ad situm embryonis gentibus, albumi 
corneo zequabili ; embryo basilaris.— Palme robuste, inermes. Folia terminalia, pinnati- 
secta, segmentis coriaceis elongat iformibus apice ang i ginibus basi recurvis. 
Spadices validi, glabri, ramis robustis ; spathz»e 2, decidum ; bractes breves, cum spadice 
continu: ; braeteolw parve, breves, in. cupulam brevem imbricatz. 
Species 2, Novze Caledoni ineole; altera C. robusta, Brongn., ramis spadieis simpliciter ramosi 
erassis elongatis cylind » fructibus reniformi-ellip j paullo supra basin promi- 
nentibus, semine reniformi; altera, C. macrostachia, Brongn., ramis spadicis longioribus flexuosis, 
fruetibus subglobosis, stigmatibus 1. lil ineque fere globoso.—Genus Clinosligmati arcte 
affine, imperfecte notum. ' 
Cyphokentie species alie Brongnartii sunt: C. Balanse, a Wendlandio ad genus suum Cypho- 
sperma relata ; species 6 caudicit dinaceis sub. MicroKentia, Wendl., deseripte ; C. Zfum- 
boldtiana et. C. bractealis, a. nobis non visse, verisimiliter ad typum generis novi Wendlandii 
referendze ; et C, vaginalis, spathis persistentibus, nobis ignota, vix eongener, 
