rece. ] CLXXXVII PALME, 903 
v. subglobosum, hilo laterali elongato, rapheos ramis ab hilo radiantibus ramosis reticul 
semen involventibus, albumine profunde ruminato ; embryo basilaris, — Palms inermes, 
caudice gracili annulato, Folia terminalia, zqualiter [ ti » Seg tis lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, costa nervisque subtus prominentil i tis basi 
recurvis, petiolo breviuseulo, vagina breyiuscula. Spadices intei penduli, crassius- 
culi, longe pedunculati, solitarii v. 2-ni; spatha 1 completa, spadice brevior, decidua ; 
bractea labio inferiori foveole adnata; bracteole squamiformes, Flores d majusculi. 
Fructus mediocris v. majuseulus. * 
Species 2 ; altera (C. spicatus, Blume) Amboi is, braetea li i protrusa, KuntA, Enum. 
PI. iii. 642 ; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 41; Pali. Archip. Ind. 9; altera (C. australasicus) Australie 
tropicze incola, SeAeff. in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. i. 191,140. — Benth. Fl. Austral. vii..140 (Ptycho- 
sperma). . H. Wendl. et Drude in Linnea, xxxix. 178, 189, 205, 7. 2, f. 3 (Laccosranix). 
43. Bacularia, P. Muell. Fragm. Phyt. Austral. vii. 103. (Linospadix, H. Wendl. et 
Drude in Linncaa, xxxix. 177, 188, 198, t. 2, f. 2.)—Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo 
simplici gracillimo monoici, spiraliter dispositi, 3-ni intermedio 9 , minute bracteati et brac- 
teolati.. Fl. 4 symmetrici, teretiusculi. Sepala rotundata, obtusa, i hart: 
coriacea. Petala ovata v. lineari-oblonga, acuta v. obtusa, coriacea, valvata. Stamina 6, v. 
10-12, fil tis brevibus subulatis basi connatis ; antherze oblong:e v. lineari-sagittatz, 
basifixie, erectze, connectivo dilatato. Ovarii rudimentum parvum v. 0. Fl. 9 masculis 
multo minores, ovoidei, a dorso compressi, perianthio post anthesin aucto. Sepala orbi- 
cularia, chartaceo-coriacea, late imbricata. Petala sepalis zquilonga, orbicularia, convo- 
lutivo-imbricata, apicibus acutatis conniventibus.  Staminodia dentiformia. Ovarium 
i bgl ; basi abrupte contractum, 1-loculare ; stigmata minuta, sessilia, 
3- HITS ; ovulum. parietale, horizontale. | Fructus parvus, e. EEUU rectus, 
terminalil periearpio erasse coriaceo et fibroso, endocarpio 
tenui. Semen elongatum, teres, erectum, hilo lato basilari, rapheos ramis ab hilo ascenden- 
tibus obscuris puro nodes albumine squabili ; embryo basilaris.— Palmze tec 
inermes, latis solitariis v. fascieulatis. Folia terminali 
inzqualiter pinnatisecta,. segmentis membranaceis latis Y angustis apicibus fissis v. 
dentatis, 1l pluri- ang ib 1- -nerviis, ter ibus, costis 
nervisque subtus epaleacei inibus non tis basi recurvis, petiolo rhachique 
gracilibus furfuraceis dorso eónvexis facie planis v. inferne Goncàvis, Masa brevi aperta. 
Spadices numerosi, foliis longiores, patentim recurvi, ped rf basi 
compresso ; spath:»e 2, remote, inferiore basilari tubulosa, superiore lineari membranacea 
torulosa ancipiti. Flores virides. Fructus virides, 1—3-poll. longi. 
Species 2, Australi: temperatze et tropieze incole; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 197 (Kentiee sp. n. 1, 9). 
Mart, Hist. Nat. Palin. 118, t. 155, f. 4 (Areca). — Bot. Mag. t. 6644. 
44. Linospadiz, Beccari, Malesia, i. 62, non H. Wendl.— Flores in eodem spadice inter- 
foliaceo simplicissimo monoiei, cavis spiraliter dispositis immersi, 3-ni intermedio m 
bracteati et bracteolati. Fl. 4 symmetrici. Sepala orbicularia, crasse coriacea, concava, 
basi gibba, imbricata. ^ Petala oblonga v. ovata, valvata. Stamina 6 v. 9, filamentis 
filiformibus; antherw lineari-elongatz, dorsifixee, utrinque 2-fidre, versatiles. ^ Ovarii 
rudimentum minutum, v. angustum et apice 3-fidum. Fl. 9 masculis minores, subglobosi, 
perianthio post anthesin aucto. Sepala reniformia, iso imbricata. Petala longiora, late 
ovata, acuta, imbricata, apicibus ; i Ovarium 
ovoideum v. turbinatum, basi abrupte Wer 1-loculare ; stigmata 3, sessilia, majus- 
cula, recurva ; ovulum parietale, pendulum. Fructus parvus, ellipsoideus, stigmatibus 
apicalibus, periearpio earnoso intus dense fibroso, fibris in laminas complanatas retieu- 
latas dispositis, endocarpio tenui. Semen ellipsoid v. , erectum, raphe 
laterali elongato, ramis TAUUE reticulatis, albumine  sequabili ; ; embryo baxismus: —Palmie 
humiles, inermes, caudi gracilibus ar Folia termi ; flabel- 
liformia et profunde 2-fida, lobis apice acute laciniatis, v. pinnatisecta pinnis abis v. 
