908 ; : CLXXXVIL | PALMLE, [Avecem. 
hilo ascendentibus dein decurvis ; reticulatis, albumine ruminato v. sequabili ; embryo 
.—Palm:e humiles, i "inrmes,. ibus arundi dati Folia terminalia, 
integra demum sequalit ti 1 is latis 
dentatis v. fissis plurinerviis, summis confluentibus, marginibus tenuibus basi. recurvis, 
petiolo gracili rhachique glabris v. furfuraceis, vagina aperta v. basi integra. ^ Spadices 
longe pedunculati, ramis paucis gracilibus patentibus ; spath:e 2, spadice multo breviores, 
persistentes, cese. inferiore 2-cristata, superiore supra medium aperta ; bractes 
foveolas Flores et fructus parvi. 
Species 4 v. 5, Archipelagi Malayani incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palin. iii. 229, 317,0.178,  Kunth, 
Enwm. Pl. ii. 643. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat.iii. 43, 149. H. Wendl. im Bot. Zeit. 1859, 63. Scheff. in. 
Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. i. 141, 1601. Tue pertinet Atreca, Wallichiana, Mart. in Wall. Cat. n. 8600. 
54. Stevensonia, Duncan, Cat. Hort. Maurit. 87, nomen. | (Phosnicophorium, Wendl. 
in Ill. Hort. xii. t. 433 ; Misc. 5.)—Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo duplicato-Cramoso 
monoici, spiraliter MIRPORHP ni d 9 , v. superiores 2-ni d, ebracteati S ebrac- 
teolati. Fl. 4 3-goni. Sepala 3, brevi " icat 
Petala ovata, acuta, coriacea, ein Stamina 15-20, basi perianthii inserta, fil ti 
subulatis ; antherv lineari-oblong:e, utrinque longe 2-fid:w, dorsifixee, demum versatiles. 
Ovarii rudimentum varium, Fl. 9 masculis minores, globosi, perianthio post anthesin 
paullo aucto. « Sepala. 3, orbicularia, concava, crasse coriacea, late imbricata. Petala 
paullo longiora, rotu Ibricata, apicibus acutatis subvalvatis. Stami- 
nodia 0 (in cupulam dentatam connata, Balf.). Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare ; stigma 
mitriforme, 3-fidum, EIUS ovulum parietale. Fructus parvus, SIDDeoideus. yentre 
lo, dorso subcarinato, stigmate subbasilari, pio crasse fibroso, endocarpio 
crustaceo. Semen suberectum, liberum, id zm, hilo Lad subbasilari, rapheos. imis 
ab hilo dentibus ramosis illimis laxe 
embryo subbasilaris. —Palma elata, tota aculeata v. demum fere i inermis caudice HE 
Folia términalia, patenti-recurva, lamina cuneato-obovata convexa 2-fida basi obliqua 
plicato-nervosa, margine fissa, segmentis incisis, costis validis nervisque subtus paleaceis, 
petiolo plano-convexo, vagina alte fissa squamosa et aculeata. Spadix erectus, pedunculo 
elongato basi compresso, ramis crassiuseulis; spathse 92, inferiore persistente aculeata, 
superiore clavata inermi lignosa decidua. Flores uiam Fructus parvus, croceus, 
Species 1, nselásni Seychelles ineola. ^ Zalf. fil. ín Baker Fl. Maurit. 388. 
55. verschaffeltia, Wendl. in Il. Hort. xi. Misc. b. (Regelia, Hort.)—Flores 
minuti, in eodem spadice interfoliaceo decomposite ramoso monoici, spiraliter dispositi, 
sparsi v. 3-ni intermedio 9, ebracteati et ebracteolati. Fl. d' globosi. Sepala orbicularia, 
concava, late imbricata. Petala vix longiora, late ovata, acuta, valvata. Stamina 6, fila- 
mentis brevis crasse subulatis; antherw medio dorso affixz, didymze, loculis medio 
tantum connatis, rimis lateralil Ovarii rudimentum breve, clavatum, vertice dilatato 
iruncato 3-gono. Fl. 9 masculis ; majores, globosi, perianthio post anthesin fere immutato. 
Sepala orbicularia, concava, crasse coriacea, basi gibba, late imbricata. Petala paullo 
longiora, subeequalia, crasse coriacea, imbricata. —Staminodia 6, triangulari-subulata, 
antheris minutis cassis. Ovarium ovoideum, demum oblique globosum ; ; stigma laterale ; 
ovulum parietale. Fructus globosus, levis, stigmate subbasilari, pericarpio dure carnoso, 
en: io crustaceo carinis percurso. Berheh. A erogkuni, globosum, gulbitum d ad 
basilari orbiculari, Papheos ramis ab hilo d latis semen 
albumine duro profi to; embryo subbasilaris.— Palma elata, tota armata: * 
. demum inermis, ; tandioo gracili annulato radicibus epigzis sustentato. Folia & 
uM lamina oblonga v. euneato-obovata 2-fida plicato-nervosa, interdum fere ad rhachin 
laciniata segmentis incisis, costa. nervisque validis subtus paleaceis, petiolo semitereti, 
vagina elongata alte fissa furfuracea. —Spadix 3-6-pedalis, panieulatim ramosus, longe 
