recen] .OLXXXVIL PALMUE, 913 
lateralis v. infra apicalis.—Palm:e inermes, TObustS, caudice oylindraeoo Xi infra medium 
v. interrupte E annilato: "Folia t q p , pinnis sub- 
oppositis lineari-l plicat: TYOSIS, i ibus i tis basi recur- 
vis, petiolo subcylindraceo facie leviter 'eanaliculato, basi 8-gohój vagina magna ventricosa 
integra. Spadices breviter ped lati, vage d ramosi, ramis gracilibus patulis ; 
spathze , distiche imbricat "Flores pallidi, flavidi v. virides. Früctus parvus, 
croceus v. cceruléus. 
Species 3, insularum Masearensium incole. Zalf. fi. in Baker, Fl. Maurit. 382. rt. Hist. Nat. 
Palin. iii, 164, 309, t. 143, f. 1, 154. zm Enwm. Pl. iii. 175. H. Wendl. in Ill, Hortic, xiii. 
t. 462, 463. 
63. Roscheria, H. Wendl. in Baker, Fl. Maurit. 386.—Flores minuti, in ramis gracillimis 
ejusdem spadicis interfoliacei decomposite ramosi monoici, sparsi;: solitarii] Y. un altero E 
altero 9, ebracteati et ebracteolati. Fl. d sy t Sepala 1 
obtusa, concava, crassiuscula, imbricata. "Petala late. ovata, subacuta, valvata. Éisflina 
6, filamentis brevibus triangularibus una in tubum brevem connatis ; anthers late 
dian dorsifixs. Ovarii rudiment ico-clavatum, vertice dilatato iste plano. 
Fl. 9 masculis majores, subglobosi, VB aio post anthesin aucto. Sepals PUDISTHOHIITRS 
arcte late imbricata. Petala longiora, orbicularia, 
gbssurs v. 0. Ovarium ovoideum v. ellipsoideum, in stigma conoideum 3-fidum sensim 
1- rarius 2-3-loculare ; ovulum parietale, pendulum. Fructus fusiformis, 1- 
rarissime 2-spermus, stigmate subbasilari ; pericarpio el PAFTORO et fibroso, endo- 
carpio erustaceo intus nitido. Semen Wiliqug v. ellipsoid (in 
fructibus 2-spermis hemisphrericum), hilo parvo orbieulari basilari, rapheos ramis ab hilo 
divaricatis laxe reticulatis, albumine profunde ruminato ; embryo hilo proximus. — Palma 
gracilis, erecta, caudice m nodos spinoso radicib epigieis tent Folia termi : 
longe. petiolata, primum 2-fida, demum inzqualit tisect; i 
lineari-lanceolatis apice 2-fidis, nervis numerosis subtus paleaceis, petiolo inermi subtri- 
gono antice sulcato, Lb us elongstá sculedta. - Bpadix 2-6-pedalis, pedunculo elongato 
gracili p tis; spathz plures, complete, 
anguste, Golieinu, in inermes; 2 inferiores persistent iperiore decidua. Flores pallidi, 
Fructus parvulus, niger. 
Species 1, insularum Seychelles incola. H. Wendl. in Ill. Hortic; 1871, t. 54 (Verschaffeltia). 
Mart. Hist. Nat. Palin. iii. 181 (Dypsis gracilis in nota sub D. Airtula) et t. 161, f. 5. 
64. Geonoma, JWilld. in Mem, Acad. Berl. 1804, 37 ; Sp. Pl. iv. 593. . (Gynestum, 
Poit. n. .Mém. Mus. Par. ix. 387, t. 16 ad 20... Vouay, Aubl, Pl. Gui. ii. App. 99.)— 
Flores minuti, glumacei, in cavis spiraliter dispositis immersi, dioici v. in diversis spadi- 
cibus infrafoliaceis rarius interfoliaceis monoici, v. in eodem spadice; monoici inferiores 3-ni 
intermedio 9, superiores solitarii, bracteati et bracteolati gl FLg 
asymmetrici. Sepala obovato-oblonga, carinata, imbricata. Petala obovato-oblonga, con- 
cava, libera v. basi connata, valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis in cupulam urceolum v. tubum 
exsertum connatis, apicibus recurvis ; antherz didymze, primum introflex:e, loculis discretis 
divaricatis ssepius pendulis.  Ovarii rudimentum minutum v. 0. Fl. 9 masculis paullo 
majores, compressi, perianthio (post anthesin immutato, Sepala oblonga v. ovato-lanceolata, 
carinata, imbricat , interiore p lo. Petala lanceolata, in corollam 3-fidam connata, 
imbri Discus: 1.  dentatus, liber. Ovarium disco inclusum, 3-loculare, Ms 
2 effcetis v. rudimentariis ; stylus lateralis v. basilaris, elongatus, stigmatibus 3 revolutis 
exsertis ; ovulum subbasilare v. laterale et peltatum. Fructus parvus, globosus v. sub- 
globosus, styli cicatrice basilari, 1-spermus, pericarpio corjaceo crustaceo v. subspongioso, 
intus parce fibroso, fibris endocarpio fragili non adh .. Semen glob , erec- 
tum, testa tenui, hilo basilari, raphe semen cingente interdum exsculpto, ramis Obacutis, 
albumine squabili; embryo subbasilaris v. dorsalis.—Palmee graciles, inermes, caudice 
arundinaceo annulato. Folia. terminalia, v. alterna, lamina integra apice 2-fida, v. plus 
minusve pinnati , Seg) ultimis inatis 1-nerviis marginibus basi lata recurvis, 
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