924 OLXXXVIL PALMAE. [Coryphec. 
ramosis vaginis vetustis foliorum opertis. Folia terminalia, rigida, euneato-flabellata, in 
lacinias curvas 2-fidas induplicatim plicatas fissa, rhachi brevi, ligula 0, petiolo brevi 
con vexo ginibus subserrulatis, vagina brevi fissa inil l i 
Spadiees elongati, patentim ramosi, ramis ramulisque gracilibus ; spathz tubuloss, 
peduneulum et ramos spadicis vestientes, ore obliquo in acumen producto ; spathelloo 
flores 2-nos vaginantes, breviter tubulosw, 2-nerves, ocreas Polygoni simulantes. Flores 
parvi, pallidi; Fructus pisiformis. 
Species 1, montium Indie trans flumen Indus, Affghani im, Beluchi ie et Persi austro- 
orientalis incola. . Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 342 ;. Palm. Brit. Ind. 135. Brandis, For. Fl. 
547 (omnes sub Chameropside Ritchieana, Griff). Aitchison in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 140, t. 26, 
85. 1 Teysmannia, Reichb. f. ei Zolling. i Linea, xxviii, 607 (Teyssmania).—Flores 
hermaphroditi, minuti, in ramis spadicis interfoliacei 2-3-plicatim ramosi sparsi, breviter 
pedicellati, solitarii v. fasciculati, bracteati et 2-bracteolati, perianthio post anthesin 
i tat Calyx cupularis, 3-dentatus, basi carnosus. Petala €rassa, e basi lata trian- 
gulari-lanceolata, acuta, valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis subulatis basi in cupulam hypo- 
gynam connatis; antherz ovatz, basifixee. Ovarii carpella 3, rarius 1 v. 2, libera v. 
leviter cohzrentia; stylus subulatus, 3-gonus, stigmate punctiformi ; ovula in loculis 
erecta?. . Fructus. globosus v. depresso-globosus, l-locularis, l-spermus, basi carpellis 
abortivis 1-2 auctus, stylo basilari, pericarpio corticato suberoso tessellatim verrucoso, 
verrucis onis, endocarpio tenui. Semen subdepresso-globosum, liberum, erectum, 
hilo basilari, testa tenui rugulosa, raphe brevi ramis obsoletis, albumine tequabili ventre 
profunde intruso, fossa materia spongiosa farcta; embryo lateralis.—Palma humilis, 
inermis, caudice subterraneo annulato apice emerso. Folia erecta, elongato-rhombea, 
obtusa, basi acuta, induplicatim plicata, ginibus laciniatis, laciniis obtuse 2-fidis, 
rhachi elongata, petiolo dorso carinato facie obsolete concavo, angulis rotundatis 
uncinato-aculeatis, vagina brevi. Spadix breviusculus, ramis basi divisis superne 
reflexis, ped lo fusco-t oso; spathw pap riaces, ped lum et ramos 
vaginantes, inferiores biseriales, imbricat qui , Superiores sparss; bracteze lanceo- 
late; bracteole inconspicus. Fructus diametro pomi. 
Species 1, Sumatrensis. Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. iii. 749. Descriptio pro maxima parte ex auctoribus 
citatis. Genus a Wendlandio inter ea stigmate terminali inclusum, sed nobis basilare apparct. In 
deseriptione Zollingeri albumen ruminatum est ot embryo basilaris, in exemplaribus nostris albu- 
men certe zquabile et embryo lateralis, 
86. Chameerops, Linn. Gen. n. 1919. (Chamzriphes, Ponted. Anthol. 147, t. 8, 10, ex 
Gaertn. Fruct. i. 26, t. 9.) —Flores in ramis spadicis interfoliacei paniculatim ramosi ses- 
Siles, polygamo-monoici v. dioiei, d et V in eodem v. in diversis spadicibus, bracteati ; 
perianthium post anthesin immutatum. Calyx 3-partitus, segmentis subulato-l lati 
Petala libera, ovata, acuta, imbricata. Stamina 6-9, filamentis brevibus latis basi calycis 
insertis v. in cupulam hypogynam connatis; antherre j le, ovato-oblongs v. 
cordatz, dorsifix:. Ovarii carpella 3 (rarius. plura), distincta ; stigmata subsessilia ; 
ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus carpella 1-3, globosa v. ovoidea, basin versus trigona, 
l-sperma, stigmatibus terminalibus, pericarpio earnoso intus fibroso, endocarpio mem- 
branaceo. Semina ellipsoidea. v. globosa, erecta, hilo parvo basilari, raphe indistincta 
laxe ramosa, albuminoe: dure corneo laxe ruminato; embryo infra medium dorsalis.— 
Palme inermes, gregarie, humiles v. di b dicil ipitosis basi ramosis 
vaginis vetustis foliorum opertis. Folia terminalia, rigida, semi-orbicularia v. cuneato- 
flabellata, profunde laciniata, laciniis angustis bifidis induplicatim plicatis, rhachi 0, 
ligula brovissima, petiolo gracili biconvexo marginibus levibus v. asperis, vagina fissa 
reticulatim fibrosa... Spadices breves, erecti, compressi, ramis brevibus densifloris ; 
spathze 2-4,. latae, crasse coriaceco, inferi fissco, superi completa; bractes parv, 
subulate ; bracteole 0, Flores parvi, davidi. Fructus rufescens v. flvescens, — ' 
