Lepidocaryea-] CLXXXVII. PALMAE. 993 
vertice profunde foveolatum, chalaza laterali, albumine ruminato; embryo ventralis, 
vagus,—Palm:e graciles, caudice elongato scandenteflexuoso. Folia alterna, pinnatisecta, 
g alternis t iformibus basi cuneatis in petiolum brevem angustatis flabellatim 
venosis, supra medium erosis, marginibus Ama basi recuryis, rhachi trigona in. funem 
aculeatum producta, petiolo brevi tereti y Yagina lind in ligulam scaphoideam 
producta. Spadices laxe ramosi, penduli, p 1 ramisque p spathis tubulosi; 
elongatis persistentibus vaginatis, ramulis foriferis omnino exsertis; bractes. latiores 
quam longe, membranacese, bracteolz ad villos reductzs. "Flores parvi. Fructus parvus. 
Species ad 16, Archipelagi Malayani et Novs Guinec incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii, 210, 
343, 7. 172, f. 1. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii, 74, 760; Suppl, 091; Pl. Jungh. 162. . Kurz, For. Fl. ii. 
612. .H. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1869, 174.  Beccari, Malesia, i. 87. 
105. Geratolobus, Blume in, Schul. Syst. vii. 1934 ; TFumph, ii. 163, t. 129, 190 &— 
Flores p , in ramis g i spadicis exigui interfoliacei longe 
pedunculati sepissime 2-ni, inferiore sessili D, superiore stipitato d' v. neutro, bracteati ; 
perianthium coriaceum. Fl. 4: Calyx parvus, 3-fidus, lobis triangularibus patulis. 
Petala lanceolata, acuta, valvata. digi 6, basi petelorum inserta, Eum ima 
basi connatis ; antherw lineares, d Ovarii r Fl. P mas- 
culos cot Calyx maris. Corolla 3-fida, laciniis valvatis. ER. 6, tubo 
coroll inserta, antherz lineares, dorsifix:e, Ovarium ovoideum, imperfecte 3-loculare, 
squamis reversis onustum ; Bio qune 3, majuscula, recurva ; ovuls 3 bailaria, erecta, 
Fructus globosus v. ellip laris, 1-spermus, sti , peri- 
carpio tenui squamis deorsum. mun tessellatim loricato. Semen globosum, erectum, 
testa rugulosa extus molliter carnosa, chàlaza laterali, albumine ruminato; embryo 
basilaris.—Palma gracilis, caudice elongato erecto v. scandente vaginis RITETER foliorum 
imo Folia alterna, squaliter pi isect iis oppositis et alternis sessilibus 
hombeis longe inatis plicatis antice crenato-erosis marginibus ima basi 
recurvis, costa distincta, rhachi trigona aculeata et in funem aculeatum: producta, petiolo 
brevi pobeee s vagina fubulosa in ligulam brevem producta. Spadix 4-6-pollicaris, 
exilis, laxe p tus, rhachi que basi squama instructis filiformibus 
flexuosis, pedunculo longissimo pendulo aculeato vaginze.folii insequentis longe adnato ; 
spatha solitaria, siliquiformis, completa, lineari-oblonga, complanata, longe rostrata, 
anceps, g basi secus margines tarde dehiscens. Flos 
superior ebracteatus, inferior bracteis bracteolisq Fructus 
parvus. 
Species 2, Javaniea et Sumatrana. — Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii, 1906, 325, t. 115. Kunth, Enum. 
Pl.ii.200. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 73. 
106. Pigafetta, Beccari, Males. i. 89.—Flores polygamo-monoici, in ramulis amenti- 
formibus spadicis axillaris laxe panieulatim ramosi dense conferti, bracteati; perianthium 
coriaceum. Fl. d: Calyx obeonicus, truncatus v. obscure 3-dentatus. Petala 3, libera, 
lanceolata, valvata. . Stamina 6, filamentis brevibus arossis ; antherewe erectze, ovato- 
lanceolatz, basi sagittata affixze, cuspidat Ovarii F9 
... Fructus globosus v. oblongus, l-locularis, 1-spermus, stigmatibus terminalibus ; 
pericarpio penis retrorsum imbricatis tessellatim loricato. Semen oblongum y. globosum; 
iter costatum, carne molli indutum, hilo basilari, chalaza dorsali, 
albumine Vibia n embryo dorsalis.—Palm:ze elate, caudice robusto superne aculeato, 
basi sobolifero, inferne remote annulato, Folia terminalia, pinnatisecta, segmentis 
oppositis et alternis 1 l ibus basi recurvis, petiolo teretiusculo 
inermi v. aculeato. | Spadices paniculatim ramosissimi, penduli, pedunculo ramisque pri- 
mariis spathis tubulosis truncatis i letis vaginatis, ramulis amentiformibus graciliter 
pedunculatis basi vaginatis ;. bracteme lanceolatz. Flores lana i immersi, spiraliter dispositi. 
Species 3, Archipelagi Malayani et Nov Guinem ineole. Mart, Hist. Nat. Palin. iii. 215, 343 
(Metrozylon. sect. Pigafetta), et t, 102. (Sagus). Blene; Rumph. ii, 154, £128 (Sagus). Genus 
imperfecte notum, a nobis haud scrutatum. 
