Lepidocaryec.] CLXXXVIIL .PALMUE, : 935 
supremis in braeteas bracteol, desinentil inferioribus carinatis. Flores 1-4-polli- 
cares, teretes, curvi, longe exserti. Fructus majusculus. 
Species 2 v. plures, Archipelagi Malayani incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii, 212, 843, t. 179, 180. 
Mig. Fl. Ind, Bat. iii. 7T. — Beceari in INuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. iii. 18. 
109. wretroxylon, Rottb. in Nye Saml. Dansk. Videns. Selsk. Skrift. ii. 525, t. 1. (Sagus, 
Blume, Rwmph. ii. 146. (excl. sect. 2), t. 86, 126, 127.)— Flores polygamo-monoici v. her- 
maphroditi, in ramulis amentiformibus spadicis terminalis dense multifariam conferti, 
2-ni v. solitarii, bracteati et bracteolati; perianthium coriaceum. Fl. d: Calyx infundi- 
bularis, 3-fidus v. 3-dentatus, nervosus. Corolla 3-fida, laciniis oblongis valvatis. Stamina 
6, basi v. fauci corolle inserta, filamentis basi.connatis ; anthers lineares v. sagittats, 
dorsifixte. Ovarii rudimentum 3-partitum. Fl 9 SEGA consimiles, perianthio post 
anthesin fere immutato.  Staminodia in urceolum membranaceum connata, antheris 
cassis v. 0. Ovarium oblong retrorsus sq! f 9-loculare; stylus 
St Piseut aud 3 Metttosniunas ovula 3, basilaria, erecta. Fructus ellipsoideus 
i , stylo t pio squamis deorsum 
brio tessellatim loricato, "éidodargib spongioso. Semen erectum, globosum v. 
ig , testa tenui, carne 0, hilo et chalaza subbasilaribus, rapheos 
BM "inconspicuis, alt bullifio duro ruminato ; ; embryo ventralis.— Palms monocarpicze, 
erecto, caudicibus swpe usos da robustis mediocribus v. elatis basi soboliferis, inferne 
latis. Folia terminali. t liter pinnatisecta, segmentis oppositis lineari- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, costa subtus Setosa, marginibus basi recurvis, rhachi inferne convexa 
superne obtusa v. acuta, petiolo dorso convexo antice sulcato longe denseque armato, vagina 
coriacea aperta, ligula 0. Spadix amplus, laxe paniculato-ramosus, totus spathis tubulosis 
vaginatus, ramulis floriferis alternis distichis elongatis patenti-recurvis ; spathse coriaceze, 
aculeatw ; bractese latiores quam longs, bracteole in cupulam campanulatam ien 
Flores T immersi. 
Species ad 6, Archipelagi Malayani, Novz Guinew et insularum Fiji incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. 
Palm. iii, 213, 343 (excl. sect. Pigafetta), t. 102, 159. — Kunth, Enum. Pl.iii. 2913 (excl. sp.). Dict. 
Sc. Nat.1. 32, 33 (Sagus) Kon. in Kam. et Sims Ann. Bot. i. 193, t. 4. Griff. Palm. Brit. Ind. 
21, 4.181; Append. xx. (Sagus). Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 139 (excl. sect. 2).  Beccari, Males. 91; 
et in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. Xii. 29. Caitococcus, H. Wendl. in Seem. Fl. Vit. est. Sagus vitiensis, 
H. Wendl. 
110. Raphia, Beawv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. i. TD, t. 44, f. 1, 45, 46. (Metroxylon, Spreng. 
Gen. Pl. 283, non Rottb.)—Flores in ramulis pectinatis compressis ejusdem spadicis maximi 
terminalis fastigiatim ramosi monoici, distichi, bracteati et bracteolati ; perianthium crasse 
eoriaceum. Fl. 4: Calyx tubulosus, ore truncato dutegeimir v. minute denticulato. 
Corolla. curva, basi contracta trigona solida, tis 31 latis. valvatis. 
Stamina 6-16, filamentis subulatis v. incrassatis basi connatis et basibus segmentorum 
insertis; antherz erectz, lineares, basin versus aflix:e, obtuss v. mucronate, loculis a 
latere dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl 9 pam majores, Porn post 
anthesin immutato. Calyx et corolla maris. Stami 
corolle tubo basi insertum connata. Ovarium ovoideum, 3-l EN t 
stigmata sessilia, subulata, IOOUIYA; ovula supra Jon loculofum inserta, ; aea 
magnus, oblongus ovoideus v. ellip * rostratus, 1-locul , l-spermus, stigmatibus 
ierminalibus, pericarpio crasso squamis Ibricati! im loricato, endo- 
carpio fungoso. Semen latere affixum, oblongum, utrinque obtusum v. acutum, sulcatum, 
hilo laterali, raphe lineari ramis reticulatis, albumine osseo solido ruminato; embryo 
ventralis.—Palmese monocarpiez, inermes v. vaginis armatis, caudicibus mediocribus v. 
elatis simplicibus v. dichotome divisis dense annulatis. "Folia terminalia, longissima, 
tis lineari-l 1. tis crasse coriaceis, 
costa valida, . marginibusque basi. recurvis. setosis ,v. aculeolatis, rhachi bifaeiali antice 
aeuta apice non producta, petiolo cylindraceo v. dorso convexo facie planiusculo, vagina 
brevi, marginibus longe fibrosis. Spadices maximi, penduli, cylindracei, dense ramosis- 
