936 CLXXXVIIL PALMZE. [Lepidocaryece. 
simi, ramis brevibus imbricatis flabelliformibus pectinatim ramosis li li 
compressis bracteis floriferis vaginantibus densissime veginatis quasi articulatis ; j ;spatha 
communis 0, partiales ramos i g ; bracteze 
arcte imbricatz; bracteole dorso in ginulam 2-fidam conna&e. Flores 
elongati, sepius decurvi, fiie: exserti, inferiores in ramulis ultimis spadicis 9. Fructus 
magnus, squamis amplis. 
Species 6 v. 7, Afrieze tropicze et Madagascarise incole, et'una Amerieana ab Amazonum ostia ad 
Nicaraguam éxtensa. Mart. Hist. Nat. Pali. ii. 53, t. 45, 47, f. 5, 48 (Sagus), iii. 216, 343. Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. 216... Lam. Hlustr. t. 171 (Sagus). Dict. Sc. Nat. t. 30, 31 (Sagus). - Gertn. Fruct. 
t. 10, f. 1 (Sagus). : Griff. Palin. Brit. Ind. t. 182 (Sagus).....Drude in. Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii, 286, 
1. 61, 62, Wallace, Palm. Amaz. 42, 1. 2,16. .Mann et H, Wendl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 437, 
139 A, B, 42 A, B, O, D. 
lll. Oncocalamus, Mann et H. Wendl. in Kerch. de Dentergh. Palm. 252; et in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxiv. 430, t. 41 E, 43 E (Calami subgenus).—Flores monoici, in ramis spadicis 
axillaris simpliciter ramosi vaginati distiche glomerati, bracteati et bracteolati, glomerulis 
polygamo-monoicis ; perianthium coriaceum. Fl. 4 glomeruli numerosi. Calyx oblongus, 
3-dentatus v. breviter 3-fidus, lobis fimbriatis valvatis. Petala calyce inclusa, ima basi 
connata, ovata, acuta, concava, chart; riacea, marginibus tenuibus valvatis. Stamina 6, 
filamentis in tubum bl tum petalis zequilongum connatis ; antherze 
minutz, didymse, ad os tubi sessiles, 3 Mora paullo altius inserte.  Ovarii er odd 
styliforme. Fl. 9 in gl lo solitarii, ianthio post anthesin immutato. 
Calyx maris. Petala maris sed basi altius connata. - Biaminodia andrcecio maris similia 
sed antheris orbata, et tubo calyeis adnata. Ovarium. el gat ; 9-loculare, 
superne squamis reversis opertum, in stylum strictum tum att üm, stigmatil 
3 brevissimis ; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus immaturus globosus, jum terminali. 
Semen . . .—Palma scandens, caudice elongato gracili. Folia elongata, zequaliter pinna- 
tisecta, segmentis oppositis et alternis elongat latis acutis, remote 
Pee basi recurvis, rhachi inermi obtuse 3-gona in funem gracilem 3-gonum segmentis 
in spinas alternas reversas mutatis producta, petiolo. brevissimo, vagina in ocream trun- 
catam producta. Spadices penduli, distiche ramosi, inermes, ic nudi, superne spathis 
tubulosis "irunoatis vaginati, ramis, longissimis S ESUDUA pendulis ; bractez imbricatz, 
infundib Ip jp D-1l-flores; bracteole in corpus faviforme 
confertze. 
Species 1, Africze occidentalis ad Sierra del Crystalineola, Flores ut nobis videtur pro maxima 
parte Z, uno in glomerulo fruetum maturante. 
112, Eremospatha, Monn et H. Wendl. im Kerch. e Dentergh. Palm. 959; et in 
Mer Linn. ues xxiv. 455, t. 41 A, B, O, 43 B (Oalami genus). —Flores her pl 
p axillaris licit vatiosi gemini, distichi, minute 
bracteat Sich ; perianthium (Grasso coriaceum, post anthesin immutatum. Calyx 
tus v. 3-dentat Corolla oblonga, 3-loba, lobis brevibus 
ovatis acutis villis Stainiria 6, daas coroll: inserta, fil ti in annulum 
crassum 6-dentatum connatis ; anthere minut, cordatz, dorso affixse.. Ovarium colum- 
nare, squamis reversis ilti stigmata lingulata ; ovula subbasilaria, erecta. Fructus 
oblongus ell » l-rarius 2-3-locularis et -spermus, pericarpio 
tenui squamis addelise imbricatis tessellatim loricato. Semen peltatum, oblongum, a 
dorso compressum, subrugosum, hilo supra-basilari lineari, chalaza dorsali, rapheos ramis 
ab hilo radiantibus, albumine zequabili ; embryo ventralis.—Palmze scandentes, caudicibus 
elongatis gracilibus flexuosis annulatis. Folia alterna, equaliter p g 
alternis et oppositis lineari-lanceolatis nervis in apicem it 
obovatis obtusis nervis flabellati ibus basi recurvis nudis v. adis 
Zücpr v. supra medium erosis; fhachi obtuse 9-gona marginibus spinosis apice in 
9-gonum ti in spinas oppositas erassas rigidas deflexas mutatis 
ponia. A sub 0, vagina tubulosa aculeata in ocream iruncatam producta. Spadices 
