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breves, breviter ped lati, ped ! i pressis distichis robustis patentibus ; 
spaths ad squamas brevissimas basin ramorum stipantes reduci ; bractes e squamis 
minutis. , 
Species 3 v. 4, Afriez tropic occidentalis incole. Genus spadiee evaginato et floribus fero 
ebraeteatis singulare; nervi segmentorum in E. Hookeri illos Korthalsie revocant; in E. cuspidato 
eontra, nervi in apicem d ipi segmenti 
113. Aneistrophyllum, JMann et H. Wendl. in Kerch. de Denterg. Palm, 230 ;. et n 
Trans. Lin. Soc. xxiv. 492, t. 38 D, 41 G, 43 C (Calami sub ).— Flores h phroditi. 
in ramis elongatis spadicis erecti terminalis distiche inserti, spathaceo-bracteati et bracteo- 
lati ; perianthium crasse coriaceum, post anthesin auctum. Calyx campanulatus, breviter 
$-lobus. Corolla oblongo-cylindracea, 3-partita, segmentis lineari-oblongis acutis erecto- 
patentibus valvatis. Stamina 6, basi segment. inserta, fil xtis lingulatis v. clavatis ; 
antherz liheari-oblongz, basi 2-fidze, dorsifixs, erecto. , Ovarium. ovoideum, squamulis 
reversis fimbriatis onustum, 3-loculare, in stylum graeilem elongatum attenuatum, stig- 
matibus 3 minutis oblongis; ovula basilaria v. subbasilaria, erecta. Fructus parvus, 
ovoideo-globosus, rostratus, 1-spermus, stylo terminali, pericarpio tenui squamis deorsum 
imbricatis tessellatim lorieato.." Semen erectum v. suberectum, globosum v. dorso 
compressum, hilo basilari v. supra-basilari, chalaza dorsali, raphe lineari, albumine 
sequabili v. extus. lacunoso ; embryo ventralis.—Palmse monocarpieze, czspitosz, alte 
dent dicibus gracilibus elongatis flexuosis. Folia remota, alterna, szequaliter 
pinnatisécta, segmentis subaggregatis v. alternis lineari-lanceolatis v. oblongo-falcatis acu- 
minatis nervis cóstisque lzvibus, ginib leolatis basi recurvis, rhachi valida antice 
planiuscula dorso convexa marginibusque levibus v. aculeatis, apice in funem elongatum 
crassum 3-gonum segmentis deflexis ensiformibus auctum producta, vagina clausa spinosa 
in ocream elongatam producta. Spadix pyramidatus, 4-6-pedalis, distiche duplicato- 
ramosus, ramis pendulis, ramulis alternis longissimis flexuosis ; spathze tubulose, pedun- 
culum jue spadicis vaginantes; bractem spathelleformes, 2-fores; bracteole in 
cupulam 2-cuspidatam 2-alatam obliquam connatee, Flores mediocres. Fructus parvus. 
Species 3 v. 4, Afriez occidentalis incole. Genus in sectiones 2 dividendum :— 
1. Ancistrophyllum, Mann et H. Wendl; 1. e. Calaini subgen. ^ Folii segmenta basi angusta inserta, 
anguste lineari-laneeolata. Semen eompressum, leve, hilo basilari." Species 1: Calamus secundi- 
florus, Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. t. 9,10. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 341. 
2. Laccosperma. Mann et H. Wendl. 1. e. 430, t. 88 B, 41 D, 43 D, Calami subgen.; Drude in 
Bot. Zeit. 1877, 635, t. 5, f. 45. Folii segmenta basi late inserta, late faleato-elliptiea v. lanceolata. 
Semen globosum, foveolatum, peltatum. Species 2 y. 3. LAccosPERMA, Mann et H, Wendl. in Kerch. 
de Denterg. Palm. 249. 
114. Muritia, Linn. f. Suppl. 10.—Flores monoici v. polygamo-dioici, in ramulis brevi- 
bus distichis spadicis interfoliacei panieulato-ramosi inserti, bracteati et bracteolati, 
ramulis d iformibus floribus fertissimis, 9 brevibus paucifloris ; perianthium 
coriaceum. Fl. 4: Calyx cyathiformis v. infundibulari indivisus v. e sepalis 3 cuneatis. 
Petala 3, lanceolata, erecta, basi in stipitem brevem contracta, valvata. Stamina 6, basi 
petal inserta, fil &is brevibus v. subelongatis liberis v. in columnam brevem 
connatis, 9 petalis oppositis longioribus ; antheree oblongse v. lineari-oblongse, erecte, 
dorsifi Ovarii rudimentt . Fl. 9 v. Qj masculis multo majores. Calyx 
eupularis v. ovoideus. Petala 3, unguicülata, unguibus tenuibus liberis v. connatis, 
lamina lanceolata àcuminata! erecta intus basi eristata: v. appendiculata, valvata, post 
anthesin valde aucta. "Staminodia 0 nisi appendices petal Ovarium squam- 
osum, 9-loculare; stigmata sessilia, subulata; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus ellip- 
soideus v. globosus, 1-loeularis, 1-spermus, pericarpio tenui squamis retrorsum imbricatis 
llatim loricato, endocarpio | tenuiter carnoso. Semen globosum v. ovoideum, testa 
levi, raphe umbilicali laterali, chalaza elongata verticali mamillari v..calcarata, albumine 
sequabili solido osseo ; embryo ventralis. —Palmee elegantissi Ibi dice gracili 
