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b*. Leaflets equidistant. 
ce’. The mouths of the leaf sheaths unarmed. 
d’. Leaflets lanceolate-ensiform, the largest 30 to 45 em long, 3 to 
3.5 cm wide, the midrib only sparsely bristly below, smooth 
above or else minutely spinulous near the apex; fruit spherical, 
mammillate-beaked, 18 to 20 mm in diameter..... 3. D. ochrolepis. 
@. Leaflets less than 3 cm wide, bristly on three to five nerves above. 
e’. Leaflets 30 cm long, 15 to 16 mm wide (the largest), bristly 
on three nerves above, and on the midrib only underneath; 
the axis of the spadix and spikelets coated with a rusty- 
brown scurf; fruit carried on a pedicel 8 to 10 mm long, 
globose-ovoid, obtusely mammillate-beaked. 
4. D. urdanetanus. 
e*. Leaflets very narrowly lanceolate, 20 to 23 em long, 14 to 18 
mm. wide (the largest), bristly on three nerves above, and 
with a few long bristles on the midrib only underneath. 
Male flowers very long and slender (12 mm long). 
: 5. D. Loherianus. 
e*. Leaflets 30 cm long, 15 to 20 mm wide (the largest), bristly 
on five nerves above, but only on the midrib beneath, fruit 
12 to 17 mm long, 9 to 11 mm through, ovoid-ellipsoid, carried 
on a pedicel 4 to 6 mm long...........-..........--. 6. D. pedicellaris. 
d’. Leaflets less than 8 cm wide, having the midrib alone spinulous, 
on only one or on both surfaces. 
e’. Leaflets 80 to 32 cm long, 2 to 2.5 em wide (the largest), 
having the midrib alone spinulous on both surfaces; axis of 
the spadix and spikelets densely coated with a copious brown 
felt; fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, blunt-mammillate, carried on a 
thick, 5 to 6 mm long pedicel 7. D. pannosus. 
e*. Leaflets 30 to 40 cm long, 2 to 2.5 em wide (the largest), 
smooth or nearly so on the upper surface, underneath the 
midrib alone remotely spinulous; axial parts of the spadix and 
spikelets coated with adherent rusty-brown scurf; fruit 
globose and obtusely mammillate, 17 to 18 mm in diameter, 
with a few well-conformed scales, and carried on a pedicel 
10 to 12 mm long. 8. D. oligolepis. 
e. The mouths of the leaf-sheaths armed with erect spines, longer 
than those on the body. 
ad’. Fruit large, over 2 cm in diameter; leaflets narrowly ensiform, 
40 to 42 cm long, 13 to 15 mm broad (the largest), spinulous 
on three nerves above and bristly on the midrib alone beneath; 
fruit spherical, 20 to 24 mm in diameter.... 9. D. Clemensianus. 
d’. Fruit less than 2 cm in diameter. 
e’. Leaflets linear-ensiform, 35 to 45 cm long, 16 to 24 mm broad 
(the largest), with three bristly nerves on the upper surface, 
underneath the midrib alone or, occasionally, also three nerves 
bristly; partial inflorescences and spikelets spreading; fruit 
globose, mammillate-beaked, often slightly depressed, 15 to 
18 mm in diameter........ 10. D. Gaudichaudii. 
e. Leaflets narrowly ensiform, 55 to 60 cm long, 20 to 22 mm 
broad (the largest), almost smooth above and with only a 
few short bristles on the midrib underneath; partial in- 
