1514 HEXANDBIA. MONOGYNIA. Lf.pidocaru.m. 



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ber, inermis, cinereo.fuscus, superne plerumciue petiolorum ba- 

 sibus persistentibus arctc circumvolutus et quasi tunicatus. Fron- 

 des amoene laxiusculae, 8 12, raro plures, crcctac. Petioli 2-5 

 pcd., ima basi membranacca, fusca vcl virescenti fusca, cylin- 

 ilraceo- convoluta, amplcxicaules , dorso carinato-confexi» tan- 

 dem irregulariter rumpendi , supra basin scu antiee longitumne 

 circiter pedis dorso convexi, virides, tomento lepuloto gnseo- 

 iiisco adspersi , ventre concavi, nitidi, glabri, obscure olivaceo- 

 fusci , infrn frondcs comprcsso-terctes , dorso convexo, ventrcin 

 nngulurn obtusiusculuno cpnnivente, glabriusculi, virides. La- 



mina frondium 3-1 spilham., ad basin usque bipartita , ima basi, 

 quae rhacbi superne conve\ae ungucm polliccmve longae insen- 

 tur, utrinque in plicas 10 -12 plicata, supra basin in pinnasirre- 

 gulariter fissa, ifa, Ut harum aliae, plerumque mediac, latiores, 

 lanceolatae <• pinnis ~>l constent, alinc 2, aliae simplices. rin- 



nae simplicej lineari lanceolatae', acutae, nervo medio supcrnf 

 acute promincnte, latcralibus utrliKrue circitCr 3j extmiae 



margine exteridre passim setulis llavescentibus, basi fuscis; r • 

 «ruae in nervo medio tantum setulis similibus, supra iiitw JJ 



des, subtus vif pailidiores, glaberrimne. Spadices longit* 

 frondium, plerumque nonnulli intcr eorundem ba ses eiser^ 

 erecto^patentes, fructiferi demum nutantes, ramosi. re ■ *. 

 lus iy a pcd., comprcsso-anccps, tomcnto denso netersu ' 

 obscure frrruginro, spalhis 1-0 alternantibus. Spatnae a 

 Jatae, acutae, apice oinnes apertae , ore simpliciter w *** 



trunrafo vel bilobo, oxtus virirles, intus t«staceo - / uscae, r . spi . 

 branaceae, longitmlinalitcr striatae. Rami florigen e V^VJfa 

 tha soJitarii, rarissime gemini , hinc altcrni, erecto-p _ 

 circiler spithamaei , sursuin longitudinc decrcscentes, H F ^ 

 dense vestiti spathis rameis, cyathiformibus, ore trnnca m^ 

 tcre alternatim aculis, nervis oblique a basi ad apiceni ^^ 

 rentihus, junioribus tomento ferrugineo denso, e* ^* / £ a l- 

 "idultia glabrescntibus, in quibus amenta florum maseu ^^ 

 tcrna, primum crecta , dcin arcuato-recurva, poTI 1 caf ^ JLjjciter 

 flora: flores intra spatbas terlii nrdinis, s. sqnamas < F^^ 

 spathellati atquc distichi. Spathae hic cyathifornies> ^^ 

 amplectentes, orc truncato, later* cxteriorc producto 1 ,^ ^ 

 breve, basi roseae, superne viridos, <d)Iique nervosae,F^ jor 

 rugineis passim adsucrsAi». Snarhidla s. soatha noralJ* JWJ 



rugmeis passim adspersae. Spatbella s. spatha nor , c ji c6 l|ata- 

 intra spatham teriii ordinis singula, campauulatat 8 ?^P concaV a, 



Aihil mmor, campanulata, ore oWique excis,., vcnt v ^ 

 *orso eoncava, margine cristata. Cal. subinde co t rp u- 

 ntbtngonps,. pra iruncal^, pbilef tridanticulato^ \°- l0re f 

 reus, longitudiiialiter nervosuV, glaber, spathcDJ ' n ^ 

 — '— : r. Cor. caijce ci isior, triplo longion ^ u , ong itu- 



, _.is Ianceolatis, acut.usculis, crectis. w«" j r0 &' 



dme corollac: fila monta crassa , tcrctiuscula , a,t),(1 rUff i a*' 

 antherae ovato- oblongae. ntrinque apicibus "l af . nenl ma^J 

 tae, ochroleucae. Amcnta florum hermap!iro<l»t° r flor ale* ul 

 brcviora, 6-l>-flora, ercct;. ve\ rccurva. S P at flora e. ^' 

 in amcntis masculis, brcviores, latiorcs, singulac 1- ca mpf^' 

 tbella unica (cucrior in amentis mascuUs) ventnco!» jtf* 



rum lon^io 



censj petal 





