$8 - Nova Genera 
NIPA. 
Flores monoici: feminei terminales; mafculi laterales 
^Cinferiores, | 3s | 
* Mafculi: ` ! 
Car. Spathæ oblongæ, concavæ,  acuminatz, cori- 
å aceæ; exteriores majores, interiores fenfim 
includentes. | 
Periantbium proprium nullum. 
ComoLLA hexapetala.. Petala linearia, qualia, pa- 
- tenti- reflexa, lineam longa. 
Sram. Filamentum unicum, filiforme, erectum ,lon- 
-gitudine petalorum. 
Antbera apice filamenti perforata, 12-fulca- 
ta, oblonga, flava. | 
Feminina — nyss 
Car. Spathæ uti in mare. 
ConorrLa nulla. ; 
Pist. Germen angulatum, fepe quinquangulare, ob- 
lique truncatum, glabrum. 
Stylus & Stigma nullum; fed eorum loco ful- 
cus in alterutro latere. 
Prnic. Drupe plurimæ, aggregate in capitulum ma- 
nitudine capitis, angulatz angulis inzquali- 
us acutis vel obtufis, inferne attenuatæ, 
fuperne obtufatæ, glabræ, magnitudine nu- 
cis caftanez. | E 
CTER generis: Mas. ) Sparha. Corolla 6- pe- 
tala. ' A 
Fem. $ Spatha. Cor. O. Dru: 
pæ angulatæ. 
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