648 LEAFLETS OF PHiLiPPINE BOTANY (Vor. II, arr. 36 
(Elmer). Leaves cirriferous, apparently about 1 m. long in the 
pinniferous part, with few inequidistant remotely grouped leaf- 
lets; petiole almost obsolete; rachis armed beneath towards its 
upper end with (usually) solitary claws along the middle, and 
several others much smaller at the sides, all having a light color- 
ed base and a black tip; on the upper surface the rachis is 
bifaced with the salient angle spinulous in its lower portion; the 
terminal cirrus is slender and very densely armed with small, 
scattered, and very sharp claws; leaflets geminate or in pairs on 
each side of the rachis, the pairs of one side opposite to those of 
the other side, altogether forming 3-4 remote groups; in each of 
these the leaflets are 15-20 mm. apart at their bases; they are 
papery, rigidulous, dark green above, very slightly lighter 
beneath concavo-convex, oblong-oblanceolate, 15-25 em. long, 
4-6.5 broad, the basal pair being much the smallest, usually 
broadest above their middle and thence gradually narrowing . 
. towards an acute base; near the summit they are more or less 
 eontracted into a point more or less elongate, triangular, and 
aeuminate; they have usually 5 slender costae which are smooth 
on both surfaces; transverse veinlets extremely numerous and ap- 
. proximate, very slender but very sharp on both surfaces; margins 
very remotely and inconspicuously spinulous, except at the apex, 
where the spinules are closer and larger. Male spadix........ : 
Female spadix elongate (about 2 m. long— Elmer) extended into 
a slender tip with only 2-4 remote partial inflorescences; 
primary spathes elongate, tubular, cylindraceous, rather closely 
sheathing, finely striate longitudinally, thinly eoriaceous, green, 
narrowing a good deal in their lower portion to a very slender 
axial part, rather densely armed with small scattered prickles, 
obliquely truncate at the mouth, and prolonged at one side into a 
triangular acuminate point; partial inflorescences inserted near 
the mouth of their respective spathes, arched-scorpioid, small 
(about 10 em. long in one specimen) with 2 series of (each 
series consisting of 6-7) slightly assurgent spiklets; secondary 
. Spathes tubular-infundibuliform, rather closely sheathing, hori- 
. zoutally truncate, entire and smooth at the mouth; spikelets z 
. inserted at, or a little above, the mouth of their respective — — 
 spathes; spikelets small, slender; the lowest being the largest, - 
.. 2.5-3 cm. long, with 10-11 flowers on each side, the others | 
: pared pend) aud with. lone flowers; T MEUS suddenly 
