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to the terminal bifid one, one pair being 5 cm. wide, the next 1 cm. wide. It is not 

 infrequent, however, for palms usually stemless occasionally to develop stems (e. g. 

 Teysmannia and Igucmura spectahllis), or for palms with normally entire leaves to have 

 them occasionally split up into narrower lobes. This often occurs in Flnanga dlstichu. 

 Griff. 



LiNOSPADIX PAUCIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caulis arundinaceus. Folia obcuneata, bifida, 16 cm. longa, ad sinum 6 mm. lata, 

 lobis 8 cm. lougis inte^ris subobtusis, nervis utrinque ad 14 parallelis in pagina 

 superiore elevatis sulitus vix elevatis, petiolo nullo, vagina brunneo-furfuracea, 

 marginibus in fibi'illis laciniatis. Spadices filiformes. Si)athcB apjiroximataj, 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatse, 2'5 cm. longae, 3 mm. latse. Sjiadix 22 cm. lougus, 

 parte basali 13 cm. nuda. Flores parvi, 2 mm. longi, remoti, rhachi non incrassata, 

 alveolis vix distinctis. ? : Sepala coriacea, suborbicularia, ad margines ciliata. 

 Petala duplo longiora, lanceolata, subacuta. Ovarium conicum, ovoideum. 

 Stigmata crassiuscula, recurva. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



Allied to L. flabellata, Becc, but the flowers are smaller and more remote, and the 

 sepals not carinate. 



LlNOSPADIX ELEGANS, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Folia ambitu cuneata, 20 cm. longa, 12 cm. lata, in lobos 8 lineares acuminates fissa, 

 lobis basalibus 1 cm. latis, caeteris angustioribus 4 mm, latis, terminalibus pro 



1 cm. connatis, 8 mm. latis, apice acutis, nervis vix elevatis, petiolo 7 cm. longo dorso 

 convexo ad margines angulato, A^agina ligulata, lobis tribus lanceolatis acuminatis 



2 cm. lougis. Spadices filiformes, 45 cm. longi. Spatha basalis non visa, suprema 

 spicre propiuqua lineari- lanceolata, 9 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, acuminata. S_pica 

 13 cm. longa, rhachi paullo incrassata. Flores dissiti, in alveolis baud profundis 

 siti, 3 mm. longi. <5 : Sepala suborbicularia, carinata, glabra. Fetala elliptica 

 obtusa. Stamina 9, filamentis brevissimis, anthcris flavis oblongis. $ : Sepala 

 latiora, convexa, nee carinata. Petala ovata-triangularia. Lriipa fusiformis, 

 basi jiedicellata, apice breviter obtuse rostrata, multicostata. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Near L. caudiciilata, Becc, but the lamina is not oval in outline nor the leaflets 

 sigmoid-lanceolate, and the flowers are situated in alveoli. 



Lieu ALA GRANDIELORA, Ridl., sp. nOV. 



Folia lamina 60 cm. longa, coriacea, lobis 20 aut pluribus lanceolatis acuminatis 

 1-5-3 cm. latis apice breviter obtuse bidentatis, nervis 3-5, petiolo 80 cm. longo 

 dorso convexo dimidio inferiore aculeis brevibus rectis armato. Sjiadix valida, 

 75 cm. longa, pedunculo complanato, ramis 2 pedunculis 7 cm. longis furfuraceis. 

 Spathce 30 cm. longae, in uno latere fissae, glabrae, laminis lanceolatis 3'5 cm. 

 latis, tubo ancipite. Spicce 17 cm. louga3, 2 cm. crassse, rhachi valida pubescente. 

 Flores copiosi, lactei, dense congesti, 5 mm. longi, pedicellis brevissimis. Calyx 



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