Spadix inter foliis et fibris erupentes petiolum brevior 

 longe pedunculatus, pedunciilum fusco-lanosum, rachi in 

 ramos brevis 4-divisâ densé scrobiculatâ, spathâ exteriora 

 lanceolata pedunculum majora, brunneo-tomentosâ, interiora 

 lato oblonga incurvâ extus densé lana molli fulva vellutino 

 tecta ; floribus fem. sepalis reniformibus minimis acutis, 

 petalis multo majoribus lalo-oblongis mucronatis, androeceo 

 sterili ad basin petalorum connatis irregulariter dentatis ; 

 drupa parva tomentosa tunuiter aculeata. 



Palma acaulis, caudice brevi terrae immerso, solitária. Folia 

 4-5 contemporânea, o,"'5 — o,"8 lg., vagina dorso aculea- 

 tissima, o,'"9 — o,'"io lg., /^//i?/í? tomentoso, aculeis brunneis 

 mollibus tecto et magnis esparsé armato, o,'"io-o,"i5 lg., 

 rachi o,"" \^ lg., 4-anguiosi, supra aculeis nigris esparsé 

 armato, /o/io/is lineari-conduplicatis, o,'"30 — o,'"36 X ©,"'004- 

 — o, ""005 lg., subaequilongis. Spadix o,"'i6 — o,™20 lg., 

 pedunculus o,'" 12 — o,'" 13 lg. gracilis, fulvo densé lana- 

 tus, arcuatus in rachim 4-ramosis divisi, tamis o,'"04 lg., 

 densé scrobiculatis. Spatha exteriora o,"" 1 6 X Oj"'o 1 2 lg., 

 lanceolata, obtusa, interiora o,'"oS — o,"'i2 lg., extus lana 

 molli brunneo v. fulva velutino densé tecta, brevi mu- 

 cronata, concava, incurva. Flores vtasc. o, ""006 lg., ca- 

 lyce 0,^00 1 lg., sepalis ad basin paulo connatis, lanceola- 

 tis, acuminatis, dorso subcarinatis, petalis irregulariter lan- 

 ceolatis, interdum cucculatis, acutis, ad basin attenuatis ; 

 statninibus 6, inclusis '3 pétala aequantibus,^?/^;^^;^^/^ erectis, 

 ad apicem attenuatis antherae subaequalibus ; antherae 

 lineari-oblongae, utrinque emarginatae, laterafiter fissae, 

 medifixae ; gernmiodium minimum, tripartitum. Flor fem. 

 3-5 ad basin ramorum, conicis, sepalis minimis, reniformi- 

 bus, acutis, convexis, disjuntis, o,"'oo2 lg., petalis sepalis 

 multo majora, 0,^005 X o,'"oo7 lg., acuto-mucronatis, renifor- 

 mis, concavis, dorsaliter subcarinatis, androeceo sterili ur- 

 ceolari, irregulariter dentati, ad basin petalis connatis ova- 



