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Tribus III. BORASSINAE Mart, Endl., Kunth. 



Pi nnatifrondcs Mart., Endl., Kunth. 



Oconoma Willd., Marl., Endl., Kunth. 



ii. siuiplicifrons Willd. Caudice anmdinaceo, annu- 

 \ X io, 3 — 8-pedali; frondibus terniinalibns, paucis, obovatis, 

 submembranaceis, apice biiidis, basi attenuatis, tandem 2 



3 — 4-jnge- pinnatitissis ; lacinüs oppositis, adnatis, re- 



motis, falcatis, longissirae-acnminatis; spadicibus rufo- 

 fuscis gracilibus, simpliter ramosis; ramis tenuibus 3 — 4, 

 alternis; alveolis margine integerrimis , 4 — 5-fariam imbri- 

 catis; baecis parvis, globosis, brevissime apiculatis, e viridi- 

 nigricantibus, snbruguloso -nitidis. Geonoma simplicifrons 

 Willd. Meraoires de J'Academie royale des sciences a Berlin 

 1804. p. 39. Spec. plant. IV. p. 594. n. 2. Schumacher iae 

 species Karsten in lit. (Moliiiillum Incol.) GconomaWilldc- 

 nowii Klotzsch in Mohl et Schldl. bot. Zeilg. 1846. n. 6. 

 p. 101. 



Candex ariindinaceii9, annulatus, 3 — 8 ped. longus, 

 semipollicem crassus, radicibus e terra emersi9 et in conum 

 connivenlibus suslentus. Frondes terminales 3 — 4, ample- 

 xicaules, membrauaceae, laete - virides , obovatae, apice bi- 

 fidae, basi altenuatae, subtus, praesertim ad rhachin costu- 

 lasque lloceulis membranaceis, fuscis secedentibus couspersae, 

 2V 2 — 3 ped. longae, 7 — 11 poll. lalae, tandem 2-, 3 — 4- 

 jugo-pinnatifissae. Laciniae falcatae, longissime acnminatac, 

 ad basin 2 — 3 poll. latae. Venulae 4 — 6, inter costulas 

 parallelas. Stipes crassitic pcnuae anserinae, pedem longus, 

 trigonu*. Spadix simpliciter ramosus, 1 — 1 J / 2 ped. longns. 

 Slipe9 6 — 8 poll. longns, rnfo -fnsctis, crassitudine pennae 

 corvinac ad crassilndinein pennae anserinae, rugulosus. Ra- 

 mi 3 — 4 erecto-subdivarieati , alter ni, attenuatim- stipitati, 



