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Ocnocarpns Marl., BMI., Knnth. 



O. utilis Klotzsch. Caudicc iicracili, nudo; frondibns 

 sparsis; 25jngi»; rhaehibus stipitcquc triangularibus, adprcsso 

 fusco-squamulosis; pinnis scssilibus _, lincaribus, longissime - 

 acuminatis; spalhis longissimis, subulatis ; spadicc fructiforo 

 nibentc; baccis globosis^ nigris; sominis albuminc radialim- 

 striato, in sicco fusco - raarmorato. 



Caudex cylindricus, nudus, 36 pedes longus, 3-poll. in 

 diametro. Corpus ligneura durum, carneum. Mcdnlla spon- 

 giosa, flavcscens, mollis, Frondes circitcr 10, terminales, 

 sparsae , pinnatae, 7 — 8-pcdales. Vaginae frondinm nitidae, 

 plus minusve fuscae, 1 1 / 2 ped. Iongae. Rhachis stipesquc 

 triangularis, 6 ped. longa, crassitudine pcnnac cygncao. 

 Pinnae erectae, sessiles, subopposilae, lineares, longissime 

 ncnminatae, parallele -venosae, raargine integerriraac, acu- 

 tae, atro-viridcs, pedem lougae, semipollicem latac. Spatliac 

 diphyllae, compresso- cylindricae, longissime rostratae, fusco- 

 tomentosae, 4 — 4 1 /« ped. Iongae, IV2— 21 /a poll. in dia- 

 mctro, exteriori profundius fissa , interiori subulata, longitu- 

 dineexteriorem triplo superaute. Spadices simpliciter fastigiato- 

 ramosi , fruetiferi rnbentes. Flores monoici in eodera spadice, 

 in scrobiculis sessiles, ebracteati, feminei solitarii, inter ge- 

 minos mascnlos positi. Mase. : Perigonium exterius triphyl- 

 lum, foliolis parvis, carnosis, raargine membranaceis, sub- 

 triangularibus, in alabastro subimbricatis, interius triphyllum, 

 foliolis majoribns in alabastro valvatis. Stamina 6, lilamcnta 

 subulata; anlherae biloculares, introrsum dehiscenics , versa- 

 tiles. Ovarii rudimcntum stigmatibus tribii9 orualura. Fem. 

 Perigonium exterius interinsqne tat in mare. Staminnm rudi- 

 menta nulla. Ovariura 3-loculare, loculis 2 rainimis. Stigma- 

 ta 3, scssilia, acuta, conniventia. Bacca raonosperma, nigra, 

 globosa, semipollicaris, raesocarpio carnoso, stigmatibus 



