332 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PLANTS FEOM NICOBAR ISLANDS. 



subfalcato-incurvis obtusiusculis ; spadix intricato-decompositus, 1^-2 

 ped. longus, glaber, rami et ramuli basibus axis dilatato-fissis dense 

 lanatis inserti ; bracteolte subfioribus 3, latse, intus densissime albo-' 

 villosa), periantbii feminei sepala et petala subconformia, lato-ovata, 

 obtusa, c. H lin. longa, coriacea, castanea, nitida ; drupae spiraliter 

 tristichse, globosas, in sicco subobovoidea, cerasi magnitudine, laeves, 

 mesocarpio tenui-fibroso, endocarpio tenui-crustaceo nitido ; semen fere 

 4 lin. longum, ovoideo-oblongum, subtus planiusculum et nervis 

 aliquot longitudinalibus precursum dorso convexo longitudinaliter 

 rugato-costatum ; albumen homogeneum in centre obsolete cavum v. 

 omnino solidum, cinereum, cavitate embryonali apicali laterali — Fre- 

 quens in sylvis ins. Kamortae.— Habitu hoec palma omnino cum prae- 

 cedente quadrat et statura tantium differt. Veitchia, potius pro sectione 

 OraniiB quam pro genere distincto samenda est. [Tab. 171, fig. 19-25.] 

 Ornithocephalochloa, nov. gen. (inter Phalarideas Graminearum). 

 — Spicae 5-spiculatae, spiculae rachi complicatae uniseriatim insertae et 

 secundae, omnes biflorae, superiora 4 masculae, deciduae, infima basalis 

 flosculum hermaphroditum et alterum masculum includens. Rachis 

 complicata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, cum pedicello cuneiformi com- 

 plicate apice indistincte biauriculato ferecontinua, post anthesinuna cum 

 pedicello sublignoso-induraceus et induplicans spiculam fructigeram 

 nunc spurie pendulum arete includens et quasi fructum avis caput 

 simulantem representat. Glumae 2, membranaceae, valvulas aequantes v- 

 pauUulum superantes, inferior 5-7-, superior 3-nervia. Valvulse 

 florum masculorum marginibus inflexis interiorem subaequilongam 

 hyalicam angustam amplectantes, subenerviae, glumae subconsimiles ; 

 ete florum hermapbroditorum coriaceae, subenerviae, flosculum arete 

 includcntes. Stamina 3, filamentis longis, strictiusculis ; antherge 

 lineares, utrinque bifidae. Ovarium oblongum, stylus perbrevis, stigmata 

 2, dense plumosa. Gramina longe repentes foliis brevibus, littora 

 arenosa ins. Nicobarenses habitantes. 



37. 0. arenicola, nov. sp. — Gramen caespitosum longe prorepens ; 

 folia lanceolata, acuminata, puberula, ^-1^ poll, longa, vaginae am- 

 pliusculae, puberulae, ligula angustissima, pilosa ; spicae secundae c. 4 

 lin. longae, in pedicellum cuneiformem dense appresse hirsutum c. 2 

 lin. longum complicatum productae et folio florali subspathaceo sup- 

 portatac ; rachis appresse hirsutula complicata et cum pedicello sub- 

 articulata, sub fructu accrescens et reduplicans fructum spurium orni- 

 thocephoideum puberulum formans ; caryopsis oblonga 1^ lin. longa, 

 pallida. — Hab. in arenosis calcareis littorum ins. Katchall, frequens. 

 — Gramen valde peculiare nullo generi inter Phalarideas arete 

 affine. [Tab. 171, fig. 1-18.] 



Description of Plates 169 — 171. 



Tab. 169. Bixagreicianicoharica, Kurz. — Fig. 1, flowering branch ; fig, 2, sta- 

 minal series seen from outside ; fig. 3, ditto from inside ; fig, 4, ripe capsule, from 

 the side ; fig. 5, ditto, section, showing the dry lamella-like placentas and 

 atta-^hment of seeds ; fig. 6, a seed. (All natural size, except figs. 2, 3, and 6.) 



Tab. 170. Areca augusta, Kurz. — Fig, 1, habit of the palm ; fig. 2, portion of 

 the flowering spadix having male and female flowers ; fig, 3, fruiting ditto ; 

 fig, 4, male flower ; fig. 5, ditto, opened, with a calyx and one petal removed ; 

 fig. 6, female flower; fig. 7, ditto, the sepals removed ; fig. 8, ovary ; fig. 9, 

 seed ; fig. 10, ditto, longitudinal section. (Figs. 4 — 8 m agnified.) 



