136 CXXXIII. PALME. [ Kentia. 
segments. Stamens 6 to abou 
a 
and pinnately divided, the segment 
acumin. nd entire o vidas or tohid at the end. Inför escence a 
the base of the — long and simple or branched, at first enola in 
rather thin sp 
Besides the eet species which are all endemic there are a few rr 
Indian Archipelago and New Caledonia. The e genus has however been v 
y different phoenicologists. I have followed i in its delim 
tion the views of F. Mueller, which a i i i 
than ey 
TM th erie be fetis io A. Brongniart's genus Kentiopsis Lee ose s Rendus, 
1873) which appears to me tob be too artifically separated fom Ken 
Spadix a long and s simple spike within the Spatha. 
Rhachis slender, slightly notched. 
Flowers rather distant, the males 3 to 4 lines 
tamens about = Fruit oro bla n à p 
xima males 
1. K. monostachya. 
ong. 
ns about 12. Fruit (unripe) cylindrical 
thick, 4 deer ly notched. „Stamens about 20. 
E ovoid-ob eR era 
xs 2. K. minor. 
. 3. K. Belmoreana. 
ight vs eii 
zo gens ae ug ong alanis and pendulous, Fruit ' 
coe 1-5 lines long 4. K. Wendlandiana. 
Magen — n ae: Stamens 10 to 12. zl buryait. 
ovoid-o a lin. : 5 an " 
conieci ERE EI 
: i 
Oana eachya, F. Muell. Fragm. vii. 82.—Stem 6 to 12 
high (4. Cunningham). Leaves 11 to 4 Ik oe the UE base 
road, coriac aceous, about 
6 in. long, produced into 2 stipule-like des 
segments very irregu acuminate, very variable in breadth and di t 
e rhachis or tapering at the base, the longest abou 
1 ft. long. Inflo cn 
