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Bractee initio pulchre badio-aurantiacese, odorem Spi- 
*eacee spirant, согіасеге, quickly becoming hard, and some- 
what withered. Ultima etiam vel spatharum in modo vel 
bractearam dehiscent, si duo, ut frequentius, externa ob-pres- 
sione verticillata spathacea bicarinata evadit. 
Pedunculus spatha brevior mediuin circiter bracteatus, brac- 
tea, elongata acuminata basi lata affixa, margin. subinvolutis. 
Spadix erectus, demum semi-nutans, cylindracea e maxima 
parte exsertus, undique floribus masculis tectus, bracteolis 
nullis vel minimis setiformibus interspersis. 
Perianthium 6 sepalum, biseriatum. Sepala lineari-cuneata 
apice spathulata depressa, estivatione leviter imbricata, saltem 
series interna, venosa, persistentia, scariosa. 
Collumna staminum parte antherifera exserta, cylindracea 
robusto, vasc. fasc. 3.. Anthere apice соПатпге evidenter 
3, ceterum videntur 6, uniloculares, loculis adnatis longis, 
centro dehiscent. 
Pollen copiosum papillis hispidum, in aquam subglobosum 
e porosum e plicatum videtur. Setz mixed with the flowers at 
the very base, flowers sometimes developed here and there, on 
the naked part of the spadix, basilar flowers often distorted. 
Nothing can be clearer than the ternary composition of the 
collum at an early period. 
There is all sorts of variety in the development of the 
bracteoles or spathelles from the peduncles, sometimes these 
are actually spathiform, not including however the spadix, at 
others they are linear, sometimes they seem wanting. 
The Rhizomata are epiterraneous or subterraneous: the 
fronds are of immense, size 15 feet long ; the petiole sheathing, 
at the base stout, and cellular, flat oa the upper surface, und 
below ; the pinne are distichous with the palmoid circular in- 
sertion, 3} feet long, glaucous underneath, more Palmarum 
3-carinate ending in a long awl-shaped point, which is another 
palmoid mar 
To the midrib underneath, are attached by the middle, 
brown narrow long scales, The petiole is above furnished with 
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