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Caules graciles, primo pilis deflexis densius tecti, mox pilis 

 paucis plerumque divergentibus instruct!, nodis radicantes. Folia 

 trif oliolata, petiolo communi ad 5 cm. longo supra canaliculato pilis 

 deflexis subaureis parce instructo suffulta; stipulae lanceolatae, 

 acutissimae, ad 6 mm. longae, infra insertionem inaequaliter 

 bilobae, nervosae, dorso margineque pilis longinsculis sparse 

 instructae; foliola lateralia inaequilatera, latere altero dimidia- 

 tim ovata, altero dimidiatim lanceolata, apice plerumque acuta, 

 mucronulata, basi latere altero rotundata, altero cuneata vel 

 cuneato-rotundata, ad 3*5 cm. longa et 2 cm. lata, terminalia 

 a lateralibus usque ad 1 cm. distantia, plerumque elliptico- 

 rhomboidea, vel angustius elliptico - rbomboidea, lateralibus 

 subaequalia vel iis paulo majora, omnia chartacea vel 

 membranaceo - chartacea, subtus pallidiora, pagina utrague 

 pilis longinsculis sparse instructa sed marginem versus pilis 

 brevloribus densius ornata, e basi trinervata, nervis late- 

 ralibus utrinque 2-3 supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, nervis 

 transversis subtus uti reticulatione gracili conspicuis, petiolulis 

 circiter 2 mm. longis pilis longinsculis divaricatis instructis 

 suffulta; stipellae circiter 2 mm. longae. Racemi abbreviati, 

 pauciflori, pedunculo communi l'5-5*5 cm. longo superne prae- 

 cipue pilis reflexis inatructo suffulti; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, 

 puberuli; bracteolae binae, 1"25 mm. longae. Calycis tubus 

 circiter 2 mm. longus; lobi laterales lobo inferiori subaequales, 

 deltoidei vel anguste deltoidei, acutiusculi, circiter 1 mm. longi; 

 lobi duo supremi in unum aliis subaequilongum et circiter 2 mm. 

 latum connati, Vexillum lineatum, circiter 5 mm. longum et 

 6 mm. latum, ungui vix 2 mm. longo; alae 6 mm. longae, 3 mm. 

 latae, basi auriculatae, ungui 1"75 mm. longo; carina 6'5 mm. 

 (ungui 2 mm. longo incluso) alta. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, 

 sericeum; stylus basi gracilis, superne facie inferiore albo- 

 barbatus. Fructus ad 4*5 mm, diametro. 



Sarawak. Described from specimens cultivated at Kuala 

 Lumpur from cuttings supplied by Mr. Hose, Sarawak. 



XIV.— THE GENUS MORENIA. 



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C. H. Wright. 



The genus Morenia was founded in 1794 by Ruiz and Pavon 

 (Prodr. n. Peruv. et Cliil. p. 150, t. 32), and named in bonour 

 of Dr. D. Gabriel Moreno, a medical man of Lima. No specific 

 name was given in that publication, but in 1798 in their Systema 



Yeg. Fl. Peruv. p. 299, it was called M, fragrans, and was said 



to have been found at Muna, Peru, where it was known as the 

 '^ Siasla." The claim of Morenia to rank as a distinct genus has 

 been upheld by several authors, amongst whom are Martins, H, 

 Wendland, Drude, Karsten and Trail. Bentham and Hooker, in 

 their Genera Plantarum, vol. iii. p. 911, united it and other genera 

 with Chamaedorea, Willd. (Sp. Plant, vol. iv. pp. 638 and 800, 

 1805), which now contains about GO species, most of which come 



