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ttae, dein: patentes et postremo reclinatae, pinnis 
irregulariter dispositis, 3—6 tantum oppositis aut 
sub-oppositis lineari-lanceolatis, a latere utroque 
compresso-complicatis ‚ qua re ad nervum cari- 
natis supra canaliculatis et ad ‘apicem subulatis, 
rigidissimis, directione varia squarrosis glaberri- 
mis nitentibus 8—12 poll, longis, vix pollicem 
dimidium latis, versus basin rhachidis minoribus 
subtriangulari - spinosis 3—4 poll. longis, distantie 
bus, squarrosis. Inflorescentia Â' spadice-axillari 
aneipite viridi florescenti , spatha simpliei spathu- 
lato-lanceolata pedem longa, basi 1}, medio 25 
poll. lata, dein emarcida subcinnamomea, altero 
latere rumpente, fibrosa, persistente, spadice bre- 
viore. Spadix 15 ped. long. 75 lin, lat,, ramo= 
sissimus , ramis plurimis filiformibus ad insertio- 
nem incrassatis geniculato -flexuosis teneris 3—Á4 
poll. longis. Flores ad geniculos sessiles ad ra- 
mum circiter 20, flavescenti-albidis, calyx minu- 
tus coriaceus campanulatus 3-dentatus, dentibus 
minutis acutis glaberrimis; corolla tripetala , pe- 
talis dentibus calycinis alternis 3 lin. longis ob- 
longo- lanceolatis apice brevi-acuminatis, su= 
pra subconcavis patentibus glaberrimis coriaceis 
basi subeonnatis incrassatis calycis fundo insertis. 
Stamina sex, filamentis subnullis; antheris sub- 
sessilibus petalis insertis, oblongis biloculatis ex- 
trorsum rima longitudinali dehiscentibus , fle- 
xuosis apice conniventibus, pistillo . rudimentario 
nullo. ; 
