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Fronrs crwwuLizFERT nunc in apice ramulorum 
solitarii, nunc in spicam laxam dispositi v. szpis- 
sime in spica abbreviata subsolitarii, spicz rhachi 
nuda, incrassata v. cum bracteis concrescente re- 
ceptaculum fructus carnosum formante. Squam«e 
gemmuliferz nudzx v. basi bractea stipate, sub- 
cymbaformes. Gemmula unica, squamx medio v. 
paullo infra apicem lata basi inserta atropa, in- 
versa, libera v. squamz adnata, infequmento du- 
plici, exteriore nunc interius omnino tegente, v. 
exteriore laxo abbreviato, interiore longe exserto. 
Faucrus: SzrwEN nunc in squama immutata tan- 
dem erectum, intequmento exteriore laxo, carnoso, 
interius osseum disci in modum cingente, nunc in 
squama carnosa inverso-adnatum , intequmento ex- 
teriore succoso cum squama sepe in apiculum 
chalazzformem producta confluente, interius osseum 
penitus includente. 
Ewsnvo in apice albuminis farinacei antitropus, 
cotyledonibus duabus semicylindricis , radicula ob- 
tusa, seminis verlicem spectante. 
