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CONSPECTUS OF THE SECTIONS OF THE GENUS. 



Section V. Chamydoba/anus.Spikes erect; male flow 



Pasania 



In\ 



st\ 



ovoid or globose, externally zonate or tub 



and leaves as in 



ular, closed and 



to it 



eloping the whole glans (except the apex in confragosa and Blumeanal but not adnate 



the base; the glans escaping from the cupule wh 



ripe 



Section VI. Lithocarp 



Spikes 



styles and 



large, thick, woody, ovoid or sub-globose, concentrically or obliquely 



in Pasania. Involucre 



tubercle* 1 



or 



pletely enveloping the glans (except in costata and rotundata, where the ape 



x 



and more or less adhering 



polished where adherent to the involucre 



dehiscent; pericarp of glans osseous or granul 



ked), 

 . not 



