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Group XVI (Subgenus).— Leaves subimparipinnate or subcirriferous. Male and female 
spadices contracted, similar. Lowest primary spathe tubular at the base and somewhat 
dilated and  elongate-auriculiform upwards. Partial inflorescences very few, usually 
only one, very dense with approximate and very closely-packed flowers. Fruiting 
perianth campanulate, split down to the base. Seed deeply ruminate, with basilar 
embryo. 
188, C. conirostris, 189. Lobbianus, 190. brachystachys. 
SPECIES OF DOUBTFUL POSITION, — 
191. C.  Henryanus, 192.  thysanolepis, 193. ferrugineus, 194, Kunzeanus, 
195. Lauterbachii, 196. fertilis, 197. Macgregorii, 198, Hartmannii, 199, 
discolor, 200. acidus, 201. Harmandi. 
