218 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. [Eremospatha 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. - 
A. Leaflets narrow, linear or linear-lanceolate. 
Leaflets about 23 on each side of the rhachis, acute or bluntish, 
or at times pramorse-toothed at the apex ; the margins ciliate- 
spinulous, the spinules pointing upwards ; secondary nerves 5—6 
on each side of the mid-costa. | 
l. E. macrocarpa Wendl. 
Leaflets 25—27 on each side -of the mid-costa, subequidistant, suddenly 
apiculate-cuspidate at apex ; the margins ciliate-spinulous, the spinules 
pointing upwards; secondary nerves 5—6 on each side of the 
mid-costa. 
2. E. cuspidata Wendl. 
Leaflets 7—8 on each side of the mid-costa, suddenly terminating in 
a bluntish spinulous apiculum; the margins closely and strongly 
ciliate-spinulous, the spinules always pointing downwards; secondary 
3 nerves two on each side of the rhachis. 
3. E. Teysmanniana Becc. 
Leaflets about 15 on each side of the rhachis, very unequidistant, having 
5 equally strong costae; the margins nearly smooth; the cirrus 
armed with prickles on the margins at the gides, up to the apex. 
amongst the acanthophylla. 
4. E. quinquecostulata Becc. 
B. Leaflets ovate, ovate oblong, spathulate, rhomboidal or cuneate. 
* Leaflets green on both surfaces. 
Leaflets ovate, obovate, obovate-elliptical or ovate-subrhomboidal, 12—14 on 
each side of the rhachis, alternate and subequidistant ; the margins 
eilate-spinulous ; tranverse veinlets 1—2 mm. apart; branchlets of 
e the spadix and flowers papillosetomentose. 
5. E. Hookeri Wendl. 
Leaflets obovate-oblong or oblong spathulate, cuneate at base, ünégaidistant, 
6—9 (at times in pairs) on each side of the rhachis; tle marzins 
ciliate-spinulous ; transverse veinlets 1—2 mm. apart 
the spadix and flowers glabrous. 
6. E. Haullevilleana De Wild. 
; branchlets of 
Leaflets broadly rhomboidal or trapezoidal, not numerous (7—8? on each side 
of the rhachis), remotely alternate, equidistant ; the margins in the 
lower part ‘of the blade smooth or very sparingly ciliate-spinulous ; 
transverse veinlets very crowded, sharp and parallel, 0°3—0°5 mm 
apart. 
i. E. Wendlandiana Damm. 
