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formed each of 5-7 leaflets, on each side of the rachis, the groups on one side 
being subopposite, or shortly alternate with those of the other side; in each group the 
leaflets are all in one plane, almost equidistant, and 2-4 cm. apart; the vacant spaces 
between the different groups vary from 3 to 15 em.; the leaflets are rather firmly 
papyraceous, green, paler beneath, narrowly lanceolate or ensiform, broadest about 
their middle, and thence tapering somewhat to a not very acute, but suddenly plicate 
base, and gradually narrowing cbove to a subulate and finely caudate bristly tip; on 
the upper surface the leaflets have the mid-costa acute, remotely spinulous or quite 
smooth, and several unequal slender and smooth secondary nerves; on the under 
surface usually 3 but not unfrequently 5 and at times 7 nerves are mora or less 
uneaually furnished with spinulous or very short bristles; transverse veinlets very 
numerous, bat usually not very distinct; margins inconspicuously, remotely and appres- 
sedly spinulous ; the lower margin has a rather distinct bristly indentation not very 
far below the caudate apex; the lower and intermediate leaflets are 30-40 cm. long, 
20-30 mm. broad; the upper are not much smaller, Male spadiz erect, rigid, elongate, 
terete, acuminate before flowering: when in flower it has a rather dense suprade- 
compound cupressiform panicle, which in vigorous specimens attains 40-60 cm. in 
length, and is supported by a peduncular part as long or even longer; the latter is flat- 
tened, narrows slightly towards the base, has smooth surfaces, and not very sharp 
edges, whieh are usuglly smooth at their bases, but are more or less powerfully armed 
in the remainder; in some specimens the spines are solitary, very strong and up to 4-9 
em. long, slightly deflexed and regularly disposed, in otaers they are fascicled, of 
unequal length but short, and  digitate-divaricate or at times almost obsolete ; 
primary spathes thin, papyraceous, exsuccous, covered when young with a fugacious, 
soft, furfuraceous scurf: they split easily longitudinally, are open and rather flat during 
the anthesis and soon deciduous; the outermost spathe is narrowly lanceolate and 
acuminate, it has two slender keels on the outer dorsal surface, which usually carry, 
at regular intervals, several tufts of very weak, slender, and long, non.pungent, 
subspiny bristles; these same bristles occur also on the ventral side along the line of 
opening of the spathe; further the surface between the keels and especially towards 
the upper end is not infrequently covered with short, scattered, comb-like series of 
black spicnlae; the inner spathes are very narrow and acuminate, each gradaally 
protruding beyond that immediately below; only the lower are bristly along 
the centre of the dorsum towards :he apex; the axial parts of the panicle are 
densely furfuraceous when young, and glabrescent afterwards; the main axis of 
the spadix is slightly flattened, and obsoletely and irregularly armed; the partial 
inflorescences are 5-7 in number; secondary and tertiary spathes bracteiform, produced 
at one side into a triangular exsuccous acuminate point; partial inflorescences ovate 
in outline, strongly callous in their axillus, erecto-patent, 12-17 cm. long, with 3-5 
gradually shorter spreading branchlets; the lowest of these is the largest, 6-7 cm. 
long, and carries 4-6 spikelets on each side; the others are shorter and with fewer 
spikelets; both branchlets and spikelets are conspicuously callous in the axilla; the 
spikelets are spreading, flattened, comb-like, 2-3 cm. long, 10-11 mm. broad, and carry, 
perfectly bifariously, 20-25 contiguous flowers on each side; spathels bracteiform, hori- 
zontal or slightly deflexed, broadly and shallowly cymbiform, acute; the apex not or 
very slightly protruding beyond the involucre which is deeply cupular, truncate, entire 
and tomentose at the base like its spathel. Male flowers elongate, linear, terete, obtuse, 
Axs. Roy. Bor. GARD, Carcurra, Vor. XII. 
