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roast the whole in the fire and then eat the soft central part, which is, however, rather 
bitter and tough for persons not accustomed to such primitive fare. 
The fruits of Podococcus are also eaten. The leaves of Sclerosperma are used for roofing 
and constructing the walls of the huts, being tied between the petioles of Raphia. 
Subfamily I. ARECINE”. 
Genus 1. Popococcus, Mann et Wendl. 
Monoica. Spadir simplex, longe pedunculatus. Spathe 4, inferiores tubulosz, superior subcompleta. 
Flores in foveis sessiles, masculi geminati prope medium fcemineum rudimentarium, foeminei solitarii in 
diversis? spadicibus vel fortasse flores ternati in eodem spadice, laterales masculi, medius foemineus 
serius florens. 
Masc. Perianthium exterius triphyllum, interius stipitatum tripartitum. Stamina 6, filamentis subulatis, 
liberis, basi cum germinis rudimento et cum perianthii interioris tubo concretis ; antheris oblongo- 
cordatis, dorso affixis. 
Fam. Perianthium exterius triphyllum, interius trifidum stipitatum. Staminodia 6, minima. | Germen 
stigmatibus 3 triangularibus recurvatis, triloculare; ovulo pendulo. Fructus baccatus, abortu mono- 
spermus, raro 2- rarissime 3-spermus, supra basin genuflexus, elongato-ellipsoideus ; stigmatum 
cicatrice subbasilari ; epicarpio tenui, coriaceo, aurantiaco, levi; mesocarpio gelatinoso-succoso ; endo- 
carpio tenuissime membranaceo. Semen erectum, hilo basilari, circumclusum vasorum fasciculis ex 
hilo radiatim ortis adscendentibus simpliciter ramosis in parte superiore anastomosantibus. Albumen 
equabile. Embryon dorsale, in vel sub dimidia albuminis altitudine. 
Popococcus BARTERI, Mann et Wendl. (Plates XXXVIII. A., XL. B., & XLIII. A.) 
Palma 5-8'alta, in omnibus fere partibus furfure rufo vestita. Caudex simplex, 3" crassus, basi se inno- 
vans, rectus, annulatus, internodiis 3—5" inter se distantibus. Frondes 6-9, glaucescenti-virides, 5-6- 
pedales, pinnatisectze ; vaginis circ. pedem longis, striatis, oblique fissis, margine laceratis ; petiolis 
1-1}! longis teretiusculis supra basin versus canalieulatis ; rhachi 21—3' longa, dorso convexa, supra 
acutangula. Segmenta utrinque 8-10, elongato-elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, plicata, multinervia, 
marginibus inferioribus integris superioribus irregulariter eroso-dentatis, majora 1' longa 4" lata, alter- 
nantia, 3-4" inter se distantia, inferiora decrescentia, duo terminalia confluentia. Spadices laterales, 
simpliciter teretiusculi, patentes deinde penduli, circ. 24’ longi, fusco-hirsuti, pedunculo rhachique 
eequilongis, illo in parte inferiore spathis 4 vestito, spathis tubulosis marcescentibus, duabus inferio- 
ribus incompletis 4—5" longis, superioribus magis completis oblique apertis et irregulariter fissis 
8-12" longis, rhachi 3" crassa. Flores in foveis orthostichis 8-10 vel spiraliter dispositis sessiles, 
ternati, rufescentes.—M Asc. Perianthium exterius triphyllum, phyllis oblongo-ellipticis apice sepe 
bifidis, dorso carinatis, subfalcatis, marcescentibus, vix 1" longis, foliatione contorta; interius triparti- 
tum 2" longum, laciniis oblongo-ellipticis, concavis, cartilagineis, dorso striatis, patentibus, foliatione 
valvata. Stamina 6, alternatim paulum longiora; filamentis filiformibus, basi cum perianthii interioris 
tubo et cum germinis rudimento subgloboso apice tridenticulato concretis; antheris oblongo-cordatis, 
dorso affixis.— Form. Perianthium exterius uti in fl. masc. sed paulum rigidius ; interius trifidum, basi 
cum germine in stipitem brevem concretum, laciniis oblongis, acutis, concavis, dorso striatis, erecto- 
patentibus. Staminodia 6 minima. Germen triloculare, plerumque loculis duobus abortivis, stipitatum, 
oblongum, apice stigmatibus tribus brevibus recurvis ; ovulo pendulo. Fructus baccatus, edulis, 
oblongus vel elongato-oblongus, aurantiacus, stipitatus, supra basin genuflexus, stigmatum cicatrice 
