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Rhachis 5—6' longa, gradatim attenuata, in parte foliosa dorso convexa inermis supra inferne angulato- 
convexa, superne acutangula ad margines inter segmenta et ad angulos ventrales spinifera, spinis 
1-1" longis subulatis tenuissimis rectis vel paulum curvatis sursum decrescentibus, apice in cirrhum 
5-6' longum subinermem vel raro spiniferum producta et segmentis usque ad 18 abortivis hame- 
formibus basi valde incrassatis superne applanatis vel triangularibus, infimis solitariis alternantibus 
4-8" inter se distantibus 2" longis 3" latis, superioribus oppositis basi confluentibus gradatim decres- 
centibus et approximatis ornata. Segmenta utrinque 45-55, lineari-lanceolata, basi abrupte contracta 
apice acuminata, ad margines ciliato-aculeata, cartilaginea, rigidiuscula, stricta, pendula, uni- vel 
binervia, nervis paulum prominentibus supra remote aculeatis, infima approximata 4—5" longa §” lata, 
media 12-13" longa 3—11" lata raro latiora, 1-13" inter se distantia, suprema inter se paulum remotiora. 
Spadix terminalis, late ovatus, 4—6' altus. Rami 10-15 primarii circ. 3! longi, spathulis incompletis 
cylindrico-tubulosis apice oblique truncatis inermibus levibus erecto-appressis infimis vacuis cir- 
cumdati. Ramuli floriferi alternatim distichi, penduli, homomalli, longissimi, pedem longi tenues, 
spathellulis campanulato-cylindricis brevibus 9" longis apice oblique truncatis alternatim distiche 
obsiti. Flores geminati, hermaphroditi, spathellula communi iis ramulorum simili sed minore et 
spathellula partiali apice bidentata circumdati, flavescentes, breviter pedicellati, divergentes et hori- 
zontaliter patentes. Perianthium exterius fere 2" longum, campanulatum, tridentatum, lzve, basi 
calloso-incrassatum ; laciniis transverse semioblongis, acutiusculis: interius tripartitum 4" longum ; 
laciniis lineari-oblongis, breviter acutis, rigidis, crassiusculis, patentibus, foliatione valvata, 1-11" latis, 
laevibus, dorso convexis, tenuissime nervoso-striatis. Stamina 6, perianthio inter. paulum breviora ; 
filamentis crassiusculis, linguzeformibus, compressiusculis ; antheris linearibus, basi bifidis, 2" longis 
flavis, introrsis. Germen globosum, stylo columnari coronatum, stigmatibus tribus oblongis, triloculare, 
ovulo erecto, hemianatropo, squamulis retroflexis vestitum. Fructus baccatus, monospermus, vegetans 
aurantiacus, sicco brunneus, 6" longus, 4—5" latus, compresso-oblongus, seriebus 17 verticalibus squa- 
mularum membranacearum brunnearum marginibus scabris et castaneis circumdatus. Semen leve, 
compresso-oblongum, basi obtusum vel leviter bilobum, in apice mucrone. brevissimo, in latere dorsali 
convexum, in ventrali applanatum, 4-54" longum, 3—4" latum, 23" crassum, in extremitate inferiore 
affixum, hilo rotundato, raphe lineari fere usque ad extremitatem lateris dorsalis superiorem adscen- 
dente et in mamillam appressam calcariformem transeunte, chalaza in dimidia seminis altitudine, 
testa castanea in latere dorsali albumini impressa levi subnitida. Albumen equabile, soto, in 
latere dorsali per testam chalazamque exsculptum. Embryon ventrale, horizontale, in dimidia albu- 
minis altitudine. — 
Hab. Along the coast on the margins of the forest from the equator to Sierra Leone (G. Mann, no. 453). 
Puare XXXVIII. D. View of plant, showing its natural habit. 
Puare XLI. G. Portion of fruiting spadix and seed. 
Puare XLIII. C. figs. 1 & 2. Outer and inner male perianth ; fig. 3. The same laid opent; fig. 4. 
fig. 5. Anther; fig. 6. Vertical section of ovary ; fig. 7. Transverse do. of style; fig. j^ Top of do. 
and stigma; figs. 9-11. Seeds; fig. 12. Vertical section of do.: all but figs. 9-11 magnified. 
Stamen ; 
(Subgenus 4. EnEMOsPATHA, Mann et Wendl. (Zp»uoc, without; oan, spathe).) 
HERMAPHRODITA. Spadiz lateralis, simpliciter distiche ramosus, spathis nullis. Flores distichi, geminati, 
uti rami bractea suffulti. r 8 
Perianthium exterius campanulatum, tridenticulatum ; int. inflatum apice tridentatum, crassum, perianth. 
exter. superans. Stamina 6, perigyna; filamentis in tubum inter se et cum periantb. int. reds 
ejusdem partitiones connatis ; antheris cordatis ad basin dorsi ams. Germen triloculare, am us 
3 linguzeformibus fimbriatis ; ovulo paulum supra extremitatem inferiorem et paulum supra fundum 
carpelli affixo, deinde peltato. 
