436 MESSRS. MANN AND WENDLAND ON THE 
crassum, tridentatum. Stamina 6, zquilonga; filamentis in tubum inter se et cum perianth. int. 
usque ad ejusdem: partitiones connatis, apice brevissime liberis; antheris erectis, cordatis, ima basi 
lateris dorsalis affixis, introrsis. Germen ovoideo-globosum, squamulis minutissimis obductum, trilo- 
culare, cum ovulo campylotropo in quovis loculamento. Stylus brevis, squamulis vestitus, stigmatibus 
3 lingueformibus margine ciliolatis coronatus. Fructus 1j" alti, compresso-cylindrici, utrinque 
obtusi, apice brevissime attenuati, mono- raro dispermi, 24 seriebus squamarum verticalibus loricati ; 
squamis rhombeis, 2" in diametro, planiusculis, sulco medio exaratis, aurantiacis, chartaceis, margine 
inferiore membranaceis et linea fusca cinctis. Dissepimenta persistentia. Semen 9-12" longum, 
9" latum et 4—5'" crassum, a dorso ventreque compressum, disciforme, pericarpii cavitatem exacte 
replens, testa brunnea, chalaza dorsali valde incrassata et mamilleformi, marginibus plus minusve 
crenulatis, ventre levi. Embryon hilo approximatum et ei paulum superpositum, in dimidia albu- 
minis altitudine, ventrale, horizontale. 
Hab. Rivers Old Calabar and Bagroo (no. 2330). 
PraTE XLI. B. Leaflet, portion of male spadix, fruit, and seed: nat. size. 
PLATE XLIII. B. Figs. 1 & 2. Outer and inner perianth of female fl.; fig. 3. do. laid open; fig. 4. 
Imperfect stamens; fig. 5. Pistil; fig. 6. Vertical section of do.; fig. 7. Seed; fig. 8. Transverse 
section of do.: all magnified. 
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(Subgenus 5. Oncocatamus, Mann et Wendl. (óxoc, a hook; xaAauoc, cane).) 
MoNoica. Spadiz lateralis, spathis incompletis vaginatus, simpliciter disticheque ramosus, ramis longis- 
sime pendulis. Flores spathellulati 11-5 glomerati, glomerulis alternatim distichis, medii feminei, 
cæteri masculi. 
Masc. Perianthium exterius campanulatum, tridentatum ad trifidum ; interius tripartitum, fere triphyllum. 
Stamina 6 in cyathum campanulatum apice minute 6-dentatum concreta; antheris cordatis, dorso 
affixis. Rudimentum germinis oblongum, stylo cylindrico, stigmatibus minutis. 
Fam. Perianthium filamentaque ut in mare; antheris effetis. Germen triloculare, stylo subnullo, stigma- 
tibus 3 linguzeformibus, ovulo paulum supra extremitatem inferiorem et paulum supra fundum car- 
pelli affixo. Fructus ignotus. 
8. CarAMUS (OxcocALAMUS) Maxxir, Wendl. (Plates XLI. E. & XLIII. E.) 
Palma Calamis veris affinis ; caudicibus circ. 60! longis semipollicem crassis remote frondiferis. Frondes 
5-6' longze, atrovirides, in juventute cuprez, longe vaginatze, vaginis 1-11/ longis cylindricis ochreatis, 
ochrei 1-1" longa oblique truncata, sessiles; rhachi foliosa 1}! longa, ad margines sparse minuteque 
= apice in cirrhum 3! longum inermem debilem producta, segmentis abortivis 1" longis 13~ 2" 
inter se distantibus inferne alternantibus superne oppositis basi confluentibus reversis corneis mutatis ; 
vaginis rhachique squamis atrobrunneis spiniformibus caducis vel deliquescentibus 1—3" longis vestitis. 
Segmenta utrinque circ. 16, continua, alternantia vel subopposita, subzequidistantia, nutantia, elongato- 
lanceolata, acuta, leviter falcata, nitida, uninervia, utrinque nervis secundariis 6—7 obsoletis percursa, 
ad margines remote spinifera, patentia, 9—10" longa, 12-15!" lata ; inferiora paulum diminuta et paulum 
— approximata non reversa. Spadices axillares, 4—5! longi, atrobrunnei, penduli, simpliciter alter- 
natim disticheque ramosi, inermes, basi nudi, superne spathis incompletis tubulosis truncatis deinde 
fara rumpentibus 2" longis appressis vestiti, ramis longissimis pendulis 10" longis: Rami 
eet jo so im x longi, nudi, fain per totam longitudinem spathellis campanulato-infandi- 
s rumpentibus se imbricantibus alternatim distichis 3—4'" altis dense super” 
positis. Flores in ramorum parte inferiore plerumque 11, in superiore 7, 5 vel 3 aggregati, medii 
2 : eh i ti, caeteri masculi totidem bracteolis variis circumpositi et aequabiliter ad utrumque 
. floris feminei latus dispositi, 
