PALMS OF WESTERN TROPICAL AFRICA. 437 ° 
Hab. Near the river Gaboon and on the Sierra del Crystal, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above the 
level of the sea (G. Mann, no. 1044). 
Puare XLI. E. Leaflet and portion of male spadix: nat. size. 
Puate XLIII E. Transverse section of portion of spadix, showing the positions of the axis («), male 
fl. (d), and female fl. (9): magnified. 
Genus 5. Raputa, P. de Beauy.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. p. 216. 
Monoica in eodem spadice, monocarpa. Spadices (laterales, Mart.) 1-2 raro terni in apice caudicis, 
duplicato-ramosissimi, absque spatha communi, pluribus spathis incompletis vaginati, ramis et ramulis 
alternatim distichis. Flores in ramulis seu spicis compressis distichi, singuli e bractea cyathiformi 
perfoliata, bracteola campanulata cincti; foeminei basin, masculi apicem versus. 
Masc. Perianthium exterius campanulatum, truncatum, subdenticulatum ; interius tripartitum. Stamina 
6-16; filamentis crassis clavzformibus basi plus minusve confluentibus; antheris linearibus basi 
affixis extrorsis.  Rudimentum germinis nullum vel obsoletum. | 
Fam. Perianthium exterius ut in masc. ; interius campanulato-infundibuliforme, tridentatum ad semitri- 
fidum. Staminodia in urceolum 6- vel multidentatum cum perianth. int. connata; antheris effeetis, 
cordato-sagittatis. Germen triloculare; ovulo paulum supra extremitatem inferiorem et paulum 
supra fundum carpelli affixo. Stigmata 3 sessilia, subulata, patentia. 
Fructus baccatus, magnus, monospermus. Semen peltatum, elongato-ellipsoideum vel elongato-obconicum, 
exeso-sulcatum, hilo infra lateris ventralis medium, raphe lineari descendente usque ad chalazam in 
extremitate inferiore positam, tum radiatim partita in vasorum fasciculos ramosissimos anastomosantes 
maxima ex parte ad extremitatem superiorem adscendentes versus embryotegam revolventes. Albu- 
men osseum, solidum, irregulariter ruminatum. Embryon ventrale, horizontale, in dimidia albuminis 
altitudine. 
Palmz plerumque in locis aquosis crescentes, plerumque in juventute dichotome partite ; caudicibus 
mediocribus vel altis, circ. pedem crassis, dense obsoleteque annulatis. Frondes longissime, pinnati- 
sect, segmentis divergentibus nervo medio et marginibus aculeatis. Spadices maximi, terminales, 
penduli, duplicato-ramosissimi, ramis ramulisque e spathis coriaceis distichis distiche prodeuntibus. 
Flores roseo-lutei, coriacei, in ramulis compressis. Fructus olivaceo-fusci vel cinnamomeo-castanel, 
nitidi, 
1. RAPHIA viNIFERA, P. de Beauv. Fl. d'Oware et de Benin, i. p. 76, tab. 44. fig. 1, et 
` tab. 45 & 46. Staminibus in fl. g 10, fl. ? circ. 20 ad basin ramulorum inferiorum ; 
fruetu cylindrico-ellipsoideo, seriebus orthostichis 8-9, squamis latissimis basi leviter 
emarginatis supra basin conyexiusculis infra apicem valde impressis sulco latissimo 
subvirescenti-olivaceis margine subfimbriato et fusco; albumine anguste ruminato. 
(Plate XLII. C.) 
Caudices mediocres. Spadix circ. 8' longus, a AGREE PRET gae iD be: : Mies 
inferioribus 3-31, superioribus pedem longis, ramulis inferioribus gi 
; P ei ag ra 
foeminei plerumque in dimidia superiore spadicis parte. Fructus breviter mucronati, 3 ones 11-13 
9-10" latis, 9" altis. Semen cylindrico-ellipsoideum, 27" longum, 
osus, ramis primariis 55—60, 
Crassi; squamis margine patulo, 
1” crassum. 
Hab. Banks of the Old Calabar River (G. Mann). 
Pare XLII. C. Fruit and transverse section of seed: nat. size. 
2. RAPHIA GÆRTNERI, Mann et Wendl. Sagus Palma Pinus, Geertn. Fruct. et ee i, 
p. 27, tab. 10. fig.1. Staminibus in fl. ¢ 8, fl. $ circ. 8 ad basin TIGE — 
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