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tenui v. Carnoso, squamis deorsum imbricatis tessellatim loricato. 
Semina 1-3, sæpius subsphærica, nunc hemisphærica, compressa v. 
deformia, lævia v. sinuato-sulcata, sæpe extus carnosula ; hilo sub- 
basilari; chalaza hine laterali; rapheos ramis a chalaza decurren- 
übus; albumine æquabili v. varie lobato subruminato ; embryone 
subbasilari v. laterali. — Erectæ v. multo sæpius debiles sarmentosæ 
y. scandentes, varie armalæ; caudicibus cæspitosis longis remote 
annulatis. Folia remote alterna, æqui-pinnatisecta ; segmentis æqui- 
distantibus, fasciculatis v. interruptis, linearibus, lanceolatis v. ensi- 
lormibus, apice integris; marginibus recurvis; costa nervisque nunc 
selosis; rhachi sæpe longa flexuosa, dorso convexa, facie angulata, 
sæpe in funem gracilem aculeatum producta ; petiolo vario, 3-gono; 
vagina varia aculeata, apice in ligulam v. ocream producta, nunclate- 
raliter aculeato-flagellifera. Spadices interfoliacei ramosi vaginati ; 
ramis plerumque gracilibus, nunc rarius crassis, rectis v. arcuatis 
revolulisve, dense bracteatis; floribus articulatis solitariis v. glo- 
Meralis pauCis; glomerulis hinc ramulo 2-fariam insertis, sæpe 9, 
3-floris, plerumque 2-sexualibus ; flore hermaphrodito v. fæmineo 1 ; 
rhachi nunc in funem producta ; bracteis sæpe brevibus cupulatis ; 
bracteolis liberis v. connatis. Spathæ , pedunculum ramosque vagi- 
nantes, aut tubulosæ, aut incompletæ omnes, v. inferiores 1-paucæ 
completæ majoresque, rigidæ, coriaceæ, aculeatæ v. inermes, deci- 
duæ v. omnes inferioresve solæ persistentes. (Orbis vet.reg. omn. trop. 
el subtrop.) — Vid. p. 258. 
30. Plectocomia Mar. et BL. — Flores (fere Rotangis) diœci; 
Masculorum calyce gamophyllo, obconico v. cupulari, 3-dentato v. 
3-lobo. Petala 3, oblique lanceolato-acuminata, ima basi connata, 
Yalvata. Stamina 6, imo perianthio inserta ; filamentis breviter 1-adel- 
Phis; antheris linearibus erectis dorsifixis, introrsum rimosis. Gynæcei 
'üdimentum minimum v. 0. Floris fœminei masculo majoris calyx 
Cupularis, 3-dentatus, postanthesin auctus. Corolle 3-fidæ inferneque 
Yentricosæ post anthesin auctæ lobi ovato-lanceolati valvati. Stami- 
nodia 6, in annulum corollæ affixum connata ; antheris cassis. Germen 
liberum, 3-loculare, squamis elongatis integris v. nudis reversis imbri- 
Glis vestitum; styli crassi brevissimi, basi subarticulati, ramis 3 
1. In Schutt. S = Suit. à Buff., XII, 61. — ENDL., Gen. 
‘ . Syst., VII, 2, 1333. — MART., SPACH, Suil. a » XIE, ” 
ist. nat. Palm. Il, 198, 325, t. 1143116,  n.1738. —B. H, Gen. 111, 994, n. 107. 
8 15 176, fig. 44, 12. — K., Enum., NI, 202. DR. Pflansenfam., 49, fig. 4, 4, B 
