318 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
Semen sphæricum v. depressum; integumento exteriore spongioso 
cum endocarpio adhærente; hilo basilari; rapheos ramis reticu- 
latis œ; albumine æquabili, nunc cavo; embryone ad medium 
dorsum v. infra sito. — KElatæ inermes; caudice robusto annulato; 
foliis terminalibus æqui-pinnatisectis; segmentis linearibus, apice 
lobulatis v. laceris, subtus albido-lepidotis; marginibus recurvis; 
rhachi robusta dorso convexa facieque acuta ; petiolo valido ; vagina 
brevi aperta, marginibus fibrosa. Spadices interfoliacei longi, 2-pli- 
cato-ramosi; pedunculo crasso basique dilatata semilunari; ramis 
fasligiatis; glomerulis distichis, 3-floris; flore intermedio fœmineo, 
nunc solitario v. 0. Spathæ 2: inferior anceps brevis coriacea, apice 
pervia ; superior autem clavato-fusiformis completa sublignosa cuspi- 
data, longitudinaliter fissa. Bracteæ bracteolæque sæpe delitescentes. 
(Arch. Malayan., Papua*.) 
111. Chamædorea W.°? — Flores diæci v. raro monœæci; masecu- 
lorum calyce plus minus profunde cupulari, subintegro v. plus minus 
alte 3-lobo imbricato. Petala 3, longiora, libera v. plus minus allé 
conuata valvata. Stamina 6, 2-seriata, imæ corollæ inserta v. libera, 
sæpius brevia, subulata v. complanata; antheris inclusis dorsi- 
fixis; loculis brevibus v. oblongis, basi liberis, introrsum rimosis. 
Gynæcei rudimentum majuseulum, apice obtusum v. varie dilata- 
tum, nune parvum v. 0. Floris fœminei calyx (marium) imbricatus. 
Petala 3, brevia v. elongata, libera v. varie connata, valvata v. imbri- 
cata. Staminodia 3-6, minuta v. 0. Germen breve, 3-loculare; styli 
ramis crasse 3-gonis valvatis, v. longioribus tenuioribus recurvis. 
Ovulum in loculo quoque À, erectum v. adscendens; micropyle 
extrorsum infera. Fructus parvi carpella 1-3, oblonga v. sphæriCa ; 
styli reliquiis basilaribus; pericarpio carnoso v. coriaceo, raro inlus 
parce fibroso. Semen Don sphærieum v. ellipsoideum ; hilo 
basilari parvo ; rapheos sæpe exsculplæ ramis haud v. parum conspi- 
cuis; albumine æquabili duro; embryone basilari v. dorsali. — Îner- 
mes, erectæ, procumbentes v. raro scandentes ; caudicibus solitariis 
1. Spec. 4, 5. Mi0., FL. ind. bat., III, 16; Gen, n. 1719. — K., Enum., MI, 170. — B-B. 
Paim. ar, ind., 4. — BEcc., Males., 70: Gen Ji, Le n. 59. — DR. ? pflansenfam., 62; 
in Ann. dard. Buitens., 11, 151, t. 13, 14: in U 
00k. f. FL. brit. Ind., NI, 423.— WaLe., Ann., A AS Forh. (1858). 
V, 809. ns Nat. E # job. ia Sig 
2. Spec., IV, 638. — Maur, Hit. nat. Fee EBN. loc. cit., t. 4. 
H, 3, t qu 157, 307, t. 196-138, — Fm aride (1853), 363. 
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