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Name. — Dwarf Ground-Rattan. 



Description. — Stem about 5-6 feet high, of the thickness of the 

 thumb, sheathed by the reticulate persistent bases of the leaves. 

 Leaves about 8, petioled, palmate, 5-7-parted ; segments sub- 

 plicate, ciliate-spinulous along the edges and keel of the plaits, 

 indented-erose at the end ; petiole round-ancipital, naked, very 

 obscurely denticulate. Spadix sparse, paniculately branched, 4-5 

 inches long ; spikelets thick-set with sessile yellowish flowers. 



Fig. 9. 



Rhapis jlabelliformis. 



1. Calyx of male flower with bract. 3. Corolla of male flower. 



2. Male flower. 4. Open Corolla of male flower with stamen? 



All magnified. (After Martius). 

 Male flowers : calyx of one piece, urceolate, fleshy, green, smooth, 

 scarcely 1 line in length, trifid, segments roundish-pointed, up- 

 right, with a membraneous border ; corolla yellow, coriaceous-fleshy, 



Fig. 10. 



Rhapis JlabelUfonnis. 



!. Side view of female flower. 3. Part of Corolla of female flower 



2. Female flower seen from above. with 3 staminodes. 



4. Longitudinal section through 

 ovary. 



All magnified. (After Martius). 



