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sperso, f.icie siiperiore aciiloisqiie 1 —2" longis lereliljiis 

 paDidis, nigro apiratis arniata , liasi vaginacca in ochream 

 pedalem meinbranaream glaluam demiini reticiilalim tissain 

 exceden(e; foliolis circa 120 gregaric dispositis, gregibns siib- 

 oppositis siiperne deiiuirii eoiifliientibus rachi oblique (desceii- 

 deiitim) basi replicata sessililnis affixis, iiifeiioribus (anticis) 

 iii racliidis linea media ereclis, siiperioribiis (posticis) in rachidis 

 latere pateiitibns ideoqiie foliiiin rrispnra efficieutibiis, — lan- 

 ceolato-linearibus acnmiiiatis 1 — 1 V2' '«"g'S} pollicem iatis 

 snpra glabris, costa media snperne praesertim promineiile 

 aciileis semipollicaribiis pallidis obsita, in lateribus ntrinqiie 

 nervis 6 — 7 tennioribns percnrsis; margine aculeis similibiis 

 setisque ciliatis; subtiis pallidioribiis pilis brevibns setnlisqiie 

 hirtis. — InÜorescentia axillaris spathis dnabiis tecta, ex- 

 terior brevissima incompleta apice aperta, interior oompleta 

 fusiformis pedalis siiblignosa deniiim longitndinaliter ventre 

 aperta, intus glaberrima flava, extus viridis, aculeis setosis 

 semipollicaribns pallidis dense tecta ; spadix semipedalis pen- 

 dulus digiti crassitie, parte snperiore densissinie flavido- 

 hirtuSj apice bracteas tres lalas, carnosas, verticillatas gerens 

 ramos iufimos spicae simpliciter ramosae fulcrautes, ramis 

 sexpollicaribus sparsis fnrfure flavescente tectis; flores bra- 

 cteis mucroniformibus minutis fulti, liueas (res longi, sessilos, 

 ramos undique tegentes; masculi pluriroi femineis pancis, magni- 

 tudine iis similibus intermixtis , glabris. MuscuUnorum calyx 

 membranaceus minutns tripartitus, laciniis linearibus acumi- 

 iiatis; corolla carnosula campannlata tritida, lobis triangulari- 

 bus acutis aestivatione valvata; staraina sex faiici inserta tria 

 laciniis rorollinis alterna, iilamenta snbiilata basi roroplanata 

 apice inflexa , antherae Versailles oblongae birimosae ; ovarij 

 rudimentum stigmatibus tribus coronatum. Fl. J'eminini calyx 

 urceolatus carnosulus, ore uiembranaceo truncalo trideuticu- 



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