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Frondes minores. Stipes looj^ior et frequcntins spiniilostis^ 

 foliola nnmerosiora, 80 — 100 utrinqiie, snbaltorna. Coni 

 maris spadites indc a mcdio in longissimnni acumcn subu- 

 latnm incnrvatnm contracti, dum in C Rumphit potiiis trun- 

 cati siut, cnra acnminc breviore vel longiore sub angulo reclo 

 exorto. Antherae in arababns speciebus similcs. Spadices 

 feminei unmerosi, plcrumque utrinqne triflori, snpra Ovaria 

 incnrvati et statim in laminara ovato- triangulärem longe awi- 

 miunta:a et ulrinque profunde dcntatam expansi, toti , prae- 

 ter Ovaria, deuse ferrugineo- tomentosi. Ovaria globosa, 

 subimraersa, nniovulata, ovulo lala basi ovarii fundo affixo. 

 Stylus brevis. Stigma (apex tubuli) perforatuin. Drupae 

 subglobosae, leviter compressae, raagnitudine ovi colnmbinl, 

 stigraatc apionlatac, maturae anrantiacae. Pulpa flava, sa- 

 poris iugrati. iVw.r conformis, lignea, iufra stigiua leviter 

 apiculata, uude utrinqne lineola elevata descendit, jnxta qnas 

 demum uiix bivalvis disrnmpit, Integumenta seminis tria; 

 ejcternum brunneum crassum, putamini intus adhacrens, 

 versus basin crasslus. Medium tenue pallide' fuscum. In- 

 ternum tenuissimura albicans. Albumen carnosum, flaves- 

 centi-albido- pallescens , apicc fovea transverse oblonga in- 

 structum, in cujus fiiudo 5 — 6 papillae brunneac adsunt, 

 quae totidem canalcs obtiirant. Hi canales in semine band 

 foecundo i/jo long, penetrant; in foecnndis unus borum ca- 

 ualium plus ^/^ long, penctrat, ceulrum occiipans, corpus 

 proprium in cavitatis suae apice recipious (vilellns Roxb.), 

 filo albo-plicato appensura. Emhri/o dicotyledonens, coty- 

 ledonibus inacqualibus, radicula obtiisa c canalis vcrticc 

 emersa. Pluranla primum squamnlJis saltcm cvolvit, qnarta 

 vel qninfa saltem primam frondem sistcutc (ex Roxb. verb. 

 angl.) 



Adnot. R X b u r g h i u s haue spcciem cum Todda 

 Panna Rhccdci coraparandara esse band improbabilc putabat. 



