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stipite rhachiqne semiteretibiis autice bicaualiculatis, foliolis 

 suboppositis spathulato - vel oblougo- liuearibus, integerrimis, 

 apice obtaso plerninqnc inaequali integerrinio aut quam sub- 

 tilissime serrulato, subsericeo-spleudentibus, cono masculo 

 obloiigo obluso, ferniueo ranito majore oblongo- cylindrico 

 obtuso. 



Icon. Bot. Magaz. Tab. 1838. (fem.), Tab. 2006. 

 (masc). 



Crescit in India occideutali, in Florida et Carolina, ubi 

 baccae comeduntur. 



Species in caldariis frequeus, variis nominibus militans. 

 Caudejc humilis (in cnltis) vix ^.pra terrani elevatus. Sti- 

 les basi subfurfuraceug, caeterura nt tola frons glaberrimus, 

 9 Cent, longus, rhachis 14 ceut. Foliola omnia suboppo- 

 sita, 1 Cent, fere distantia, snbhorizontalia, antice aliquid 

 couvergentia, articulalim inserta, utrinque 14 — 20, magni- 

 tudiue haud mnltum diversa, media in Universum raaxima 9 

 — 11 Cent, longa, 6 — 10 mm. lata, lato -linearia, basi an- 

 gustata, versus apicem latiora, apice ipso aliqoid contracto 

 obtnso vel obtusiusculo, integerrima, marginibns leviter re- 

 Toluta, in apice ope lentis in aliquibus serratnrae subtilissi- 

 mae observantur. Nervi lougitudinales 20 et plnres. Conus 

 femineus pedunculo 4 cent. longo et I1/2 crasso sufFultus, 

 cylindricus obtusissimus, 10 cent. longus, öi/acrassns; spa- 

 dices crassi, peltis hexagonis tomeutosis, medio profuude, 

 ambitn pallidius fuscis. Conus mas multo minor 5 cent. lon- 

 gus, 3 — 3^2 crassus, pedunculo l'/g cent. longo snsten- 

 tus. — Drupa (ex ins. Cuba hoc nomine missa) 2 cent, 

 longa, ovalis, nitens, pulposa; putamen lacve homogeneura, 

 oblique ovatum , subaugulatum in apice proraiuulo tribus fo- 

 raminnlis pertusum^ basi in mucrouem brevem productura. 

 Albumen durum, membrana arida splendenti inclusum. Em- 

 bryo cylindricns, apice tumidnlus, basi umbonatus. Filum 



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