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Oenocarpns Mart., Endl., Knnth. 



O. utilis Klotzseh. Caudice gtarili, nudo; frondibns 

 sparsis; 25jugis; rhachibns stipiteqnc triangularibns , adpresse 

 fusco-squamalosis; pinuis sessilibus, linearibns, longissimc- 

 acurainatis; spalhis longissimis, subulatis ; spadicc fructifero 

 rubente; baccis globosis, nigris; seminis alburaine radiatim- 

 striato, in sicco fusco- marmorato. 



Candex cylindricus, nudus, 36 pedes longns, 3-poll. in 

 diamctro. Corpus ligneum durum, carneura. Medulla spon- 

 giosa, flavescens, mollis. Frondes circiter 10, terminales, 

 sparsae , pinnatae, 7 — 8-pedales. Vaginae frondium nitidae, 

 plus minusve fuscae, l*/a P ea< . longae. Rhachis stipesque 

 triangnlaris , 6 ped. longa, crassitudine pcnnae cygneae. 

 Pinnae erectae, sessiles, suboppositae, lineares, longissime 

 acuminatae, parallele -venosae, margine integerrimae, acu- 

 tae, a(ro-viridcs, pedem longae, semipollicem latae. Spathae 

 diphyllae, compresso- cylindricae, longissime roslratae, fusco- 

 tomentosae, 4 — 4!/ 2 P eu< - longae _, l*/ 2 — 2 1 / 2 P°M» ' n dia- 

 mctro, exteriori profundius fissa, interiori subulata, longitu- 

 dineexteriorem triplo superante. Spadices simpliciter fastigiato- 

 ramosi , fructiferi rubentes. Flore9 monoici in eodem spadice. 

 in scrobienlis sessiles, ebracteati, feminei solitarii, inter ge- 

 minos masculos posili. Masc. : Perigonium exterius triphyl- 

 lnm, foliolis parvis, carnosis, margine membranaceis, sub- 

 triangularibus, in alabastro snbimbricatis, interius triphyllum, 

 foliolis majoribns in alabastro valvatis. Staraina 6, filamenta 

 subulata; antherae biloculares, introrsum dehiscentes , versa- 

 tiles. Ovarii rudiraentum stigmatibns tribns ornatum. Fem. 

 Perigonium exterius interiusque ut in mare. Staminum rudi- 

 mcnta nulla. Ovariura 3-loculare, loculis 2 miniinis. Stigma- 

 ta 3, sessilia, acuta, conniventia. Bacca monosperma, nigra, 

 globosa, seraipollicaris , raesocarpio camoso, stigmatibus 



