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longituiliiuiloni Icailcr convcxam protubcranlia sirato imluincuii dcnsi ochracei obducta sistentes. 

 Frondes rcmota?, altcrna; , patcntissima? , T-H-pcdalcs. Indumentum pulverulcnto - floccosum , 

 ochracco-fusccsccns, tandem majorcm partem dcliqncsccns, pctiolum et rhachin atqiic ex parte etiam 

 sogmcnla incxplicala obvestiens. Petiolus paucos tanlummodo poUices loiigus (plantse novaj multo 

 longior, subtcres, fere inermis), fcrmc polliecm latus, scmi,tercs, pricsertim dorso convexo plurimis 

 aculeis complanatis subulatis sursum apprcssis ex nigrescenti fumosis 2-8 lin. longis armatus. Rhachis 

 subtus convexa, supra ad imam partem plano-convexa ct ad latcra sulco angusto supernc sensim 

 latiore, cui sogmcnta oblique affiguntur, cxsculpta, medio quadri-, apiccm versus trilatcrata . cl 

 modo (pr£escrtim in frondlbus slirpis nova;) segmcnlis duobus angustis lerminata, modo (in superio- 

 ribus slirpis aduUfe frondibus) in caudam 3-S ped. longam superne usque magis attenuatam Irigono- 

 compressam striatam aculeis plurimis verticillatis reeurvis munitam dependenlem exeurrens, parte 

 superiori foliosa modo ad latus dorsale, basin versus etiam ad margines superiorcs aculeata. Acuki 

 in postica parte illis in petiolo similes, sed rariores sensimque minores, partim appressi parliui 

 patentcs, majoribus secundum longitudincin dorsalem dispositis suba}quidistanLibus in uneos supra 

 ad basin pallidam tumidos, infra plano-excavatos, ad apiccm subrecurvum atros, ad mediain usque 

 rbachin simpliees, ad superiorem hujus partem bi- tri- ad septem- vel novcmfidos, magnitudine 

 sensim decrcsccnlcs ct ad caudam magis approximates Iranscunlibus. Segmenta quovis latere qua- 

 dragena ad sexagcna et amplius, media fere polliecm dislanlia, opposita aut alterna, coaciuna 

 11-15 poll., 6-8 lin, lata, lincaria, setaeeo-aeuminatissima , chartacca, saturate viridia, Ion*»itu- 

 dinalitcr plieato - nervosa , tribus ncrvis primariis et aliquot secundariis tenuioribus , in pagina 

 superiori in Iractu lateralium, ncc non ad nervum medium crassiorcm aeiite prominentcm setis rarls 

 Ijlin. longis nigro-fuscis, ad margines sctulis crebrioribus brevioribusque ciliata, subtus glabra 



nervo medio tamen in frondibus junioribus superne etiam sctulis raris tandem deciduis obsesso 



utrinque ad 8 ct vel 6 poll, longitudincm ct 1-4 lin. latitudinem deereseentia et valde approximata 

 aut, rhaehi in caudam vel appcndiccm nudam excurrente, supcriora ad rbachin anguste dccurrentia 

 magis magisque inter se distanlia et nana. Spadices ad caudieis summitatcm alterni, breviter pedun- 

 culati, stricti, masculi pcdales, fcrtilcs validiores sesquipcdis ad duorum pedum usque, hi tempore 

 maturitatis fructuum nulantes, statu virginco spathis adhuc arctissimc cij^eto fusiformes caudte 

 crinilae quarundam mammalium baud multum absimiles. Pedumulus majorcm partem vaginis fron- 

 dium secundum longitudincm adnatus, ad apiccm per paucos admodum pollices distinctum crassior,. 

 compresso-teres , infra spatham cxtimam , hujus instar, aculeis confcrtissimis subulatis- v. sctiformibus 

 orcetis v. apprcssis nigricantibus aut passim pallidis nitentibus indumento fuliginoso pulveracco- 

 tomenloso dctcrgibili immixtis armatus, ad partem antieam spathis inclusam inermis, perinde ac 

 tola inflorcscentia furfurc flocculoso tenuissimo crocco tandem deliquesccntc aspcrsus. Spathw quinque 

 ad septem, altcrnaj, tribus vulgo e superiori pedunculi parte ortis totum spadiccm ampleclcntibus 

 aliis partialibus sensim decrcscentibus ramos ejus involventibus , — lanccolat^e, longissimc cuspi- 

 dalse, primo omnino clausjB, sub anthesin infra apicem compressum fissura longitudinali rupta;, 

 tandem ad basin amplectenlem circumscissse , exteriores substantise firmse coriaccce et praiscrtini 

 infima extus, cxcepta modo cuspide longa compressa, dense aculcataj, intcriores chartaceo-membra- 

 naceaj, incrmcs, straminese, omnes decidual, cicatrices annularcs in peduneulo et rhaehi communi 

 relinquentes. Rami alterni, vagi, in paniculam oblongam dense coarctatam dispositi, distiehc 

 ramulosi , ramulis spathella ovata amplcxicauli subinde in longum acumen producla membranacea 

 nervosa in spadice masculo, cujus rami itcrum in ramulos breves subdistichos contiguos dividuntur, 

 multo minus quam in feminco evoluta stipatis. Rhaches floriferw flcxuosie, subangulat^ in 

 masculis longe tenuiorcs, noribus magis approximatis mullo minoribus, bracteis, spatliellis confor- 

 mibus sed minoribus, disLichis, munitae. Flores masculi intra quamvis bracteam solitarii, sessilcs, 

 rhaehi subcontigui, bracteola abbreviata cupulari ore obliquo ad latus utrinque acute prominenti 

 parce ciliata suffulti , fusciduli , in virginitate rore farinaceo crocco obducti. Calyx urccolato- 

 campamilatus , lincam longus, subcoriaecus , nervosus, tridcntatus; dentibus brevibus, acutis 

 ciliatis. Coro//a ealyce duplo longior, profunde tripartita, substantia magis rigid^ chartaccEl', laciniil 

 lanceolatis, obtusiuseulis , coneavis, apicem versus crassioribus , in alabastro recta aut curva 

 subtrigona, valvata. Stamina inelusa, erecto-connivcntia , suboequalia. Filamenla alba, ab basin 

 cupuliformi-unitam cum fundo corolla; connata, superne subulato-trigona. Antherw erecta;, oblongse, 

 obtusfc aut inajquali-rctusa;, flavse, dorso supra basin bifidam affixa;. Pistilli rudimentum nullum' 

 Flores femind distichi, pcdicellis brevissimis crassis trigonis rhaehi apprcssis binis bractcolis lato- 



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