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' pellicula tenui glabcrrimu iiilida vcslte, ad latus intcrius pclioli Uijulae inslar nonnihil promiucnies, 

 exlus inferne tomento denso ferrugineo-fusco oLductaj , ct supcrnc aciilois crcbcrrmns .n.TquiIongis 

 vu^o per scries obliquas transvcrsas dispositis subulatis phnis basi marg.neque fusco-tomenlosis 

 squarrosis e crocco rufcsccnlibus v. intense fuscis nitidis circa os longionbus et plerumquc surgciuibus 

 armaloi. Do magnitudine horum aculeorum nihil certi dici potest, cum in eadem vagin^ muHi vix 

 aliquot lineaslongi et anj^uslissimi, alii vcro, imprimis snpcriorcs, ^-8 poll, et ad basin 1 -5lin. 

 latisint. Petiohis 10-16 poll., ut rhachis furfure tenuissimo squamuloso landem dclcrgibili con- 

 spcrsus, basi polliccm lat4 supra piano- excavate extrorsum in gibbcrcm crassum protubcrans 

 supcrne tereti-compressus v. supra obsolete bilaleratus el hie subinermis (in variolate p cum poslc- 

 riorc parte rhacheos ubique aculeatusj , in dorso aculeis solitariis sparsisvc non raro aliquot polliccs 

 longis rcctis paulum dcorsum spcctantibus el ad margines geminalis v. subvcrlicillalis horizontalibus v. 

 arrectis subulalis c basi supra tumid^ complanatis rarissime Irilatcratis pallide rufcsccnlibus v. fuscis 

 sursum decresccntibus inslructus. Rhachis inferne subpcnlagona, supcrne trigona, in dorso convcxo 

 tot^ longiludine poslicc aculeis sparsis solitariisve remolis rectis nonnihil retro spcctantibus e basi 

 supra gibbosa subulatis ancipilibus rhachi concoloribus apice flavicanti-fuscis armata, antice in uncos 

 breviores magis approxiniatps sensim magis curvatos el vel retrorsum uncinatos conico-sTibulatos 

 apice atro-fuscos 2-5 rarius 6-7- nalim basi pallidiore supra gibbosa conjunctos Iranseunlibus. Apex 

 rhacheos in appendicem nudam, 5 ad 7 ped., debilcm, plano-lrigonam, dorso convexam crebrisquc 

 verticillis aculeorum uncinatorum instructam protcusus. Segmenta plurima, opposita et alterna, 

 concinna, approximata nee raro sibi incumbentia, superiors magis dislantia, 7-14- poll., 5-7 lin. 

 lata, lanccolalo-Iincaria , subulalo-replicato-acuminatissima (in Far. p nonnuUa infimorum obtusa 

 cl fissa), ad basin angustata, plicato-nervosa , nervis S-7, tribus supra magis prominentibus, Iribus 

 V. inlcrdum quinquc supcrne utrinque sctulis raris 1-2 lin. longis nigro-fuscis aspersis, margine setulis 

 similibus brcvioribus appressis obsessa, chartacca, supra saturate viridia , subtus glaucescenti-virentia. 

 Spadices e sinu frondium alternalim emergentes, unisexuales, 1^-2 ped., paniculati, primo arrccti, 

 fructiferi usque ad 5 ped. accrescentes el nutantes, inexpansi spalhis compluribus claval07lubulosis 

 oblique truncatis ore latere ventrali tandem fissis latere dorsali in acumen acutum v. obtusalum vulgo 

 bilobum produclis crasse coriaceis virentibus tomento fusco aspersis vaginali ; quarum infima aculeis 

 plurimis solitariis v. 2-5- natis patenlissimis v. lenitcr dcflcxis fuscis dissitis v. interdum per duas 

 series longiludinalcs congestis, 2-15 lin. longis subulalis complanatis fusccscentibus instructa; intcr- 

 mediis sensim paucioribus aculeis subsolilariis dorso plerumque seric longitudinal! dispositis; supc- 

 rioribus sensim minoribus, inermibus. Pedunculus vaginae insequentis frondis longissime adnatus, ad 

 basin partis per 4-7 poll, liberse compresso-teres , fusco-tomenlosus ac seriebus confertissimis aculeo- 

 rum 3-7 natorum horizontaliter paten tium v. deflexorum vaginarum consimilium armalus, supra 

 insertioncm spathse infimse diu persistenlis paulo tenuior, leretiusculus, inermis, saepe insuper una 

 duabusve cicatricibus annularibus spatharum delapsarum notatus , ut rliachis omnesque ejus ramifi- 

 caliones tomento ferrugineo squamuloso maxima parte fugaci veslitus. Rhachis conimmiis leretiuscula 

 aul obsolete angulosa, latere ramis adverso foveolata, e basibus spatharuin 2-3 poll, a se invicem 

 remolis alternalim ramosa. /?am«5-8, recti, inferiores 3-4 poll., primo rhachi communi applicati 

 ac se invicem conlingenlcs , in spadicc femineo distiche ramulosi et peracla feeundalione sensim magis 

 patentes, in masculo dense ramosissimi, magis coarctati. /Jamw^i/lfon^ien moscw/i tenuissimi, 4-7 

 lin. ; femiiiei^'2 poll. , 5-14 flori. Rhachis ramorum rectiuscula, angulata ; . ramulorum flexuosa, 

 iricgulariter Irigona. Spathellce membranacese , Iruncala;, minimae, protinus sub ramulis circumcirca 

 adnatse, hinc in acumen produclse. Bractem floraks spathellis similibus, sed eliam nilnoribus ct in 

 spadice masculo fere inconspicuis. Flores masculi sessWcs, bifariam imbricati , lineam longi, in 

 alabastro oblongi, oblusi, latcrati cl saepc obliqui, rorc fuseidulo obtccti. Calyx brevissimus, capu- 

 laris, ncrvoso-striatus , in tres denies Iriangulari-ovalos ereetos semifidus. Corolla ad basin intra 

 calyccm Icviter atlenualam usque tripartita; segmentis oblongis, obtusis, ereelis, subchartaceis , 

 concaviusculis. Stamina 6, erecta, sequalia ; ^/amcnfa subulalo-trigona, ima basi dilatala in ureeo- 

 lum brevissimum fundo corollae annexum connala; antherce ohhngas , obtusse v. retusae, basi emargi- 

 natai, sublctragonse, dorso fere medio affix*, loculis intus longitudinaliler dehiscentibus. Rudimentum 

 ovarii in ccntro, minimum, conico-cylindraceum , apice Irifidum. Flores feminei distichi, sinus 

 ramulorum florifcrorum obsidcnlcs iisque hie appressi, 2 lin. longi, pedicellis brevissimis crassis tri- 

 goms ferrugmco-tomentosis supcrne hinc braclca obsolete circumnexis altero latere apiVom versus 



