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prominente selulis raris antrorsum patciUibus plus dimidium linex longis pallidis apicc nigro-fuscis, 

 in paginu postcriorc ad ncrvum medium nonnullosquc ncrvos laterales obsoletos similibus scd 

 brevioribus pallidioribus plerumque deciduis et ad margincs crcbrioribus angulo acuto directis ciliala; 

 poslcriora quovis latere in septem octovc fascipulos bina-scna aggregata, patentia aut patentissima, 

 7-10 poll., G-8 liu. lata; antcriora subopposita, approximata, anjui distant! a, crecto-patcntia, sensim 

 ad J) Ycl 5 poll, usque decrescentia, nee non angustiora atque extrema obtusiuscula. Spadtces phires^ 

 polygamo-dioeci , ^on'tj'fn inter frondcs superiores, 4-6 pcd., laxi, ramosi, inferne erecti, superne 

 nutautcs et in appcndicem l|-3 ped. longam filiformem rcdunco-aculcatam prolensi, tomcnto 

 floccoso pallidc fusco tandem dcliqiiescentc obdueti , spathaceo-vaginati, pedunculo ancipite pedali 

 aculois i-ectis patcuLibus borrido ima basi per callum cum vagina frondis longitudinaliler conncxi; 

 internodils rhachios communis infra spathas aliquantum altenuatis ac compresso-trigonis, inermibus 

 aut aculcis sparsis solitariis geminatis aut ternalis rclrorsum uncinatis ; alii spadkes abortivi , ad 

 latcra frondium inferiorum, solitarii, ex eorundcm vaginis oricntcs, 6-8 ped., simplicissimi, cirrbi- 

 formes, dcbiles, ilorigcris tenuiores, vaginulis aliquot distantibus abbreviatis mareescentibus cir- 

 cumncxi, ad margincs basics contractae aculeis satis longis rectis borizontalibus, superne tereliuseuli 

 ct aculeis magis distantibus solitariis aut dimidiato-verticillatis reduncis apice nigro-fuscis sursum * 

 sensim minoribus armati. Spatkce primariae internodiis brcviorcs, clavalo-tubulosac, arcta?, coriaceae, 

 longitudinaliter striatae, striis summo apice in acumen carinatum convcrgentibus, ore scarioso superne 

 uno latere fissfe ; infcriores longiorcs, 5-6 poll., compressa;, aculeis sparsis rectis patenlissimis vel 

 aliquantum rctrorsum spcctantibus 2-6 lin. longis conico-subulatis ; superiores breviores, 3-i poll., 

 teretiusculse, aculeis reduncis sensim minoribus. Rami 5-5, alterni, rcmotissimi, 4-7 poll., in 

 spadice masculo paniculas erecto-patcntes ramosas contractas glomeratas sislentes, in femineo vcro 

 prime arrccti, dcinde dcflcxo-curvati, a basi ad apicem in amenta disticha simplicia divisi, vaginati 

 spathis secundanis infundibuliformibus compresso-angulosis apice altcrnatim aeuminato-productis 



, mcmbranaceis tenuitcr striatis inermibus primo furfurc fusco tomcntosis tandem glabriusculis ore 

 cito fusco-scariosis, inferioribus b-7 lin., superioribus ad 3 lin. usque decrcscentibus. Amenta 

 mascula in ramulis iterum spathcllis similibus sed minoribus ocbrcatis plurima , altema , sessilia , 

 angulo acuto patentia, disticba, recta, abbreviata, dcnsa, pauciflora; bracteis rhachi perfoliatimadnatis, 

 obsoletis, disticbis, ovatis, acutis, concavis, patenlibus, mcmbranaceis, striatis, extus furfuraceis, 

 unifloris. Amenta feminea in quovis ramo 9-18, patentissima, recta aut flexuosa, filiformia, rara, 

 muUiflora, infcriora 2{-5 poll.; supcriora pollicaria, e quavis bractea cyatbiformi truncatA uno 

 latere acutiusculc prominente cbartacea transvetse striata furfure fusco obsita floribus geminatis 

 palentibus, altero femineo ac fertili, altero minore collaterali masculo sed imperfecto et cito deciduo. 

 Masculi spadicum masculorum singuli bracteis duabus minutissimis oppositis rbachi continuis 

 oblique triangularibus subslratis, approximati, imbricati, in spccimine nostro nondum expanse vix 

 lin., evoidei, trigoni, subebliqui. Cahjx cupularis, obtuse triangularis, trifidus, subchartaccus, 

 multistriatus, striis extus elcvatis subconjugatis furfuraceo-scabridis ; ladniis ovatis, acutis, paululum 

 ina^qualibus, sub apice mcmbranaceo-marginatis. Corolla calyce lengior, profunde tripartita, cbar- 

 tacea, glabra; ladniis ovato-eblongis, subobliquis, acutiusculis , striatis, apicem versus crassioribus. 

 Stamina 6, sequilonga, corollam adsequantia ejusque fundo carnosule inserta, erecto-eonniventia ; 

 fdamenta subulata, basi lata crassiere brevissime connata, dorso plana, intus in angulum prominentia 

 summo apice infraeta; anthenc fdamentum ajquantes, lanceolate - eblongse , acutaj, basi profunde 

 emarginata;, tetragense, lutcse, medio dorse affixai; loculis a^quales vcl inaiquales, intus secundum 

 longitudincm dcbiscentibus. PM//e rudimentum oentrale, minutissimum , angulatum, trifidum. 

 Masculi spicarum fcminearum ebraeteolati, ipso dorso bracteelaj superioris floris feminei cnati, 

 mode dcscriptis censimiles, sed calyce nen angulate, segmentis corollaj oblongis eoneavis, antberis 

 brcvioribus et slerilibus, pistillo rudimentario majore. Feminei bracteolis binis in specicm acetabuli 

 minimi oblique superpositis brevissimis suffulti, .maseulis paulo majores. Calyx elongulo-ovoideus, ore 



^tridentatus vel tandem profunde tripartitus cum-corolla emareido-persistens, nervoso-striatus. Corolla 

 calyce paulo longior, trifida, cbartacea; ladniis ovatis, acutis, erectis, concavis. Stamina in 

 urceolum membranaccum ovarium cingcntem ore sexdentatum corolla dimidio brevierem connata, 

 antheris cordatis parvis poUine carcntibus dotata. Ovarium globoso-trigonum , incomplete trilocu- 

 latum, trievulatum. Stigmata tria, subulata, trigona, extus leniter convexa atque sulco longitudinali 

 tcnui exarala, intus verrucosa, ante antbesin sibi npplicata, tandem divergentia. %a»?w/«' ut 

 plurimum per scries trodecim rarius quindecim verticales disposit«, in fructibus nondum maturis 



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