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pallide fusco aspcrsa, dorso convexa ct hie aculeis pollicem inter se distantiLus 1 1 lin. longis sursum 

 sensim magis approximatis cl decrcscenlibus conico-subulatis supra convexis subtus planis leniler 

 uncmalo-rccurvis apice nitide fuscis aut nigricantibus praidita. Scgmenta plurima, opposila v. subal- 

 terna, angulo acuto palenlia, G-10 poll., 5-G lin. lata, lineari-lanceolala, in apicom longum subulatum 

 angustata, cbartacco-membranacca, opaca pra^scrtim supra, prorsus impellunda, trinervia, utrinque 

 nulhs venulis transvcrsalibus conspicuis, glabra, sed marginibus setulis brevibus apprcssis apiccm 

 versus crebnonbus longioribusque fiisccsccntibus obsessa, qua; el in supcriorc pagina in nervis tribus 

 hie magis dislinctis cl in poslcriore tanluni supernc in nervo medio adsunt, cui praterea setula soliteria 

 brevior lirmiorque supra ad basin insiderc solet. Spadtx fructiger elongatus, interrupte-paniculatus, 

 nutans, spathaceo-vaginatus, in rbachi communi prajsertim in spathis ejus tubulosis tomento satis 

 denso cinereo-fusco et aculeolis crebris irregulariler sparsis solitariis conico-subulatis recurvis ^- 1 lin. 

 longis fuscis. Rami alterni, remoti, glabriusculi, inermes, rarissime aculeolis aliquot pcrquain bre- 

 vissimis rectis horizontalibus vix conspicuis exasperati, distiche spicigcri; infcriores pedales, spicis 

 18-22 alternis filiformibus recurvis fi-S poll, longis e spathis secundariis clavato-tubulosis' altero 

 latere applanatis altero convexis apice hinc illinc oblique in acumen prominentibus cliartaceis progre- 

 dientibus. Fructus subdistichi, in spicis longioribus lo-22, in brevioribus 7-10, subhorizontales, 

 sessiles, 7-8 lin., 5 lin. diametro, globoso-ellipsoidei, utrinque rotundati, basi intcgumcntis floralibus 

 mduralis cincti, apice stylo persistente mucronati, seriebus 18 verticalibus squamularum chartacearum 

 deorsum imbricatarum rhombearum planiuscularum sulco longitudinali obsoleto notatanim. Color 

 squamularum ex pallide fusco-stramineus nitore exiguo, ad margines et prajsertim ad angulum infe- 

 riorem castaneus. Nucleus ellipsoideo-globosus, in dorso convexus et gyroso-sulcatus, ventre chalaza 

 profunde impressa, qua tegumentum succulentum exterius seminis arctius adhasret. Albumen solidum, 

 in cavitate bascos embryon parvum fovens. 



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U. CALAMUS (viminob-s) PALLEIVS. 



C. caudice scandente; frondibus cirrhiferis; segmentis (circiter i5-22- jugis) aequidi- 

 stantibus elongato-lineari-lanceolatis subulato-acuminatissimis trinerviis supra in nervis 

 nee non in nervo medio subtus et margine parce setulosis; aculeis rhachium solitariis 

 distantibus brevibus recurvis, cirrhorum dimidiato-verticillatis reduncis; spadicibus 

 masculis compositis elongatis laxe paniculatis aculeatis. 



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Habit. In declivibus sylva intacta obtectis meridiem versus sitis montis ignivomi Tjerimai in provincia Cheribon, unde 

 . mihi partes hujus Palmae attulerunt investigatores Javani, quam ab Booy Korrot, qui noster C. (viminalisj heteroideus, 

 non diversara putabant. Licet autem conformatione spadicis masculi cum eo valde congruat, facile tamen frondibus 

 cirrhiferis et segmentis etiara sub nervo medio setulis brevibus obsessis ab illo distinguitur, 



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Descr. Frondkm lamina sesquipedem vel ultra duos pedes longa, 11-14 poll, lata, circumscriptione ovali, 

 utrinque decrescenti-pinnatisecta. Rhachis crassitie penn^ anatina?, glabra v. furfure obsoleto pallide 

 fusco,^ supra inermis et postice in aciem obtusam antice acutatam prominons, dorso convexa, aculeis 

 corneis distantibus | - 1 hn. longis conicis ad basin pallesccntem supra incrassatis apice nigro-fuscis 

 recurvis, in appondicem cirrhiformem baud ita elongatam gracilem triquetram dorso aculeis parvis 

 dimidiato-verticillatis reduncis instructam protracta. Segmenta subopposita v. alterna, patentia, 

 7-12 poll., 3-6 lin. lata, nonnulla infimorum superiorumque multo angustiora, subulato-acumina- 

 tissima, membranacea, opaca, in pagina superiore obscure viridia nervis tribus primariis magis 

 prominentibus nonnullisque tenuioribus secundariis per venulas obsoletas connexis setulis raris pallide 

 . fuscis obsitis, in pagina inferlore subglaucescentia et obsolete squamuloso-punctata, ibidem a medio ad 

 apicem in nervo medio nee non ad margmes setulis copinsioribus magis sursum apprcssis. Spadix 

 masculus 4 ped,, nutans, compositus, interrupte paniculatus, appendice brevi aculeata terminatus. 

 Rhachis communis crassitie pennae anatinse, aliquantum fusco-tomcntosa, tandem glabriuscula 

 interrupte spatbacco-vaginata, infcrnc compressa et subinermis, superne magis aculeata pra-scrtim in 



