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subterete, passing gradually into the fronds, which are 20 — 3S c.M. or more 

 long, 2 — S m.M. broad, flattened, coriaceous, entire, narrowed towards the 

 apex, the midrib prominent beneath, crowned at the apex with 5 — IS sub- 

 triquetrous, digitate, linear spikes, which are 2 — 5 c.M. long, naked beneath, 

 with the edges inflexed. 

 Trop. Asia ^ Polynesia. 



