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ochrascentilanatus, validus, subsemicylindrico-compressus, an- 

 tica facie lata vix concavatus, dorso subtrigono-convexus; 

 rhachis conforinis vel subconformis 



Foliola utrinque lateraliter inserta, serie utraque inter- 

 jecta rhacheos facie dilatata satis distante, densa, utrinque 

 usque 80, angusto-linearia, 6 — 10 poll. longa, l — 1 J raro 

 2 lin. lata, superiora et inferiora breviora, infima brevis- 

 sima, spinuloso-acuta, integerrima (plaritae novellae apice 

 paucidentula) , subtus concavo-canaliculata, deorsum fere 

 tetragono-canaliculata, ima basi subcylindrica, sed nullo- 

 modo auriculato-callosa , 5-nervia, nervis subtus promi- 

 nentibus quasi sulcato-nervosa, colore in sicco caesio-glau- 

 cescentia. 



Conus masc. glaber. Squamae ex ima basi in pedicellum 

 rr.anifesto contracta in corpus polliniferum cuneato-rotunda- 

 tum subrhombeum dilatatae, apice corpore sterili in api- 

 culum brevem spinoso-acutum erectum refiexum excurrente 

 terminatae, 4< — 5 lin. longae totidemque circiter latae, 

 corpore pollinifero supra concaviusculo, subtus convexo, 

 antheris (locellis) sordide pallidis per aream apice bilobana 

 dispositis. 



Conus femineus semipedalis, pedunculo circiter qua- 

 dripollicari, praeter basin attenuatam tomentosam glabro. 

 Squamae pedicellato-peltatae, pedicello angulato demum com- 

 presso, peltae hemidiametro transversali breviore, pelta trans- 

 verse dilatata, angulis lateralibus deorsum flexis semina 

 subobtegentibus, vertice dilatato rhombeo e crista trans- 

 versali acuta in brevem processulum spinosum reflexo- 

 arrectum excurrente. 



Semina ellipsoideo-subglobosa, irregulariter vario medo 

 obtusangula, pollicaria vel paullo majora, testa carnosa 

 rubella, hilo ovali, putaminis lignosi area terminali seu mi- 

 cropvlari sulculis circiter 11 (in reliqua ejus superficie 

 longitrorsis magisque obsoletisj notata. 



