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coalitis, (fl. faem. castrata). Ovarium gibbum, 3-loculare, 

 1-ovulatum. Stigmata S. Drupa obliquissima (stigmatibus 

 basilaribus.) Albumen corneum, simpliciter ruminatum. 

 Embryo basilaris. 



Habitus. — Palma malayana, arecceformisyfruticosa. Fo- 

 lia pinnatim fissa : rete O. Spadices axillares, nutantes, 

 ramis (spicis) simplicibus, sapius 2, aliquando pluribus. Flores 

 subglumacei, albidi, Drupae nigrescenti-purpureae, obovato- 

 oblongce. 



Genus Bentinckiae proximum, discrepans spathis et albu- 

 mine ruminato. Folia etiam pinnatim fissa. Habitus Geo- 

 nomae, quod genus difFert filamentis in columnam connatis, 

 antherarum loculis divaricatis, stylo (ovarii virginei) basilari 

 et albumine aequabili. 



Dicatum beato Henrico Slack, botanico magnae spei, aetate 

 iniente infelici casu abrepto. 



S. geonomaeformis. 



Habit. — Forests, Ayer Punnus (Rhim), Malacca, rather 

 common. In flower and fruit in July, 1842. Malayan name, 

 Pinang Rambeh, 



Descr. — Stem slender, 2-4 feet high, about § inch in diameter, dis- 

 tinctly annulate. Leaves pinnately split, 3-3 1 feet long, 1-1 1 broad, in 

 outline linear-oblong : sheaths about a span long, striate ; naked base of 

 petiole about a foot long, scurfy pubescent; pinnce a foot or more in 

 length, obliquely acuminate and nearly entire, or obliquely prsemorse 

 and eroso-dentate, varying in breadth from \ an inch to 2 inches, with 

 two or 2-more keels accordingly ; terminal bilobed, lobes broad, eroso- 

 dentate ; threads very fine. 



Spathes about two, incomplete, leathery membranous, the lower one 

 bicarinate ; the upper twice as long, conduplicate, open interiorly to 

 about its middle, like the spadix covered with brown pubescence. 

 Spadix nodding, generally dichotomous, sometimes racemosely branch- 

 ed ; a scale-shaped, likewise scurfy pubescent, acute bracte at the base of 

 the divisions. Spikes roundish, rather thick, of a spongy aspect 6-10 

 inches long. 



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