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same as that of the preceding ; pinna alternate or often sub-opposite, 

 the lowermost only in pairs, linear oblong, 18-20 inches long and 4 broad, 

 from a short entire cuneate base sinuato-lobate and dentate, undulated, 

 eroso-dentate almost throughout, white beneath, with a brown midrib; 

 terminal pinna broad cuneate, three-lobed, central lobe bi-lobed, simi- 

 larly eroso-dentate. 



Male spadices axillary, curved, often nutant or pendulous ; the ends 

 of the lowermost touching the ground, scarcely more than 1J foot 

 in length. Spathes densely imbricated, the innermost almost mem- 

 branous, striate, tinged with dark purple, equalling the flower-bearing 

 part of the spadix, and often disposed round it in an urceolate form. 

 Spikes slender, very numerous, level topped, pendulous, their points 

 projecting beyond the opening of the spathes. 



Flowers very numerous, ochroleucous, the lower ones in pairs, with a 

 rudimentary female between, the upper ones solitary. Calyx cylindri- 

 cal, nearly entire. Corolla as long as the calyx, tripartite nearly to the 

 base, segments reflexed. Stamina 6 ; filaments cohering rather high up to 

 the petals. No rudiment of a Pistillum. 



Female spadix much like that of the preceding ; spathes brown, condu- 

 plicate, the outer one sometimes very long, and acuminate. Branches 

 very stout, green, variously ascending, tapered at the ends, where they 

 are caudiform and notched, the notches bearing rudimentary flowers. 

 Bractes 2, right and left. Flowers purplish, closer than in the preced- 

 ing, sometimes (especially in the wild specimens) quite crowded, occu- 

 pying the lower part of a flattish areola, bases somewhat immersed; in 

 bud almost globose. Calyx very short, divided to the middle into three 

 broad rounded teeth. Corolla shorter than the ovarium, trifid, segments 

 broadly half ovate, obtuse, depressed. No rudiments of stamina. Ova- 

 rium round ovate, two-celled. Stigma an indistinctly emarginate point. 

 Ovula solitary. 



Fruit crowded, oblong, surrounded at the base by the perianth, on the 

 apex presenting a brown spot (the stigma) ; epicarp tough, rather thin; 

 flesh scanty, with a mucilaginous acrid juice. Seeds two, plano-convex ; 

 tegument greenish, veiny. Albumen horny, solid. Embryo about the 

 centre of the convex face. 



This species is quite distinct from the first, though at first 

 sight they are scarcely distinguishable. The main differ- 

 ences are the linear-oblong, sinuate-lobed or toothed, ob- 

 tusely acuminate pinnae, the lowermost only occurring in 



