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dum abeuntibus, inferne quoque. nonniliil attenuato. Spadices circiter 20 
cm longi, in ramulos nonnullos irregulariter circum axem insertos divisi, 
et parte pedicellari brevi praediti ; ramulis frnctiferis rigidis, crassiusculis, 
12-15 cm longis, e basi fere usque ad apicem circiter 4 mm crassis, et, 
parte apicali exeepta, trigonis. P nidus pro maxima parte 3-seriati, su- 
perne vulgo bifarii, parvi, ovoideo-elliptici, utrinque aequaliter attenuati, 
apice minute apiculato-mammillati, 12 mm longi, 7 mm lati; semine 
ovoideo, 9 mm longo, 6 mm lato, superne rotundato, basi non proclucto, 
foveola embrionali nonniliil obliqua, raphidis ramis vulgo 5, vix vel non 
anastomosantibus, ramo centrali tantum apicem seminis superanti. Per- 
ia.ntb.u m fructiferum depresse cupulare, 3.5 cm latum, 1.5 mm altum, in 
ore exacte truncatum et parum coarctatum. 
A rather slender plant 4 to 5 m high. Stems solitary, 3.5 to 4 cm in 
diameter, with the internodes about 4 cm long and the annular scars 
or rings left by the fallen leaves 12 to 14 mm broad. Leaves about 2 
m long; petiole ; rac-his, in the intermediate portion, with a 
very prominent salient angle along the center of the upper surface, at 
first puberulous, later very minutely dotted (under the lens) ; leaflets 
about 25, and 5 cm apart on each side, very regularly equidistant; the 
medial ones bicostulate, elongate-lanceolate, straight, or very obsoletely fal- 
cate, stiff and rather thickly papyraceous, 55 cm long, 4.5 cm broad in the 
middle, and thence gradually narrowing upward to a rather long-acu- 
minate rigid point, they narrow also from the lower third or fourth 
downward to a base which is about 1 cm broad, are dull and subcon- 
colorous on both surfaces, slightly paler, but not glaucescent, beneath; 
the costae in the upper surface are prominent and acute, in the lower 
rounded and bearing a few elongate scales ; secondary nerves very slender, 
and slightly stouter than the very numerous tertiary ones; this causes 
the two surfaces, when dry, to be finely striate; the margins are slightly 
thickened. Spadices about 20 cm in length with a pedicellar part 3 cm 
long, recurved in fruit, divided into not very numerous (14 in one 
specimen) branches; these are irregularly inserted around the main axis, 
rigid, about 4 cm thick throughout, 12 to 15 cm long, more or less 
trigonous. Flowers mostly distinctly 3-seriate, the uppermost usually 
bifarious; the areolae left by the fallen fruits are very superficial, 5 to 
6 mm apart in each line, bordered by very narrow bracts; of these the 
lower are also very narrow with a round margin and not apiculate in 
the center. Fruits small, 12 mm long, 7 mm broad, red, turning dark- 
purple, ovoid-elliptic, diminishing equally to both ends, inconspicuously 
mammilate at the apex. Seed ovoid, 9 mm long, 6 mm broad, rounded 
above, not caudiculate at the base, the embryonal foveola somewhat 
oblique ; the branches of the raphe are usually 5, ascending ; of these only 
that of the center passes over the top of the seed, the others bend at its 
sides, and not at all or hut very slightly anastomose. Albumen very 
