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1. PTYCHORAPHIS MICROCARPA Becc. sp. nov. 
Mediocris ; frondium segmentis numerosissimis, rectissimis, 
majoribus 70 cm longis, 3.5 cm latis, costa media tantum subtus 
paleolis induta ; spadice duplicato-ramoso, ramis floriferis rigidis, 
crassiusculis ; fructibus anguste ovoideis, superne vix oblique co- 
nice attenuatis, 10 ad 12 mm longis, 5 mm crassis; semine 
ovato-elliptico, subacuto, 7 mm longo, 4 mm crasso ; integumenti 
ramificationibus vascularibus laxe anastomosantibus. 
Apparently of medium size. Leaves rather large, perhaps 
about 3 m long, very regularly pinnate; petiolar part smooth, 
strongly convex underneath, deeply channeled above (at least 
in its uppermost part) ; rachis also convex, smooth and glabrous 
underneath, 2.5 cm wide in its basal part. Leaflets very num- 
erous, equidistant, ensiform, quite straight, attached to the 
rachis by a rather narrow base, with the margins there strongly 
reduplicate, very long acuminate in their upper part to a slender 
undivided point, which however has a tendency to split down 
the middle, firmly papyraceous, glabrous and subconcolorous on 
both surfaces, the margins slightly thickened; midrib almost 
equally prominent on both surfaces, provided, on the lower 
surface, especially near the base, with distant, brown, linear 
paleolae; the latter at times present (on each side of the mid- 
costa) on a secondary nerve, which is usually stronger than 
the other; tertiary nerves not very sharp, being immersed in 
the parenchyma; transverse veinlets obsolete; intermediate seg- 
ments up to 70 cm long, and 3.5 cm wide; the lowest segments 
considerably smaller ; the upper ones gradually diminish in length 
and breadth; all, however, are of one shape. Spadix over 1 
meter in length, but about one-half of it consists of an undivided, 
strongly flattened, peduncular part; the latter is 17 to 18 mm 
wide, the margins obtuse, covered with a very dark tobacco- 
colored, furfuraceous scurf; panicle diffuse, twice branched, its 
primary divisions short, angular, and subdivided into 2 or 3 
floriferous branches; the latter are rigid, thickish (4 mm thick) 
throughout their entire length (not including the flowers), 15 
to 22 cm long, uniformly covered with glomerules from the base 
to the apex, each composed of three flowers. Spathes two, 
falling to pieces at the time of fruiting, the outer, or basal, spathe 
coriaceous, brittle; the second inserted on the peduncular part 
15 cm above the other. Glomerules not very regularly yet 
rather closely arranged, although often with vacant spaces inter- 
posed, around the branches, on very shallov/ scrobiculi. Male 
flowers * * *. Female flowers * * *. Fruiting perianth 
5 mm high, the petals twice as long as the sepals ; the bracts of the 
