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Leaflets equidistant. 
c\ The mouths of the leaf sheaths unarmed. 
(T. Leaflets lanceolate-ensiform, the largest 30 to 45 cm long, 3 to 
3.5 cm wide, the midrib only sparsely bristly below, smooth 
above or else minutely spinulous near the apex; fruit spherical, 
mammillate-beaked, 18 to 20 mm in diameter 3. D. ochrolepis. 
tf. Leaflets less than 3 cm wide, bristly on three to flve nerves above, 
e’. Leaflets 30 cm long, 15 to 16 mm wide (the largest), bristly 
on three nerves above, and on the midrib only underneath; 
the axis of the spadix and spikelets coated with a rusty- 
brown scurf; fruit carried on a pedicel 8 to 10 mm long, 
globose-ovoid, obtusely mammillate-beaked. 
4. D. urdanetanm. 
Leaflets very narrowly lanceolate, 20 to 23 cm long, 14 to 18 
mm wide (the largest), bristly on three nerves above, and 
with a few long bristles on the midrib only underneath. 
Male flowers very long and slender (12 mm long). 
5. D. Loherianiis. 
e*. Leaflets 30 cm long, 15 to 20 mm wide (the largest), bristly 
on five nerves above, but only on the midrib beneath, fruit 
12 to 17 mm long, 9 to 11 mm through, ovoid-ellipsoid, carried 
on a pedicel 4 to 6 mm long 6. D. pedicellaris. 
cP. Leaflets less than 3 cm wide, having the midrib alone spinulous, 
on only one or on both surfaces. 
e\ Leaflets 30 to 32 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide (the largest) , 
having the midrib alone spinulous on both surfaces; axis of 
the spadix and spikelets densely coated with a copious brown 
felt; fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, blunt-mammillate, carried on a 
thick, 5 to 6 mm long pedicel 7. D. pannosus. 
e’. Leaflets 30 to 40 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide (the largest) , 
smooth or nearly so on the upper surface, underneath the 
midrib alone remotely spinulous ; axial parts of the spadix and 
spikelets coated with adherent rusty-brown scurf ; fruit 
globose and obtusely mammillate, 17 to 18 mm in diameter, 
with a few well-conformed scales, and carried on a pedicel 
10 to 12 mm long 8. D. oligolepis. 
c‘. The mouths of the leaf-sheaths armed with erect spines, longer 
than those on the body. 
d'. Fruit large, over 2 cm in diameter; leaflets narrowly ensiform, 
40 to 42 cm long, 13 to 15 mm broad (the largest), spinulous 
on three nerves above and bristly on the midrib alone beneath; 
fruit spherical, 20 to 24 mm in diameter.... 9. D. Clemensianus. 
d*. Fruit less than 2 cm in diameter. 
ek Leaflets linear-ensiform, 35 to 45 cm long, 16 to 24 mm broad 
(the largest), with three bristly nerves on the upper surface, 
underneath the midrib alone or, occasionally, also three nerves 
bristly; partial inflorescences and spikelets spreading; fruit 
globose, mammillate-beaked, often slightly depressed, 15 to 
18 mm in diameter 10. D. GaudichaudiL 
ck Leaflets narrowly ensiform, 65 to 60 cm long, 20 to 22 mm 
broad (the largest) , almost smooth above and with only a 
few short bristles on the midrib underneath; partial in- 
