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mediali cum 38-40 nervis parallelis secundariis 
in quoque dimidio, nervis tertialis nullis, lamina 
gladiformi in apice caudato trigono subulato 
15-20 cm longo diminuenti eo 10 cm ex apice 
1 mm lato, basi amplexicauli et inermi sed ex 
3- 7 cm marginibus cum aculeis 3.5-6 mm iongis 
10-30' mm separatis crassiter subulatis subarcu- 
atis adscendentibus, midnervo infra ex 7-8 cm 
cum aculeis 3-5 mm Iongis 20-50 mm separatis 
crassiter subulatis valde reflexis, in sectione 
mediali marginibus cum aculeis 3-3.5 mm 
iongis 7-17 mm separatis crassiter subulatis ad- 
scendentibus valde adpressis, midnervo infra 
cum aculeis 2.5-3 mm Iongis 8-23 mm separatis 
subulatis adscendentibus, in apice subulato mar- 
ginibus et midnervo infra cum subulato serrulis 
0.5-1 mm Iongis 5-10 mm separatis vel in 
loculis nullis, inflorescentia foeminea terminali 
cum syncarpio uno, pedunculo 30 cm longo 13- 
15 mm diametro trigono folioso-bracteato, syn- 
carpio 16-23 cm longo 13-20 cm diametro cum 
44-61 phalangiis eis 6-6.8 cm Iongis, climb 
dio supero 3.2— -4.3 cm lato 23-3.7 cm crasso 
oblongo-obovoideo truncate vel subtmncato 
aurantiaco-rubro apice subviridi 5-7-anguloso 
lateribus subcurvatis vel subplanis laevibus et 
lucidis, suturis lateralibus nullis, sinibus centrali- 
bus apicalibus 0.7-2 mm profundis rectis vel 
subcurvatis, dimidia infera phalangis turbinata 
carnosa humeris carnosis 3-6 mm latis carne 
subsucrato comes to aurantiaco-rubro, carpelis 
6-12 plerumque 7-9 (sed in gemine 18 et pha- 
langio 5.5 cm lato 4.4 cm crasso) interioribus 
paene minoribus, apicibus planatis sed pauce 
oblato-pyramidalibus, stigmatibus 2-3 mm Ion- 
gis eilipticis vel late ellipticis obliquis brunneis 
sulcatis pluribus rnarginalium truncatis ex piano 
oblique et cum concavite parvo distali, sinibus 
proximalibus profundis Vi-Vd ad fondam ex- 
tent is, endocarpio 3 cm longo mediali osseoso 
obscure mahogani-colorato intra lucido lateribus 
2.5 mm crassis, seminibus 14-17 mm Iongis 
4- 5.5 mm diametro ellipsoideo, mesocarpio 
supero in quoque carpelo cavernam cum fibris 
panels et aerenchyma cum membranis albis 
formanti, mesocarpio basali fibroso et carnoso. 
DIAGNOSIS OF holotype: Tree, 8 m tall, 13 
cm in diameter; bark light brown, muricate, 
and with a few appressed ascending rootlets up 
to 1 cm in length; prop roots none; leaves 1.5- 
1.7 m long, 4.4-47 cm wide, coriaceous, above 
dark olive green, below green, the spines all 
white with minute brown tips, blade broad fur- 
rowed above the midrib, the sides down curved, 
at midsection with 38-40 secondary parallel 
veins in each half, no tertiary cross veins, sword- 
shaped, tapering upwards into a 15-20 cm sub- 
ulate, trigonous, caudate apex, this 10 cm down 
1 mm wide, the base amplexicaul and unarmed, 
but starting at 3-7 cm up the margins with 
prickles 3.5-6 mm long, 10-30 mm apart, stout- 
subulate, slightly arcuate, ascending; the midrib 
below beginning at 7-8 cm with prickles 3-5 
mm long, 20-50 mm apart, stout subulate, 
sharply reflexed; at midsection the margins with 
prickles 3-3.5 mm long, 7-17 mm apart, stout 
subulate, ascending, closely appressed; the mid- 
rib below with prickles 2.5-3 mm long, 8-23 
mm apart, subulate, ascending; on the subulate 
apex the margins and midrib below with sub- 
ulate serrulations 0.5-1 mm long, 5-10 mm 
apart or even lacking for distances on the mar- 
gins; pistillate inflorescence terminal, bearing 
one syncarp; peduncle 30 cm long, 13-15 mm 
in diameter, 3 -sided, leafy bracted; syncarp lb- 
23 cm long, 13-20 cm in diameter, bearing 
44-61 phalanges, these 6-6.8 cm long, the upper 
half 3.2-4 .3 cm wide, 2.3-37 cm thick, oblong 
obovoid, truncate or subtruncate, orange-red, 
the color becoming paler upwards to the partly 
greenish apex, 5-7-angled, the sides gently 
curved or almost plane, smooth and shining; 
lateral sutures none; central apical sinuses 07-2 
mm deep, the bottom straight or gently curved, 
V-shaped, then immediately wide flaring; lower 
half of phalange turbinate above the truncate 
base, fleshy enlarged, the shoulders 3-6 mm 
wide, the flesh slightly sweet, nonirritating, 
orange-red; carpels 6-12, mostly 7-9 (but in a 
double 18 and this one 5.5 cm wide, 4.4 cm 
thick), the central ones only slightly the smaller, 
the apices flattened but perceptibly oblate pyra- 
midal; stigmas 2-3 mm long, elliptic or broadly 
so, oblique, brown, creased, many of the mar- 
ginal ones truncate by the visor-like edge of a 
distal oblique plane terminating in a small con- 
cavity; proximal sinus deep, running Vi-Vi way 
to valley bottom; endocarp median, 3 cm long, 
bony, dark mahogany-colored, the inner sufaces 
shining, the lateral wall 2.5 mm thick; seeds 
