$yd Amoenitatum exoticarum 
vero fuperiori Ave caudicem fpe&ante, qui nudus eft& 
brevior. Ipfe Racemus dodrantalem obtinet longitudi¬ 
nem, ex paucis ( 4 ,f,6) racemis minoribus, ftylum me¬ 
dium in longitudinem ftipantibus, compofitus: quos An¬ 
gulos Anguli intercipiunt folliculi alii, prsediftis Amiles, 
fenAm breviores & anguftiores, ita ut fubinde priorum 
complexu pofteriores imbricentur. Divaricantur race¬ 
mi in bacillos Ave pediculos breves, pingues, Armos, ex 
breviflimis intervallis ad alterna latera retortos, tubercu¬ 
lisque confpicuos exiguis, fquamofis, non deciduis, qui¬ 
bus inftftunt Fru&us: qui baA fuse fubnexas exhibent 
(reliquias perianthii) fex lacinias tenues, membranofas, 
fufci coloris, quarum tres exteriores funt breviAimi, lati 
& frontati; reliqui ex illorum interftitiis prominuli, funt 
longiores,anguftiores,acuminati. Ipfe Prutfus ovatse ro¬ 
tunditatis eft, nuce avellana major, fquamulis nitidilflmis 
defuper loricatus, adeoque inverfum ftrobilum referens, 
dum mucrones fuperiores fubinde claudunt interftitia in¬ 
feriorum, accurata quincunciaiis ordinis venuftate. Ver¬ 
ticem ornant tres ftyli tenues, arefafti, duriufculi, in aver- 
fos gyros eleganter reflexi. Squamula funt par vulse, 
duriufculse, tenues, arfte adnata;, coloris Phoenicei, oris 
fufcis, in angulum reftum mucronatse; quibus remotis, 
confpicitur membrana carnofa, albicans, laxe involvens 
globulum carnofum,per immaturitatem ex herbaceo pal¬ 
lentem , pulpofum, juccofum, faporis leguminofl & in- 
Agniter adftringentis , quiadlinguse contaiftum per gin¬ 
givas & oris parietes protinus fe diffundit,& citimme di- 
fparet. 
Mutilam hujus racemi iconem, fub generis nomine 
Malaico Rotang ,exprimere nifu seU^ontius; peneque A- 
milem proponit ‘Baubinus, fub Palma-pini titulo, ufus ve¬ 
ro hujus uterque eft nefcius. Pariles quoque fquamofos 
fru&us, fedarundinis minoris, non fpinofse, exhibet Hort . 
Malab. 
