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C. Lauterbach, Beiträge zur Flora von Papuasien. X. 
cirr o carens, foliohs 5-7 in tribus 2 dispositis, 2-3 juxta os vaginae 
insert's, reiiqu.s terminal,bus. Foliolum apicaie bifurcatum, in nervo medio 
Fohola To? 6 , T armatUm ’ juXta -P° sitis foliolis du °bus ambitu normal! 
oa lateiaha lanceolato-elbptica, utrinque attenuata, nervo mediano 
ai u o, secundarns transversisque tenuibus, ut foliolum apicale margine apicem 
ersus spinulosa, glabra, nitentia. Spadices et Q simi.es, foliis pal 
insfrlis 68 ’ Snathae ,nfl ° reSCenlii ] S parÜalibus 2 - 3 ™ s P^e vel paulo infra 
insert, s. Spathae primariae elongatae, tubuläres, anguste vaginantes dis 
perse armatae, secundariae subbracteiformes, glabrae. Spadix r? • Inflores 
centiae part,ales breves, ramulis in quoque latere 6-7. mj ,22 
insert,, mvolucro cupulari, corolla calyce duplo longiore. Spadix Q- In 
florescentiae partiales ramulis in quoque latere 2-3, arcuato-flexuosÏ 
perianthium explanatum. ’ 
Fructus ovato-ellipticus abrupte rostratus, squamis ca. 20-seriatis paulo 
la , or,bus quam long,s, flavidis, anguste obscure marginatis. Semen bad, um 
hilo leviter concavo, albumine aequabili, embryone basali. 
Scandent and very slender sheathed stem i-5 cm in diam I „»r 
sheaths flagelliferous, gibbous above, very armed with small, very inequal 
spmes some of which very slender spreading 5-10 mm long, other short 
o, tubercuhform, the mouth prolonged into a membranous lacerated 10- 
• mm long ocrea, more or less bearded. Leaf-sheathes flagella verv 
slender armed with very small, scattered claws. Leaves non cirriferous 
verx short, 25—30 cm long, quite sessile, with very few leaflets- rhachis 
s ender angular, armed on the lower surface wi/smal, shar^ scattered 
C ws, the claws extending but becoming smaller on the first oart of fhp 
nndcosta of the terminal leaflet; leaflets* green almost h ny and smo 1 
on both surfaces 5-7 (on the whole) in two groups only, one (of .-S 
leaflets) just at the mouth of the sheaths, the other terminal and com 
posed of two usual leaflets and a larger and terminal one; the two ^uns 
separated by a long vacant space of rhachis; side-leaflets lanceolate or 
vate-elliptical almost equally narrowing towards both ends acute at the 
1 . 18,8 and briefly acuminate, mid-costa sharp, side-nerves very slender the 
, spinulous r y near the a ’ pex; 
s cuneatey oblong, bicostulate rather duply bilobed 20 cm lon^ 7 
8 “ « »• "PP* third part; ,1« lohj Lt„m J " ’■ 
CP and 9j similar, , ncb tager lh ,„ ^ “j 
their main axis slender rather rigid bearing 2 _-i u 8) 
<■» », Srelr- r^™“ 
® l0Wi pnmar y spathes ver y elongate tubular, very closely sheathin- 
obliquely truncate at the mouth or briefly product to a short l“l’ 
«ni, very minutely and sparsely clawed all round. Male spadix: partial 
