. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON. 667 Hort.—S2)athascaphe aarenbevgiana, Oerst. Palm. Centramer. in Nat. For. Kjobenhav. 1858, 30, and L Amerique Centrale t. 7,f. 29-37. Names.—English: Arembergs Mountain Palm, : Arembergs : Chamaedore, Chaniaedoree. Description.—Stem about 6 feet high, green, ringed at intervalsof 2 inches. Leaves 5-6, erecto-patent, pinnate, Q-1 feet long ;petiole slender, with along cylindric sheath; leaflets about 10-15pair, drooping 1-1-j feet long, alternat
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . THE PALMS OF BRITISH INDIA AND CEYLON. 667 Hort.—S2)athascaphe aarenbevgiana, Oerst. Palm. Centramer. in Nat. For. Kjobenhav. 1858, 30, and L Amerique Centrale t. 7,f. 29-37. Names.—English: Arembergs Mountain Palm, : Arembergs : Chamaedore, Chaniaedoree. Description.—Stem about 6 feet high, green, ringed at intervalsof 2 inches. Leaves 5-6, erecto-patent, pinnate, Q-1 feet long ;petiole slender, with along cylindric sheath; leaflets about 10-15pair, drooping 1-1-j feet long, alternate, oblong-lanceolate froma broad, sessile base, graduallj^ narrowed to a very fine point,plicate with about 30 ribs, bright green above, rather pale beneath;petiole nearty terete. Inflorescence from below the leaves. Spathes many, sheathing,cylindric, 6-10 inches long, forming a tube 1 foot long, whichcompletely covers the peduncle of the spadix, lightl}^ rolled toge-ther with subacute erect tips, the uppermost far exceeding thespadix, gre
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