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stems sessile, up to 3.5 m long; rachis 1-1.5 m long, abaxially rounded, adaxially<br />

flattened, becoming trapezoid then rounded in cross-section distally, armed along the<br />

margins with inequidistant, reflexed thorns, becoming sparsely armed distally,<br />

underside <strong>of</strong> rachis with sparse light brown indumentum; cirrus 1.2-2 m long,<br />

unarmed; leaflets, up to 25 pairs on each side <strong>of</strong> the rachis, linear-lanceolate, abruptly<br />

contracted at the base, irregularly and narrowly praemorse at apex, 22-35 cm long x 2-<br />

2.5 cm broad at the widest point, concolorous, with 5-7 inconspicuous transverse<br />

veinlets 1-2 mm apart, armed along the margins with inequidistant, curved, forwardfacing<br />

brown-tan spines; lowermost leaflets, smaller than the rest, linear-ovate,<br />

reflexed and laxly clasping the stem; acanthophylls c.3 cm long, parallel to cirrus.<br />

Inflorescence glabrous, up to 55 cm long; peduncle 10-15 cm long; rachis 25-40 cm<br />

long, arching outwards, rarely straight; rachis bracts, acuminate, opposite proximally,<br />

alternate distally, 1-3 mm long, decreasing distally; rachillae distichous, arching<br />

vertically, sometimes horizontal, straight, 10-14 on each side, 12-18 cm long,<br />

decreasing distally, adnate to the inflorescence axis for 0.5-1.5 mm, with

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