list of figures - Terry Sunderland

and sparse distally; leaflets 8-14 on each side of the rachis, sub-opposite to alternate,
cuneate, spathulate or ovate with an uneven, moderately to strongly praemorse apex,
broadly contracted at the base, 9-24 cm long x 2-6 cm broad at the widest point,
concolorous, with ciliate-spiny margins, up to 10 sub-equal main veins, transverse
veinlets 1-2 mm distant, moderately prominent; lowermost leaflets smaller than the
rest, sometimes reflexed and laxly clasping the stem, or absent entirely; acanthophylls
up to 2 cm long, very fine. Inflorescence glabrous, up to 35 cm long; peduncle to 10
cm long; rachis up to 20 cm long, sometimes arching, more commonly straight, erect;
rachis bracts up to 2 mm long, broadly acuminate; rachillae distichous, opposite,
becoming sub-opposite distally, 7-12 on each side, the lowermost c.7 cm long,
decreasing distally, adnate to the inflorescence for 8 mm, less so distally, arching
vertically or straight. Flowers borne in close sub-distichous pairs with