Editing Sabinaria magnifica (section)

===Description:===
Stem solitary, 1–6 m tall, 9–12 cm diam.; leaves 20–35, induplicately palmate, with a long, basally cleft
petiole; blade circular, sometimes inequilateral at base, 1.4–1.6 m diam., divided almost to the base into two large
halves, these not divided again, each with 36–42 single-fold segments. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncle at least 30
cm long; rachis 42–62 cm, with 32–40 rachillae up to 20 cm long, the basal portion of proximal rachillae bearing
only pistillate flowers and deeply hidden by large rachis bracts, the distal portion and distal rachillae with staminate
flowers. Staminate flowers 4–5 mm long, with 20–23 stamens. Pistillate flowers 7–11 mm long, with 14–19
staminodes that bear no anthers. Fruits closely packed, 3.6–4.4 cm long., 3–3.6 cm diam., with inconspicuous,
eccentrically apical stigmatic residue; seeds oblong-ovoid, 2.4–2.7 cm long, 2.2–2.3 cm wide, with ellipsoid hilum
and subbasal ascending raphe branches; endosperm homogeneous; embryo basal.

Solitary, unarmed palm. Stem 1–6 m tall, 9–12 cm diam., light brown, smooth, with inconspicuous leaf scars.
Leaves 20–35, induplicately palmate; sheath + petiole ca. 319 cm long, sheath basally cleft for ca. 43 cm,
brown-woolly internally; petiole biconvex, rhomboid in transverse section, the margins sharp toward base,
green, covered below with a deciduous scaly and light brown tomentum, 2 cm wide at the middle; adaxial
hastula tubular, truncate, ca. 1 cm long; abaxial hastula forming a low rim; blade flat, rigid, sometimes
inequilateral at base, 1.4–1.6 m diam., divided almost to the base into two large halves, these divided to ca. 1/10
their length into single fold segments, each with 36–42 single-fold segments, these free at the apex for 5–9
cm; basal segments 34–50 cm long, 1.4–1.7 cm wide, bifid at the apex for ca. 5 mm; distal segments 104 cm
long, 4.2 cm wide, the free portion with a shoulder on each side just above the adaxial split, bifid at the apex
for ca. 5 mm, the two tips rounded and slightly unequal, glossy above, with numerous cross-veins of two
sizes, silvery-whitish below.

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[[File:Sabinaria_magnifica05.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''Sabinaria magnifica'' leaf.]]
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[[File:Sabinaria_magnifica04.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''Sabinaria magnifica'' trunk/leaf bases.]]
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Inflorescences and infructescences interfoliar, basally erect, the distal half
arching laterally, with branches of first order or sometimes the basal branches with a few rachillae; peduncle
at least 30 cm long, 1.5 cm wide at apex, subcylindrical; prophyll deeply buried among the leaves, at least 31
cm long, 3.5 cm wide, slightly two-keeled, acute and abaxially split at the fibrous apex, yellowish when fresh,
covered, especially toward base, with a light brown woolly tomentum; peduncular bracts at least five, ca. 26–
27 cm long, 6 cm wide, chartaceous, persistent, acute at apex, covered with light brown, woolly, more or less
persistent tomentum; rachis 46–62 cm long, subcylindrical; rachillae 32–40, each raquilla subtended by a
large, persistent, chartaceous, cream-coloured bract with indumentum similar to that of the peduncular bracts,
progressively smaller toward the apex, fraying into fibres in fruit; basal bracts 20–22 cm long, ca. 7 cm wide,
middle bracts 13–16 cm long, 5–6 cm wide, apical bracts 4–6 cm long, 0.5–1.5 cm wide; rachillae of the
proximal one half with both staminate and pistillate flowers, those of the distal half bearing only staminate
flowers; basal rachillae 18–20 cm long, the proximal 1/3 thick, 5–7 mm wide, adaxially flattened and without
flowers, abaxially with pistillate flowers separated from each other 1–2 mm, mostly with no anthers and only
a few of them with 1–2 anthers, the distal 2/3 of proximal rachillae almost cylindrical, ca. 3 mm diam., with
staminate flowers spirally arranged all around the rachilla, separated from each other 1–3 mm; middle
rachillae 12–14 cm long, the proximal 2 cm similar to the corresponding area of the basal rachillae, otherwise
as described for the staminate portion; apical rachillae 3–4 cm long, bearing only staminate flowers and
appearing like the staminate portion of basal rachillae.

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[[File:Sabinaria_magnifica06.jpg|frame|Figure 6. ''Sabinaria magnifica'' inflorescence.]]
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[[File:Sabinaria_magnifica09.jpg|frame|Figure 7. ''Sabinaria magnifica'' seeds.]]
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Flowers whitish when fresh, borne on a short pedicel
and subtended by a small, narrow triangular bract. Staminate flowers 4–5 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, oblong;
sepals three, 1.3–2 mm long, connate into a 0.8–1 mm long cupule with three ovate long-acuminate lobes ca.
1 mm wide, fused with the corolla at a single place on the margin; corolla tubular, oblong, 2.5–3.2 mm long,
the petals connate for ca. ¾ their length, with three rounded to triangular lobes ca. 1 mm wide, sometimes two
of the petals completely free to base; stamens 20–23, exserted ca. 1 mm beyond the corolla; filaments connate
by their fleshy bases into several irregular groups of 1–6, these in turn connate farther below with each other
and basally adnate with the corolla, filiform at the apex, the free portion ca. 1 mm long, tapering to a
filamentous apex ca. 0.5 mm long; anthers ca. 1 mm long, 0.2 mm wide, oblong, basally bifid, shortly bifid to
rounded apically; pistillode absent. Pistillate flowers 7–11 mm long, ca. 2.5 mm wide, mostly similar to the
staminate ones; sepals three, 1.3–2 mm long, connate in a 0.8–1 mm cupule with three ovate long acuminate
lobes, fused with the corolla at a single place on the margin; corolla tubular, oblong, 2.5–3.5 mm long, the
petals connate for ca. ¾ their length, with three rounded to triangular lobes, sometimes two of the petals
completely free to base; staminodes 14–19, only slightly exserted from the corolla, filaments basally connate
into a fleshy tube adnate to the corolla base, the free portion fleshy and subulate, ca. 1.5 mm long, sometimes
with an apical 0.5 mm filamentous apex; anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm long, similar to those of the staminate
flowers; gynoecium unicarpellate, 4–5 mm long, ovoid at the base, tapering to a slender, flattened, curved
style and a papillose stigma ca. 2 mm long; ovule hemianatropous, laterally attached, bearing a large oblique
aril.

Fruits closely packed along the basal portion of the proximal, thickened rachilla stumps, these up to 7 cm
long, 7–8 mm thick, individual fruits obovoid to turbinate or subglobose, green when immature, yellowish
green when nearly mature, finally turning black, 3.6–4.4 cm long., 3–3.6 cm diam., with inconspicuous,
eccentrically apical stigmatic residue; epicarp minutely tuberculate with sparse perforations, smooth with the
naked eye; seeds oblong-ovoid, 2.4–2.7 cm long, 2.2–2.3 cm wide, with ellipsoid hilum and subbasal
ascending raphe branches; endosperm homogeneous; embryo basal. Seedling with lanceolate eophyll, whitish
below, ca. 30 cm long, 4–5 cm wide.