Planclie m. 



ASTROCARIBM ROSTRITIH. 



ASTRO C AIRE & lOUg bCC^ 



fexYM. ti<rTfQ^^ astre; ^afvivj noix : telle est vraisemblablement retymologic dc 

 ce nom generique, que ricn ncanmoins dans le fruit ne nous scmblejustilicr. 



Pboemicace^ § Cocoes, 



CHARACT. GENER. J'^om monoici 

 {recentes suavissvne fragrantes) in eodem 

 spadicc spatha simplict fusiformi ventre 

 aperta ligncscenfe diu pcrsistenlc eineto ; 

 tf in supcriorc ramorum parte dcnsi in 

 alvcolis scssiles : catyx exter^ 3-partitus 

 V. 5'fidus tcner basi pro trajicienlibus 

 vasis pervius, laciniiso angularibusacu- 

 tfsj inter. 3-partitus v- sub-S-scpalus, 

 laehms obloiigo-ianccolatis crcctis mem- 

 branaccis v, basim versus carnosiuscu- 

 lis. Stamina abortu 6 ex imo calyce in- 

 leriore orta sepalis internis per paria 

 opposita rare plura plerumque parum 

 exserla (inciusa EkdlJ), filmn^ filiformi- 

 l)us [i>. e basi lata subulatis] crcctis, an- 

 tlieris lincari-subsagittatis dorsifixis in- 

 cumbentibus. Ovarii rudimcntum mini- 

 mum, styii vix ulll {nuUive) stigmatibus 

 3 in corpus floccoso-gciatinosum coni- 

 cumv, lobatumconflucntibus (i)-9 ^^^^^ 

 d* spieas solitarii in rhachi v. in pedun- 

 culi parte dilatata sessiies bractea mar- 

 ginah duplici obvoluti : calyx exter. ur- 

 ceolatus obiter 3-dentatus pergamenus 

 nervosus sicciuseulus; inter, urceolatus 

 carnosus , ore eonlracto subtridentato 

 tandem irregulariter 3-iIdo intus basi in 

 annul urn membranaceum elevatus, uti 

 exlerior foramine orbiculari pervius. 

 Ovarium ovatum, loailis 2 rudlmcnU- 

 riis i-\oz\3\^i(t\ stylus \ {crassus ovario 

 suhattenualim continutis)^ sHymatibus 3 

 {distinctts) subulatis (mp/an^aprces. sw6- 

 iriyonis intus papillosO'VUhsis). Drupa 

 ovala V, subglobosa ( apice rostrata ) 

 d'Sperma, carnc crassiuscula vnlde fi- 

 brosa, putamine ossco vertiee triporoso- 

 Nuclei testa venosa. Albumen ajquabile 



copneum album centre carum. Embryo 

 intra porum apicalis. 



{Phrases italica iatra parentheses sunt nostrtc!). 



Palmsc mediocris aHitttdinis, rarius 

 acaules tods sylvaticis humentibus sparse 

 V, subcwspitose degp.ntes; caudice, ex- 

 ceptis annufis (annulorum intervallis ! 

 annul! enim aculcis ferocissimi !) undi- 



3ue acuieis validis atrls horrido; fron- 

 ibus omnibus termtnalibus pinnatis ; 

 pinnis (frondulis I) linearibus approxima- 

 tis aculaato-ciliatis subtus plcrumque ar- 

 yenteo-albis ; pctiolis aculeatis; spadici- 

 bus simpliciter ramosis acuieis v. setts 

 korridis saspius albo-tommtosis in spa- 

 this lignescentibus aculeatis inclusis inter 

 frondes persistentibus; floribus o* flaves- 

 ccntibus densis spicatis profunde imtnpr- 

 siSf 9 virescenti"^, ockroleuco-palHdis ; 

 drupis flavis v, aurantiads fibroso-car- 

 nosis calyce persistente stipalis inermibus 

 V. spinulosis. 



KvrrTii {ex MrterJ) 1^ i. c> 

 {Sunt phrases infra yareiUlteses nostrre). 



Aairocarynm C. W. G. Meyer, Fs- 

 sequibo, 265- Mart. 70, t. S8-64. End- 

 LiCH. Gen. PL 1769- Mejsn. Gen, i>L 

 538 (267). KuNTH, Enum. PL 111- 271, 

 Walp. AnnaL I. 1008. Ill, i7%—Toxo- 

 ph(enix ScHOTT, in BrasiL Nachricht, 

 app. 12, 



CHARACT, SPECIF, ^.eaudieebrcvi 

 (nudolex W. Hook. sed,indcac vidimus, 

 ut in eongeneribus ad annulos aculeJs 

 horrido?)^ petiole unocjuogne undique 

 acuieis dcnsissrmis patulis (0,05-5-6 Ion- 

 gis) nigris, minimis interlextis, Iiorrido, 

 basi cxlrema abrupte valdcque dilatata 



(1) OnstBVATio rEHKAcni mone>ti : 



C]. Mcycrum in diagnosi ficneris sur sligmaja floris $ pro stigmsilibus (f Accfphsc nobis <t% phnia 

 prsesemi calami lapsu oonfudisse perspicue palet, ct vke versa. Irao seqiicntes aucror<'s, Endlrcherius, 

 Meisnerius, Kunihius (Is c<), Olc, dia^nosim banc itcianlCS enorem oonsPprnrunl, s'kuI ct olrss \V. Hoo- 

 ki-rius, qui siigma fajmincum j'ccee dfiscribens talcnue dppingeudum curans, diarai^ieres ^ vt </ s\c iiiii- 

 iQtos in diagnosj Mejeriana acc*pia errorcin quoque rcfellere oblUus est. Quamobrcm \u Charact. gi-ver. 

 hlc adilucib res in vers as ex nulura rCALituNuu^, 



TOM. IV. AOUT 1837. 



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