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nadae ad ripam fluminis Magdalenae solitaria. Beperiehanter 
in eodem loco ires tantam palmae idque in regione Santas 
Panlae. 
Maturat mense Majo, 
Frons affinis frondi Baciris euspidaiae Mart. 
Euterpe purpurea Eng. 
Palma procera, 36—40 pedes alta, 4-— 5 pollieum dia- 
meiro,, epidermide rnfa evidenter annnlata, annulis inter se 
distantibus, flavis, inermi, ligno molli, favescente rnbiginoso- 
punctata. Decem ad gnindeeim folia ereotiusenla, regnlariter 
aequabiliter arcuato -reclinata, 13 — 16 pedes longa, lineari- 
oblonga, breviter petiolata; vaginae petiolorum sesquipedales 
bipedalesve ellipsoideo-convolutae, glabrae, facie exteriore 
nitido-purpurea, facie interiore anrantiaca, margine superiore 
fimbriatim lacerato; rachis triquefra, rubiginose, furfare gri- 
seo tecta; pinnis 60—80-jugis, alternis vel oppositis, costato- 
nervosis, nervo intermedio prominente, sirietinseulis, 1%/,— 
®-pedalibus, 11/, pollices Iatis, fere ad petioli basin dense 
aggregatis, 4,” inter se remotis, pagina inferiore parvi- 
squamulosa, basin versns colore rubiginose, longitndinaliter 
subter nervo intermedio complieata,.rachi basi revoluta afüxis. 
— Infloresoentia infra petioloram vaginam purpuream ellipsoi- 
deam; spadix simpliciter dense ramosus, viridis; peduneulus 
horizontalis, vachi pendula, 11, —3-pedalis, ramis viridibus 
fere pedalibus, 
Spathae ? fores? 
Fructus bascatus, magnitudine nueis avellanae majoris 
et. ultra, globosus, glaber, phyllis perigonialibus sustentus, 
siylo in medio latere apiculatus, periearpio tenui carnoso, 
endocarpio fihrose semen involvente, tesia favescente retieu- 
lata; embryo eonicns in albumine corneo, radiato-rnminato et 
tesidiusenlo, albo-violaceo basilari locatus. 
