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Habitat solitaria in silvis frigidis, quae in regione mon- 
tosa inter Magdalena« et Catatumbi Aumina in altitudine. 6000 
—8000° protenduntar, distantia tamen ultra 7 --9 gradus ab 
&equatore provenit; loca amat humida, umbrosiuseula sed non 
depressa, humumgue compactam. Ab incolis „Palmiche“ no- 
ininatur. 
Matnrat mense Augusto ad Sepiembrem. 
Fructus plane maturas non observatus est, atlamen 
omnino quo maluritatis gradu pericarpium viride est, et inter 
albumen testamque materia cireularis et resinosa animadrer- 
titer, " 
Euterpe Karsteniana Eng. 
"Palma pulcherrima, gracilis, ceireiter 40 -pedalis, 5—6 
poll. diametro, colore favro-fusco, annulis inter se laxis, 
aequali caudieis colore. Folia valde numerosa, viginfi et 
ultra pedalia, lounge areuato-patentia, oblongo-laneeolala, 
petiolorum basi in eylindrum ventrieosum viridem 1%/g- peda- 
lem eonvoluta, paripinnata; pinnis 70 -— 80-jugatis, oppositis, 
aggregatis, laevissimis, lanceolatis, costato - plieatis , basi re- 
volnta sessilibus. — Inflorescentia infra petiolorum vaginam, 
spatha unica(?) tecia, coriacea, fusca, fusiformiz spadix sim- 
plieiter dense ramosus, brevissime pedunenlatus, pendalus, 
fere horizontaliter ad modum orbieuli ramis aüreis eircum- 
Bexus, inferioribus S—12-, superioribus 2 — 3 - pollicarihns. 
Flores in serobiculis parvis sessiles,  hraeteis suffelti, 
vamos dense obiegentes. — Flos masc, Calyx majuseulus 
trisepalus, oorollam ad dimidium tegens; sepala sieca, PeT- 
gamena, lato-ovata, acutiuscula, subauriculata, margine irre- 
gulariter denticnlata, imbrieata, carinato-coneava, nitido- 
alba, apice atro-purpurea, ceiliato - pilosinseula ; corolla tri- 
phylia, ealycem semi- aut parum superans; petala memhra- 
