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Habitat regionem udam et frigidam supra andium silvis 
nebulis involutis gregaria in provineia Tachira, Indi „palma 
negra“ appellant. 
Mense Decemhri maturans, 
Habitus Klopstockiae interruptae ei utilis Karat, maxi- 
me aflinis, sed inprimis diversa formatione spatharum. 
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Beethovenia cerifera Eng. 
Palma magnifica, ad 150-— 200 pedes rectissime elata, basi 
diametro bipedali, ad apicem paullatim attennata, caudice 
inermi, glabro, annulato, annulis albo-Inteis parallelis, epi- 
dermide opaco-nitida, cana, non ceracea, orbieulo ligneo ex- 
teriore parum duro ei angusto, faseieulis vasorum spiralium 
atro-albis, proximo orbieulo rufo-Navis eonfate, intimo pal- 
lido et spongioso. — Folia nnmerosa, paripianata, 25 — 30- 
pedalia, lanceolata, inferiora subreetangnlari-patentia, juniora 
ereetiuscula, nntantia, hemisphaerico-arenata, breviuscule- 
petiolata ; foliola utringue 150, opposita alternave, bipedalia, 
pollices duos lata, lanceolata, strivtiusoula, 14, —® pollices 
inter se regulariter remota, horizontaliter sublaeve faccido - 
patentia, apice parım nutante, basi in axillis interioribus 
squama majuscula, nigra et lignosa snsienfa, pagina supe- 
riore obsenre nitido-viridia, inferiore argenteo - fomentosa, 
hervo intermeiio dilute viridi, rachi lateraliter basi contrasta 
aftixa; rhachis suhtus profunde-vanalienlata, supra concavo- 
triquetra, ad apieem quadriquetra; petiolns vagina conico- 
triangulari, externe cana, intus rubro-alba, margine reticu- 
lato- fusco-fimbriata, breviter et laxe amplexicauli, extimo 
dorso parnm carinata, fere amplexicauli, tenera aetate cu- 
neaio-carinata, 
Infloressentia axillaris inter petiolos vaginantes inferiores, 
spathis duabns (?) fusiformibus acuminatis, cadneis, fatiscenti- 
