688 
Geonoma ventricosa Eng. 
Palma elata, eireiter 30-pedalis, 3 — 4 pollieum diametro, 
eandice recto supra medium ventricoso, colore cinerascente, 
evidenter dense annulate, annulis parallelis atque obliquis 
albis, ligno parum duro, favescente rnfo-fibrose. — Felia 
numero sex ad orto, 8 1l-pedalia, 2-3 pedes lata, 
oblonga, erectiuscula arcnalo-patentia, curvate pectinata, 
irregulariter pinnatiseeia; segmenta utringue eireiter 12 —15 
basi lata et plana rachi irregulariter affixa, 1 —11/,-pedalia, 
basi 1-4 pollices lata, acuminnta, areuato - recurvata, multi- 
nervia, nervis prominentibus tomento lepidoto adspersis, au- 
gulo reeto e rachi exeurrentibus, strietiuseula; rachis tomen- 
teso -lepidola, eancavo-triquetra e petiolo hreviz vagina vi- 
ridis minnta brevissime amplexicanlis. 
Inforescentia 3—4 amnulis infra petiolorum vaginas; 
spathae ignotae.— Spadix magnus, horizontalis param ererte- 
patens, plari-ramosıs, thyrsoidens, basi fere vaginante eaudi- 
eem subamplertens, non peduncnlatus, e basi ramosus, 3— 
4 pedes longus, 2--3 pedum diametro, einerascens. 
Fruetus baccati plurimi, minnti, elliptiei, 6 — 7 lin. longi, 
4—5 lin, lati, parım euspidati, perigenio minimo sustenti, 
nigri, pericarpio tenni Inieo, testa atro-purpuren semen ovale 
involvens; embryo winntus in albumine ceoerulee, os3e0, sub- 
basilaris basilarisve localıs, 
In silvis ambrosissimis frigidisque in andium regione pro- 
vineiae Prufillo non gregatim ereseit, Indi „enüa St. Pablo“ 
nominant. 
Maturat mense Jumio — Julio. 
Geonoma Rarthia Eng. *) 
Palma elata, 20-25 pedes alta, 2-3 poll. diameiro 
*) Henrico Barth species dedicate. 
