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in albumine amygdalino, medio cavo, embryo eylindrieum 
Porum unem versus locatns, 
Haee palma speeiosa Anviorum ripas atgne.silvarım mar- 
gines in regione ealida non gregaria habitat; loca parum 
umbrosa nee depressa amat. Ah incalis „Guirache“ appel- 
katur, 
Maturat mense Februarie et Martie. 
Jessenia repanda Eng. 
Tab. II. fig. 6. 
Palma procera, 60 —80-pedalis, pedis diamelro, can- 
dice inermi, glabro, regwlariter undulato-vepando, apiee 
Paullatim attenuato, vaginis petiolorum emortuis rufo-cine- 
rascentibus fimbrüs [nseis longissime barbatis eapituliformi - 
*oronala, epidermide fuseo-grisea, evidenter annvlata, annulis 
katis, Iuteo-aurantiaris vaudieis tumores eingenlibus, ligno 
duro peripherico tenni, medulla Aavo-crassı. — Folia plu- 
xima aique maxima, 45.— 50-pedalia, 6—8 pedes lata, la- 
ninae eircumseriptione longe elliptiea, subreotangnlari-patentia, 
Plane arcnata, basi peetinata, ad apieem horizentalia, ad 
eomam plane ellipsoideam disposita. Pinnae utringue 180— 
150, 4—5-pedales, medio 4 pollices Iatae, Innceolatae, basi 
eontracto-reduplieatae, strietae, pergameno - coriacene, longi- 
tndinaliter multi -costato-plicatae, nervo intermedio erasso 
ligneo quadrangulari lateribus sulcato, subtus furfureo Jepidolo 
rufo teeto, lamina sopera dilute viridi, glabra, infers furfare 
sericeo albido-griseo, tenera aetate violaceo -sericea; basi 
horizontaliter, a medio ad apieem pectinato -pafentes, s pol- 
liees inter se remotae, paallatim folii npieem versus horizon- 
tsles atqne magis approximatac. Rachis liguea, erassa, pro- 
funde canaliculata apicem versus guadriqueira, in foliolorum 
axillis furfore lepidoto griseo ohdueta, lateralibus inter foliola 
44% 
