401 PALMAE: 
Oss. IV. Fructuum тора, qui ne ex optime notis speciebus qui- 
dem interdum suppeditabant, incerti sumus, utrum species omnes sectioni- 
bus recte inseruerimus, et eas drupá ignotá significatas ulteriori indaga- 
tioni commendamus, 
SECTIONUM ET SPECIERUM CLAVIS ANALYTICA. 
Sect. Т. EUCOCOS Dr. Spadicis rami plurimi с, non- 
nuli androgyni flores 9 paucos supra basin proferentes; 
spatha inferior 0. Flores с coriacei quam 9 minores, pe- 
talis late lanceolatis ealycem brevem multiplo superantibus; 
9 maximi depresso-globosi, calyce coriaceo corollam multo 
teneriorem obvolvente sepalis petalisque cordatis obtusis, ger- 
mine disco depresso hypogyno inserto, androecei vestigio 0. 
Drupae fibrosae trigono-ovoideae maximae putamine crasso 
ellipsoideo cum mesocarpii fibris cohaerente; vittae extus 0, 
intus solitaria parum conspicua fibrosa a foramine embryonem 
tegente adscendens radiatim dissoluta. 
Palma in omnibus partibus gigantea caudice procero. 
Folia compta concinne aequaliter pinnatisecta. Spadices ma- 
ximi densissime ramificati ramis incrassatis rigidis pro por- 
tione brevibus; flores Q juglamdis magnitudine in drupas 
magnitudine omnes reliquas Palmas brasilienses superantes 
excrescentes. Patria America centralis? . 1. C. NUCIFERA L. 
Sect. II. LANGSDORFFIA Вари. Spadicis rami om- 
nes (exceptis interdum supremis) androgyni supra basin flores 
Q paucos vel plures evolventes; spatha inferior? Flores c 
ante anthesin clavato-cylindrici vertice obtuso quam 9 multo 
minores, coriacei, petalis latissime lanceolatis calycem brevem 
infundibuliformem multiplo superantibus; o in scrobiculis la- 
tissimis sessiles magni elongato-cylindrici vertice rotundato, 
sepalis petalisque sensim decrescentibus convolutis, androecei 
annulo hypogyno brevi sexdentato germen ovoideo-conicum ad 
basin cingente. Drupae magnae putamine tenui globoso parum 
cum fibris connato; vittae intus 3 angustae laeves nitidae a 
foraminibus usque ad verticem adscendentes. 
Palma procera in omnibus partibus valide evoluta, 
foliis crispatis segmentis aggregatis. Spadices firmi floribus Q 
validissimis; drupa еб putamen praeter vittas antecedentis 
sectionis simile, minus et fragile. Brasilia tropica littoralis 
2. C. Mixantana Mart. 
Sect. ПТ. SYAGRUS Marr. (emend.!). Spadicis rami 
omnes androgyni a basi usque versus vel supra medium glo- 
merulis trifloris dense obtecti, rarius spadices partim masculi 
partim androgyni; spatha inferior incompleta saepe elongata 
rarius brevis, superior completa. Flores g ante anthesin 
oblique cylindrici acuti quam 9 longiores (8. L) vel breviores 
(8. IL), petalis anguste lanceolatis calycem campanulatum 
multiplo superantibus; 9 ovoidei minores, vel rarius pyrami- 
dati longiores, sepalis convolutis, petalis supra basin cordatam 
convolutam ађгарши acuminatis, androecei annuli brevi vel 
alto, rarissime evanescente. Drupae ellipsoideae umbonatae 
putamine parum fibroso extus saepe poroso-lineolato intus tri- 
vittato; vittae laeves nitidae latae a foraminibus usque ad 
verticem percurrentes. i 
Palmae procerae, excelsae, humiles vel rarius subacaules, foliis crispis 
saepe plumoso-crispatis, segmentis aggregatis siata sicco pu мен П. 
et IIL reticulatim striolatis. Spadices plrq. speciosi ample ramificati, йо- 
ribus ad sect. IV. propius aecedentibus, drupis (putamine haud fragili!) 
ad sect. II. — Brasilia aequatorialis tota, subaequatorialis littoralis % oen- 
tralis, et tropica tota usque ad extratropicam. (Guiana, Columbia, India occ.) 
COCOS. 402 
8. 1. Flores Q ovoidei rotundati quam flores (7 mino- 
res, petalis mucronatis vel breviter acuminatis 
Subsect. Evsyacavs Dr. 
f Caudex procerus 10 m. et ultra altus, foliis praemagnis segmentis 
Уз m. lg. et longioribus; spadix maximus multiramosus ramis (50 et 
pluribus) elongatis pedalibus et longioribus. 
© Caudex 15—20 m. alt.; segmenta fere aequaliter disposita; 
rami profunde scrobiculati; calyx Q corollam includens. 
Flores сў clavati vertice obtuso; segmenta li- 
nearia . . . . . . . 5. C, BOTRYOPHORA Mart. 
Flores (7 acuti vertice acuminato; segmenta 
lineari-lanceolata C. вотвторнова, В. ENSIFOLIA Dr. 
ОО Сапдех 12—15 m. аһ; segmenta aggregata lon- 
gissime lineari-acuminata; rami flagelliformes le- 
viter serobiculati; calyx Q corolla brevior; petala 
СЇ lineari-lanceolata . 6. C. ACROCOMIOIDES Dr. 
ООО Caudex 10—12 m. alt.; segmenta plumoso-aggre- 
gata linearia; rami laxi cireumflexo-penduli leviter 
scrobiculati; calyx Ф corollam includens; petaia 
СЇ ovato-lanceolata . 9. С. PLUMOSA Hook. 
tt Caudex humilis vel subexcelsus, 2—6 m. alt., foliis brevioribus seg- 
mentis usque ad Из m. longis; spadix minor ramos minus numerosos 
breviores saepe vix spithamam longos gignens. 
C) Segmenta margine antico producto subito caudatim 
acuminata secus margines minute scabra; spadicis 
rami 24—30 ad rhachin elongatam; semen trigono- 
prismaticum ее 4. С. INAJAI Trl. 
ОО Segmenta sensim acuminata; spadicis rami pauci (6—15); semen 
subglobosum vel ellipsoideum. 
H Segmenta secus margines scabra, anguste li- 
nearia; spadicis longe pedunculati spatha infe- 
rior superiorem usque ad Уз aequans 
3. С. Вулоков Dr. 
НЕ Segmenta secus margines laevissima; spatha inferior brevis. 
1 Caudex superne squamosus; segmenta lanceo- 
lata coriacea . 7. С. comosa Mart. 
J| Caudex laevis; segmenta lineari-lanceolata 
и .-.-. с» ВС Ти Dr. 
8. II. Flores Q elongato-pyramidati quam flores сў lon- 
giores, petalis longe rostrato-acuminatis Subsect. Енухснорктатом Dr. 
+ Caudex humilis vel subexcelsus 1—5 m. alt.; spatha superior fusi- 
formis anthesi late lanceolato-aperta; flores Q in scrobiculis androgynis 
supra basin ramorum plures. 
(9 Costa tomentoso-velutina segmentis superioribus ob- 
lanceolatis; flores Q longissimi (3 cm. et ultra) ger- 
mine subgloboso, stigmatibus sessilibus 
10. C. РЕОСОРТАНА Glaz. 
ОО) Costa glabrescens segmentis lineari-acuminatis vel lineari-lanceo- 
latis; flores Q breviores germine in stigmata attenuato. 
# Segmenta utrinque 70—90 lineari-acuminata 
crispato-aggregata . 11. C. FLEXUOSA Mart. 
НЕ Segmenta utrinque 30 — 40 lineari-lanceolata 
subconcinno-aggregata 12. C. CAMPESTRIS Mart. 
tt Subacaulis; spatha sup. angustissime fusiformis obtuso- 
rostrata anthesi lineari-aperta; flores Q in scrobiculis an- 
drogynis ad ramos pauci interdum 0 13. C. GRAMINIFOLIA Dr. 
Sect. IV. ARECASTRUM D zm. Spadicis rami omnes 
androgyni supra basin vel usque ad medium, rarius supra 
medium glomerulis trifloris obtecti; . spatha inferior brevis 
tubulosa, saepe brevissima (etiam omnino deficiens?), superior 
completa. Flores сў ante anthesin oblique acuminati femineos 
superantes vel eis minores, petalis lineari-lanceolatis vel lan- 
ceolatis calycem duplo triplove vel pluries superantibus. Flo- 
res Q oblongi vel pyramidati vel ovoidei acuti sepalis petalis- 
que convolutis ad apicem cucullatum obtusis vel acutis, an- 
*) Nomen sectioni tributam propter glomerulos androgynos trifloros in 
spadicis ramorum parte inferiore vel media dense insertos et habitu 
ad Areceas quaedam praesertim gerontogaeas (e. gr. Kentia, Ptycho- 
sperma) propius accedentes, praesertim in Coco Сега. 
