GeonomaJ] EQUATOIlI|L-AMEIlICATi PALMS. 105 



4. G. GRACILIS, Wendl. : foliis e pinnis S-jiigis dissitis ligulatis gra- 

 niineis falcato-acuminatis, venis utrino[ue 15; spadicibus pedalibiis 

 (pedunculo 8-pollicari incluso), tenuibus ; spathis teneris pedunculo 

 duplo brevioribus; alveolis parvis sub-5-stichis labio inferiore bifido. 

 JIah, Amer. Centr, Costa Rica (TFJ?«^/.). — Facies graminis generis 

 Variance potius quam Palmse. 



6. G. PROCUMBENS, Wendl, : foliis e pinnis 6-jugis 8-12-pollicaribu3 

 ligiilato-gramineis falcato-acumiuatis; venis utrinq^ue sub 20; spadi- 

 cibus crassis Aroideis fere bipedalibu3^ alveolis 8- vel etiam 10-stichis 

 labio iuferiore ovato emarginato adscendente semiclausis; spatbis 

 tubularibus ancipitibus sed vix compressis, exteriore 4-pollicari, 

 interiore duplo et ultra longiore. — Hab. Amer. Centr. Costa Rica 

 ( JFe7idL). 



[" Geokoma ? PULCiiRA " {Wendl. in lib, Kew?)^ if I may judge 

 from tlie aged and incomplete specimenj is surely not of tbis 

 genus ; for altliougli tbe pinnatisect leaves, witb four pairs of 

 long lanceolato-ligulate caudato-acuminate leaflets, are not unlike 

 tbose of some Geonomas, the spadices are more like tbose of au 

 Aroid or Cyclantli, baving contiguous 8-ranked open alveoles of a 

 long-besagonal shape, witbout eitber rim or lip, containing tlio 

 scars (for tbey are empty) of one $ and apparently several cJ 

 flowers. Wendland's specimen is from Costa Rica*,] 



Tectojiddy foU IS pier umqiie maJtiscuUs hifurcis hasi l&iige cuneatis acuti~ 

 veniis simplicibus v. pi/matisectis (laciniis paucis inccqiiilatis), ransswie 



his; spadicibus ramosis. 



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a, Tectoria3 leptospathse, spathis teneris cito caducis, 



6, G. BACULiFERA, Poit I foliis 3-4-pedalibus elongate cuneatis iutegris 

 v. pinnatisectis pliniveniis (venis utrinque sub 40 angulo costali circitcr 

 20°-25°); spatbis lineari-lanceolatis compressis semipedalibus ; spadi- 

 cibus pednlibus, ramis 5-6 simplicibus, alveolis 6-8-stichis parvis con- 

 fertiusculis labio inferiore integro ; corolla florum c? calycem paulo 

 excedente, tube stamineo fl. 5 trigono-cylindraceo ore brevissime 

 6-dentatoj baccis ovalibus4-linearibusgrosse tuberculatis. — TZai. per 

 Amazoniam submaritimam et Guayanam, frec[uens. 



7. G. MACROSPATHAj sp. u.: foliis fere prions venis utrinque 45 ; spathis 

 linearibus, longissimis 15-pollicaribus ; spadicibus fere bipedalibus, 

 alveolis 8-sticbis labio inferiore integro. — Hub. ad fl. Casiquiari. 



To '* Ilolospadices '' belong also the following species described by Marti ua : 

 jjcnostachus, stricta. acaulis, macroataclivs and FoifeauaTia (all of Martius), 



