Geonoma^ equatorial-amekican palms. 107 



barium under the name of " G. simplicifrons, Willd." They do 

 not answer to their name, for the leaves are pinnatisect — nor to 

 the character assigned by Martins (Palm. 14, t. 8), especially as 

 to the leaves being attenuated at the base, whereas they are broadly 

 cuneate. Neither do the two exactly agree with each other, as 

 will be seen from the following brief descriptions : 



15. G. ?: foliis parvulis, pinnis bijugis late rhomboideis falcato- 



acLiminatiS^ venis utrinque 28, 7-8 poUices longis, aiigulo costali 45° j 

 spadicibus 9-12-pollicaribu3 tenuiusculis ramos 3-5simplices adscen- 

 dentes purpureo-badios proferentibus, alveolis 5-stichis (uonnunquam 

 obscure ternatim verticillatis) parvis labio inferiore integro raro de- 

 mum rupto nee rite bifido; spathis G. bacuUferce 5-G-pollicarihus 

 pedmiculo subbrevioribus ; floiibus 5 anguste obovoideis, tube sta- 

 mineo ore truncate obsolete G-dentato. — Hah. Venezuela (E. Otto), 



15*. G. ?: a priore diifert (an specifice?) habitu firmiore, pinnis 



3-jugis oppositis 9-pollicaribus fere rectis, venis utrinc^ue 19 angulo 

 costali 40° J spadicibus 15-pollicaribus ramos 10 simplices subparal- 

 Iclos validiores proferentibus ; fl. $ tubo stam. ore G-crenato. — Hub, 

 Nova Granata *^ woods at Pacho, near Bogota" (Purdie). 



b. Tectoriae pachyspathse, spathis maxiTnis rohustis. 



IG. G. vi^DXTAjKlotsch : foliis pinnatisectls^ pinnis 4-5-jugis pedalibus 

 et ultra^ inferioribus ligulatis^ supremis late rhomboideiS; 

 acuminatis subfalcatis, venis plurimis angulo costali 33° ; spadicibus 

 (ut videtur) maximis 3-4-pedahbus bis divisis ramulis validis 6-pol- 

 licarihuS; alveolis subconfertis labio inferiore hifido patulo demum 

 recurvo laceroque ; spathis maximis^ interiore fere sesquipedali fusi- 

 formi (arte explanata elongate- et subspathulato-lanceolata) coriacea 

 sed deniuni iibroso-dissoluta, exterlore fere dimidio breviore (expla- 

 nata longe ovato-lanceolata) fere lignea dorso bi- trisulca fiufuraceo- 

 tomentella demum calvescente ; floribus magnis trigono-pyriforniibus 

 pachychlamydeis, c? calyce corolla vix breviore^ 5 tubo stam. cras- 

 sissimo ore truncato obsolete 6-dentato ; baccis magnit. fructus Pruni 

 spinosae minoris ovalibus oblique apiculatis, siccando lineis elevatis 



rugulosis. — Hab 



abundare videtur (Linden, Moiitz 



Ad Geonomas tectorlas, et probabiliter ad pedem G. Appuniance, 

 valde dubitans (quum spathas nondum vidi) speciem sequentem 

 adscribo : 



17. G. DENSA, Wendl : foliis pinnatis, pinnis 21-jugi3 9-12-polIicari- 

 bus lineari-lanceolatis fere a basi ad apicem usque sensim angustatis 



uni- trivnniifl riliratisouft : snadicibus comDOsitis Tramo unico mihi 



