Geonoma,'] equatoiiial-ameeican palms, 117 



onnes 



cuius 5-pollicaris compressus basi dilatato -ample xans ; 7*avii 11-12, 

 4-C-pollicares, tenues, puberuli, infimi hi- trifidi, cseteri simpliccs, 

 apice sterili caudati ; alveoli subconferti exacte hexastichi, 1-3-flori, 



SpathjB . . , . 



profimd 



Florcs (S : 5<y?aZayiximbricataangustiusculaobliqua valdein0ec[uilateraj 

 petala fere duplo longiora; valvata^ lanceolato-oblonga subobtusa, 

 striata. FL $ : tubus stamineiis trigonus ore breviter 6-dentatus j 

 ovarium solitarium ovale ; stylus basalis, supra tiibum stamineum 

 in stigmata tria divisus. Baccce oblongo-ovoidea^ subgibboe 3^x2- 

 lineares. 



33. G. DISCOLOR, sp. n. 



Hah. in sylvis ad fluminum Tapajoz et A^mazonum conflueutiam (Sjymcej 



lib. Palm. 36 J 30 ad Mtis, Kewmse), 

 Camlex G-pedalis erebre anniilatus. 

 Folia 3-pedalia et longiora pinnata; innnce l(>-22-juga3, 13-15 poUiees 



longse, poUicem latse, liueali-lanceolatai sensim acuminatie, basi 



reduplicata3, medio subcontigua), supra pallide virides, subtus albe- 



scentes, venis 4 v. 5 validis angulo 45^ tendentibus percm-sffi ; pdioliis 



validus supra profunde canaliculatus. 

 Spadices infra folia oriundij plerumque ^ et c? in eodem caule alter- 



nantes, patuli, pedales et longiores^ bis ten'e compositi, raniis flavidis ; 



alveoli SpatJK^'^srviB ovatae ancipltes antiee aperta^ cymbiformi- 



concavae, stuppa badia vestitpe demum calvse. 

 Flares cJ : sejmla cucvU^ta; petala fere duplo longiora pluricostata ; 



staminurn filamenta basi in tubum coalita; antherarum loculi intro- 



flexi per anthesin patuli divergentes. FL $ . . . . 



34. G. CHELIDONURA, Sp. U. 



Ilab, in sylvis humidis vel etiam inundatis fl, Uaup^s et Casiquiari (S, 



hb. Palm. 43 et 73). 

 Caudices 5-12-pedales, tenues, diametro 2-3-linL'ari, flexuosi, plures (ut 



yideretur) ex eodem rhizomate orti. 

 Folia simplicia bifida ; petiolus G^-poUicariS; ba.si alte obtuse carinatus ; 

 lamina vix 3-pollicari3 (secus costam mensa), furcis duabus constang 

 lineari-rliomboideis acuminatis 13x If-pollicaribus j venis utrinque 

 solum 11-13, angulum 22^-37^ cum costa cfTormantibus, fere ad apiceni 



usque rectis. 

 S]}adices 4^-pollicares, simpliciter mmosi, adscendentes, alteniis 3a}pe J , 

 alternis $ 6 ? pedunculus 2-pollicaiis; rami 3-7, 2-2^ poUices longi 

 tenues setuloso-puberuli, mutici vel eauduti j a/ytWi sub-5-sticbi, 

 labio inferiore majuseulo bilobo. Spathcc 1^-2-pollicares, cita disso- 



luta3. 



xnmersi : r? cahz corolla fere dimidio brcvior 



