GeoiiomaJ] equatoeial-amekican palms. 119 



SjnuUces O-poUicares simpliciter ramosi^ ramis 3-5^ longitudine 4-5 pol- 

 licum^ crassissimis ; alveoli densissimi 8-stichi, labio inferiore magno 

 late ovato obtuso retusove fornicato ringente (unde florem persona- 

 timi simulant). 



Flares iis G. densiflorce fere omnino conformes. Iiacc(B 7 X 5-lincares 

 ovales vel ovoideso muticse ; pericarpio sicco fere lineam crasso ; al- 

 bumine seminis comeo^ embryone paulo supra ejus basin laterali 

 elongate minute tuberculoso. 



Ohs. — Distinguishable from the precedingj even when growing, 

 by the longer tliicker branches of the spadix ; but the essential 

 difference is in the large ovate (not obcordate) lip of the alveoles. 

 The resemblance of the alveole to a labiate or personate corolla 

 is enhanced by the floral envelopes of effete flowers persisting 

 within the cavity, and protruding so as to resemble a pendulous 

 lip, opposite to which the true lip of the alveole overarches like a 

 galea. 



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40. G, aspibiifolia, sp» n. 



Hah. in sylvis fluvii Taruma fl. Negro defluentis (Spruce^ herb. Palm. 

 75). 



Caudex S-pedalis^ tenuis, diametro Arundinis culmi, fuseescens. 



Folia parva pinnatiseeta ; petiohis tenuis 8-pollicaris ; lamina 6-7-polH- 

 earis (secus costam raensvi) ] pinncs 3-juga3 oppositfe rhomboideo- 

 acinaciformes acumine filiformi, terminales duplo longiores j vencs 

 primariae utrinq^ue 20, 4-6 pollices longae, basi angulo acuto in costam 

 decurrentes, medio tarn recurvae ut angulum rectum cum costa eftbr- 

 ment, apice iterum incurvae. 



Spadices infra frondes oriundi, parvi, simpliciter ramosi, suberecti j pe~ 

 dunculm l]-pollicaris spathis velatus apice trifidus, ramia 2-2|-polli- 

 carlbus sat validis rufescentibus ; alveoli obscure 5-stichi, subrotundi, 

 labio inferiore brevissime emarginato. Spathce If-pollicares^ fusi- 

 formes, pro genere firmse et diutius persistentes, dorso carinata?, 



ventre limosse, 

 Flores lati, ante anthesin ovato- vel subgloboso-trigoni. Fl.S' petala 

 sepalis fere duplo longiora, plus miniis alte connuta ; Jilainetda sta- 

 minuni ad medium usque coalita, apice bicrura, crmibus introflexis 

 autherarum loculis sequilongis. FL 5 : tubus stamineim profunde G- 



fidus, lobis digitiformibus. Baccee 



41. G. tubekctilata, sp. n. 



Hub. in sylvis ripariis fl, Negro secus ejus ostia {Spruce^ herb, Pahn, 



18). 



Catidex tenuis virescens, diametro 3-lineari. 



Folia 4 vel 5 contemporauea; parva (10-12-pollicaria), pinnati- 

 seeta j 2^ ww<s bij uga) rhomboideo-acinaciformes, abrupte tenuiacumi- 



