Bactris,~\ EQi;ATORIAL-.VirERICAN PALMS. 147 



13 villoso-incanis J drupis somipoUicaribus ovatis suporne attenuatis 

 corolla3 persisteutis cupularis lignese "basi receptis glabris. 



§ 4. Endochlaynys. 



Fl. $ calyx corolla longior globoso-urceolaris ; corolla eidem inclusa 

 platystoma extus lanata. PabncE subhumiles aeuleat<B. Folia (Bqualiter 

 pinnata. Spadices siynplices. Spatha interior armata. 



15. B. coxoiNNA, Mart. Palma aculeis prnslongis uonnullis 3-pollica- 

 ribus armata ; caudice diametro 9-Iineari ; foliis 5-pedalibu3, pinnis 

 2S-]ug-is IG-pollicaribus linearibus sensiiu teiiuiacuminatis setoso- 

 ciliatis; spadicibus 9-12-pollicaribn3 siniplicibus decuryo-peiidnlis ; 

 drupis magn, pruni damasceiii oblpngis glabris. 



Sequuntur descriptiones ampliores : 



1. B. BREVirOLlA, Sp. 11. 



Hah, in sylvis siccioribus fl. Negro ad S. Gabriel (Spruce^ hh. Palm, tj*"*) ; 

 etiaiii locis similibus fl. Uaupes (S, hh. Palm. 80). 



Caiidex 3-5-pedali3, diametro 3-liiieari, inermi^. 



Folia ^wh 10 co^tanea simplicia bifurca; ;;e^?o/»5 G*pollicaris (vagina 

 3^-poIlicari pluristriata ore in ligulani 4 lineas longam truncatani 

 setoso-ciliatam producta inclusa), inermis vel aculeolis perpaucis cito 

 caducis ad vaginam armatus ; r//acAi5 4-pollicaris ; g?<s 7^ X 3 J-pol- 

 licares late rboinboideo-lanceolatjfe subfalcata3 vix acuminatae, secu.s 

 apicem aculeolis nigris appressis ciliata3 penicillatceque; vence utrinque 

 ll-12-n?e bis flexae directione media angulo 36^-38°, 



Spadices simplices fere bipollicares ', peduiiculm poUicaris e vaginas 

 latere erumpens ibidemque abrupte decurvnis ; rhachts vix poUi 



Spath<B 



Flares J: calyx et corolla (fructus maturi) fequilonga, subcoriacea, 

 patula, tripartita, laciniis late ovatis apiculatis, Drnpce globosre, 

 diametro 3-lineari, longluscule rostellatse, coccinea) (demum nigra? ?) 



2. B. Negrexsis, sp. n. 



Hah, in sylvis secus fl. Negro ostia {Spruce^ hh. Palm. 17). 



Rhizoyna tuberifonne radices praelongas horizontales ramosas pro- 



ferens. Caudex 3-pedali3; diametro 3-lineari, distanter annulosns^ 



inermis. 

 Folia sub 5 contemporanea simplicia bifurca; petiolus O-pollicaris 



pluristriatus minute leproso-puberulus, vagina ocreave antice in 



ligulani ovatam^ vaginam suprajacentem imbricantem, producta ; 



lamina bifurca, alis 13x2-pollicaribu3 linear!- vel ligulari-rliombo- 

 ideis apice subfalcatis vix acuminati.-^^ margine obsolete setulosi:^, 

 apice tamen setis nigrescentibus 2 lineas longis penicillatis; vence 



