148 Dtt. R. SPEUCE OX [Bactrim. 



primaria) utrinque 7-8-n9e angulo 37° e costa egredientes sub- 



rectaa. 



Spadix simplex e folii infimi axilla ortus 1^-2-pollicaris decurvo-pen- 

 dulus. Spath<e iBermes; exterior brevior dorso bicariiiata; interior 

 bipollicaris et ultra fusiformis apiculata coriacea badia. 



Flares <? jam delapsos non vidi. Florcs $ : cahjx et corolla fructuR bas^in 

 stipantes suba^quilongse patulo-cupularcs ad medium usque in lobos 

 S-4 late ovatos abrupte apiculatos fissse, pluricostatfe, yirldes subco- 

 riacese marorine membranaceo niofrescentes. Drupce (immatura?) 3 



^*^^V. ^.^^^.^....^^^ «*p. 



lineaslongoe ovoidea) apice attenuataj. 



Var, MINOR. 



Hah, in svlvis fl. Tarmna flum. Neero dt 



?j 



folia 



coriaceus striatus, ore oblique 3-dentato vel breviter 3-lobo^ siuibus 



excavatis. Corolla forma simili 



liato* Ovarimn ovato-lagceniforme j stigmata in massam pyramidatam 



coalita. 



8IMPLICIFRONS, Mart 



Hah 



Formfie tres mihi adsunt, fructibus carentes : 



A: /<>^ia simplicia; ^e^2V>/?/s pedalis lepra femigiuea obtectus; /^w?wrt 

 16-polliearis (sccus costam mensa) cuneata bifurca subacuminata; 

 margine setuloso ciliata, setulis nigris majoribus semilinearibus cum 

 brevioribu3 mixtis, apicalibus lougioribus peuicillatis ; vence utriuque 

 20-nae angulo peracuto (15°-18°) egi^edientea, fere omnino rectie, 

 inferiores 14pollices lougfe, superiores breviores. 



B : folia pinnatisecta ; lyetiolus pedalia basi ocrea Integra ferrugineo- 

 tomentella setis aculeolisque subappressis sparsa caudicem amplec- 

 tens J lamina 12-pollicaris, pinnis altero latere duabus, altero latere 



tudineque ut in forma 

 : folia pinnatisecta ; t 



perangustis) 



leans 



acuminatid, infimis pedalibus. 



My specimens of tliis pain 



idoubtfully to IB. stmplici/rom. Tliey agree with Martius's cha- 

 racter in the *' foliis simplicibus tandem pinnatifissis," 



although the latter peculiarity renders the name "simplicifrons^less 



ppropriate to them than to either of the preceding species, whose 

 leaves are constantly and truly simple. The locality assigned by 

 Martins is also the same as mine, namely, "near Para," where 

 this palm grows not nncommonly along with the '' Ubim " (Geo- 

 novHi hmeuJifrra), and, from its resemblance to it, is classed along 



