154 DR. B. SPRUCE ON [Bactrts, 



Spadices simpliciter ramosi scopsefornies ; pedimculus florifer 2|-polli- 

 caris, fructifer 4-pollicaris, medio abrupte decurvus, siibappresso- 

 setofius tomentosusque mox calvescens ; 7*hachis vix sesquipoUicaris ; 

 r«?n/ conferti 12-13, penduli, 4-5-pollicares, villoso-incani, pro florum 

 receptione alveolati. Spathce elongato-fusifonnes coriacese : exterior 

 7-pollicaris ferrugineo-stupposa primum setulosa mox calvescens ; 

 interior fere lO-poUicaris densissime aculeolatasetosaque. 



Floras confertissimi, masculis fcemineos pauciores circumstantibus. 

 FL $ majusculi obovato-triquetri ; calyx corolla 2-3-plo brevier 

 membranaceus albidus 3-partitus (arte explanatus fere triangularis); 

 corolla rufo-purpurea crasse coriacea ad medium usque trifida. Sta- 

 miyia G, e toro corollfe fundum replente eidemque adnato oriunda ; 

 Jilamenta tenuiuscula corolla longiora aestivatione implicata j aniherce 

 oblongae versatiles, loculis parallelis apice ultra connectivum brevi- 

 usculum productis liberis. Fl, $ : calyx pergamineus annulatus ob- 

 solete 3-dentatus corolla multo brevier. Corolla crassa lignosa gib- 

 boso-urceolata ore conatricto obsolete 3-dentato, extus fibrillis tortis 

 giiseis cum badiis mixtis subappressis lanata. Ovarium ovoideum 

 villis badiis deciduis sparsum ; stigmata tria sessilia camosa triangu- 

 laria, demum patida, supra papillis badiis clava^formibus dense obsita. 



Dnipce 6x3^-lineare3 ovoidese superne attenuatse apice ipso obtusse, 

 eoccinetie (demum nigrae ?) in cupxdam (i. e, corolla aucta) validam 

 lignosam basi receptse ; mesocarpimn tenuissimvim vix edule. 



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Mart 



Hah 



{Spruce ^ hb. Palm. 8). "In sylvis aboriginibus propter fluvios Ama- 

 zonum et Solimoes " {Mart L c). 

 Caudices multi ex eodem rbizomate orti, 10-14-pedales, diametro 9- 



lineari 



imo 



Folia cequaliter pinnata, 5-pedalia ; petiolus pube badia furfuracea ob- 

 situs, sparse aculeatus, aculeis badiis tetragono-acicularibus l-'2'pol- 

 licaribus plerumque squarrosisj inwice 28-jugse, 16 pollices longse, 



:imi 



* * 



reduplicatse. margiue et costa 



media secus apicem setoso-ciliatae. 

 Spadices e vaginis jamapbyllisorti,9-12-pollicare3, simplices, penduli; 



pedunmhis lepra ferruginea et setis moUibus appressis vestitus. 



Spatha interior fusiformis, aculeis dense armata. 

 Flores2 Dnip<B magn. pruni damasceni, nigrae, nitidse, oblongae, 



e pressione niutua angulosae, apice depresso rostello trigone ; meso- 



cariJium tenuo dulce. 



far. INUNDATA. 



Hah, in ripis fluvii Negro iimndatis ad ejus ostia {S. hb. Palm. 8 A); 



