166 DB. R. sPKrcE o^' lAttalea. 



lowing Martius) attributes to Maodmiliana^ but not to either 

 Attalea or Cocos. But when I consider the habit of this palm, 

 and the equably pinnate leaves with very numerous large leaflets 



so like those of Attalea cxcelsa and speciosa of the Amazon 

 I can scarcely doubt its being a congener of those two species. 

 As I have no male flowers, and those of Attalea should be poly- 

 androua (stamens 9-24), there is still a doubt whether it ought 

 rather to be referred to Scheelea^ Karst., which has hexandrous 

 male flowers with terete petals (the petals of Attalea being 

 plane). It might even prove to be scarcely distinct from the 

 *'Palma Real" of the Magdalena and Cauca, Scheelea regiaj 

 Karst,, which has " folia sequaliter pinnata 24-pedalia, pinnis 180- 

 200-jugi3 4-5-pedalibus, &c." If, however, I riglitly understand 

 what Karsten says of ScJieelea, "flores c? pedunculum commu- 

 fiem tegentes, fl, ? versus ramorum basin pauciores," it is dif- 

 ferent from the structure of the Yagua described above. And 

 here the matter must rest until some traveller procure perfect 

 flowers of both sexes. 



2. A. RACKMOSA, sp. H. : cftudlce nullo ; foliis 12-pedalibus fequaliter 



pinnatis recte arcuatis, pinnis 90-jagis linearibus acutis ; spadicibus 



3-4-pedalibu3 simplicibus arcuatis, pedunculo subcompresso ; flo- 



'ribus ($) racemosis 2-3-stichis secuiidis brevissime pedicellatis ; 



drupis majusculis. 



Ilab. in sylvis Venezuelse borealis inter fluvios Negro et Guasi6, ubi 

 sub nrborinn excelsarmn umbra gregarie crescit. Teco ab Indis Barr^ 

 nuncupatur (S. Kb, Palm, 54), 



Caudex nullus. 



;mn 



90 



fere rectse lineares acutre. 



3-4 



ctdi(s elongatxis tenuis subcompressus arcuatus ; rhachis brevis |-1- 

 pcdalis. Spatha unica spadicem excedens, vagina basali l|-2-pedali, 

 limbo anguste fusiformi longe cuspidato demum antice rimoso. 

 Flares $ racemosi unilaterales (terram spectantes) 7-21 ad quemque 

 spadicem. Pedicelli (v. si mavis, ramuli uniflori) altemi distichi v. 

 subtristichi, breves (^-f-pollicares), plerumque solitaiii, rarissime 

 binati, crassi compressuli ancipites uniflori, basi bractea (spathella) 

 triangulari-aciiminata amplexante stipati, Brqctecs 3, cordato-tri- 

 Migidares latissime amplexanti-imbricatse, intima multo majore, re- 

 cepiaculum floris convexum fibroso-papillosum circumambientes. 

 Calyx Dnqnc magnitudine ovi cyguei. - 



