Phytelephas.'] equatorial- amebic an palms. 179 



cum priore, sed rarius in planitiem descendit et paulo altius supra 

 montes ascendit. — "Pulu-puntu " incolarum. 



3. P. ^quatorialis, sp. n. : caudice robusto ssepius erecto; foliia 

 inae(inaliter pinnatis, pinnis 3-4-natiin aggregatis, petiolo subnullo ; 



spadicibus mascidis pendulis, capitulis pedicellatis, staminibus 1000 

 et pliu-ibus. — Ilab. in Andium ^quatorialium devexis occidenta- 

 libus usque ad 5000 pedum alt., necnon in planitie Guayaquilensi. 

 " Cadi " incolarum. 



I append descriptions of tbe two latter species, not complete, 

 but as nearly so as my materials will allow. 



2. P. macrocarpa, R. et P. Syst. Veg. 31. 



Hab^ In Andium Peruvianorum radicibus orientalibus^ frequens, raro 

 tamen supra 3000 pedum alt. inventa. Ipse secus fluvios Huallaga et 

 Mayo vidi (fib. Palm, 61) ; Ruiz et Pavon versus fluviorum Hual- 

 laga et Ueayali origines ^^in Andium nemoribus imis et calidis, 

 versus Chancbamayo, Vitoc et S. Antonium de Playa grande;" cl. 

 Chandless secus fl. Purus affluentes superiores (Jouni, Pat/. Geoy. 

 Soc. xxxvi. p. 99). " Polo-ponto '^ vel *' Pulu-puntu " a Peruviauis 



nuncupta. 

 Cmidex vel nuUus vel perbrevis et semper inclinatus decumbensve, pe- 

 tiolis decisis spiraliter areolatus v. eorum reliquiis horridus. 



Folia polysticha conferta aequaliter pinnata; petiolus pra^ter rhachis 



basim dilatatam vix ullus ; p inn<s circitev lOO-jugse, pleraeque exacte 

 oppositae, basi reduplicatje, lineari-lanceolatae sensim acutatae rectae 

 plicatse glaberiimse, mediae 32x l^-pollicares, apicales vix bipedales. 



Spadices dioici, ex axillis foliorum annotinorum oriundi j masctdi ad- 

 scendentes spiciformes 32-polIicare3 ; pedtmculus compressus 10 pol- 

 lices longus, 14 lineas latus, 8 lineas crassus ; rhachis 22x2^x11- 

 poUicaiis, floribus (capitulis melius dictis) sessilibus oiiusta. Cajnttda 

 polyandra, inferiora majora subdissita elongata subrectangularia, 

 superiora arete congesta fere aequilatere 4-G-gona, perigonio (bractea 

 epatbellave) annulari lineam alto ore subobliquo et 4-6-angulato 

 circumcincta. Stamina cujusque capituli 150-280, supra torum ele- 

 vatum congesta, albida, odorata ; Jilamenta teretia attenuata 3^ lin. 

 longa ; antherce 2 lineas longae, lineares, connectivo in unguiculum 

 producto, loculis secus longitudinem rimosis. Spatha' 2, fulva?, gla- 

 bratae : exterior 7 x 2-pollicaris elongato-oblonga compressula ancipiti- 

 bialata, apice labiis 2 abrupte apiculatis hians : interior 10 X 2-polli- 

 caris lineari-fusiformis apice obtuso aucipiti, demum antice rimosa. 



Spadicis fcetninei pednncidus longitudine masculi, paulo crassior, apice 

 in receptaculum ovale compressum dilatatus et capitulis 12-20 sessi- 

 libus congestis onustus. Involtiera squamis pluribus parvis subtri- 

 angularibus tempore fructus apice fibroso-sohitis capitulorum ba^im 

 cingentibus constanlia. Ovaria plurima, coalita; apice polo py* 



