12 



6. GEONOMA LAXIFLORA. Tab. It 



G caudicc laud, frondibm subtcrmimdibus ovate bad cuneatis antice fnreato - bifidis , tandem pinnato-ftssis, spadieibus 

 aubstopUcUer ramosis, fovcis masadis subunijloris sfmrsis vcl verticillato - ternis, ca^dbm masculia corol/as 

 subacqitantibus. 



DBSCRIPTIO. CAUDEX circitcr sexpedalis, ercctus, tores, craasitie pennoc oygneae, vc! ad summum digiti 

 minoris, atrichia vcl parum Hexuosus, laevigatas, distantia semipollicari annulatus, pallidc tlavesccns, nitidus. 



FRONDES vel omnes terminates vcl nonnullac subaltern atim Literates , erect* - patentee aut patentee, ana com 

 petiolis eircitcr sex polliccs longis scsquipedales vel parum longiorcs. Petioli basi n.embranacen viridi longimtfnaliter 

 oblique nervoso- striata, dorso carinata, apiccm versus arida et imgulariter findenda amplerieaules; antice circiter 

 trium vel quatuor pollicum longitudine nndi, dorso concavi atque ibidem, uti in ipsa basi, pube tenui griseo - foscescente 

 detergibui adspersi; raehi utrinque prominente, supeme bHaeiaii, subtus paritor tomentosa. Prondis lamina 

 ovata basi cuneiformis, antice ad tertian, eireiter partem mrcato - bifida, laciniis rectis triangulares acntis, sun. 

 mm.,', tandem irregularis pinnate - fissa in pimxas nonnnllas oppositas, quarum extimae latiores, saturate v.ndcs 

 subtus pallidum*, perenrsas nervis approximatia, qnornm altemi tcnuiores sunt; junior uti petioli tomento griseo ten.u 

 obsessa, adulta glabra. 



BPADKES inter frondes eoUtario enascentes atqne post earum delapsnm in conspectom venientes, in una stirpe 

 unns duo tresvc, raro plures, patentee, simpliciter paniculato-divisi, pubescenti-scabriuscnli. Pedunculus sesquipoffi- 

 caris, tcretiusculus vel Line inde parnm applanatns, basi semilunar! candiccm amplectens, nonnil.il Hexuosus atque 

 sqnamis pan-is ovato-triangalaribns acntis eoncaviuseulis instrnctus, c racl.cos angnlis ramosus. Rami simplices, pa- 

 tentes, apithamaei et pedales, parum flexuosi, nliformes, uti peduncidi teretinscnU, pnrpniascenti - virides, glabri, 



foventes Jlores in fovcis ellipticis distantibns laxe dispositis, vcl alternis vel vcrtieillatoter.iis. Squamae name, ovato- 

 triangularcs ad singnlos ramos. 8PATBAE geminae, minutae, pollicares, laneeolatne, obtusao in basi pednnculi spadiois 

 eessiles; exterior dorso convexa, inrus plana vcl parnm coneava, margine acuta, glabra, omnino includens inte- 

 riorem paulo brcviorc.n, compressiuscnlam atque pilis ferrugineis adspersam, utraquc extus viridi -flavescens, demum 

 exsiccatn stramineu, facie interiorc glaberrinia. 



FLORES MASCULJ in singulis fovcis plerumque singuU, rarius duo vel tree, illis plurimarum specierum 

 minores, ante anthesin ultra dimidium immersi, sub anthesi duabus tcrtiis prominentes. Calyx fere coronam aequans. 

 Poliola lato- ovata, carinato - coneava, subobtusa; in margine sub Icnte tc.uiter denticulata, glabra, strammeo - ius- 

 cescentia, in dorso n nervis nonnullis late striate obscuriora. OonOLLAB petala lanceolata, acutinscula, infra apicem 

 coneava," praeterea plana, striata nervis subaequalibus, sub lente tennissime Berrulata, straminea, basi albida, snpeme 

 nonmmquam purpurascentia. STAMINA in cylindrum connate album, apice sexfidum, cruribus ln.ean - lanceolate 

 anthcras lincarcs albidas longitudine aequantibus. PlSTll.U KUDIMESTUM vix conspicuum. FLORES FOE- 

 MINEOS non vidi. 



Creseit passim locis udis nmbrosis SJjtoae immanis, quae per tolas fere Provincias Paracasein et a Rio Negro 

 dictam juxta Amazonian flatten ejusque conjlaentes extenditur. Florens leckt Januario, ad paavm Lulorum Juri Ma- 

 nacurii dictum. 



WON EXPL. Tab. 11. Kg. I. SammiUi candid*, ctim inxidenlibus spmlhU froiidibnsque. (OUgO. immin.) — Kg. II Spsdix masculus. (ra»go. nal.) — 1. Floa 

 mucalu*. 2. Ejn«lcm fottob calycim 3. Corolla clao* « peUlun Mliuriom. 4- L'nxoliis aUruumm ribucdam involute, inlra coroW <n«gn. not.) 



7. GEONOMA PAUCIFLORA. Tab. O. 



a frondibus terminals pinnato - Jissis , pinnis lanceolalis aeuminatis, spadieibus pare* ramosis subpubesceniibus, jloribus laxe 

 ct subaltcrnatim sparsis, cali/cibus mascu/is corollas aequantibus apice barbatis. 



DESCRIPTIO. CAUDEX tenuis, sex ad octo pedes alius, rectus, crossitic dimidii pollicis vel ultra, lacvigatus, 

 flavescens, auuulis tenuibus notatus, glaber. 



