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Ot teneriora, planiuseula, in medio percursa ncrvo versus basin subluscidulo, seeundmn mavginem temiiorem integer- 

 rhmim fusceseentia, raeterum pallida , raro basi membrnna tenui inter se connexa. Srjvtst'.w filaments alba, 

 nasi COIinata in nrccohnn in eriiribiis antherileruni, jimiorem eyathiformem lon^itiidinoque enrol lam ne<piuiitcm, 

 ]K>stea sub anthosi e basi ovate cylindricom ct crura linearia acuta o corolla radiatim expandentem. A nrherae 

 in SingOlO erure binae, ooqao nonnibil brcviores, lineari - elavatne, pollino faretne albo sub^loboso- PlSTILLI 

 ntDiMEyrrst minutissimum in basi ureeoli, ovario subgloboso vol turbinate, stylo vix olio, Btigmatibus tri- 

 bus erectis subulatis. FOE3FINJSIS: Calyx quam corolla nonnihil brevior. Foliola lanceolate, acuminata, 

 duo e video fins carinatO - Concava, in ncrvo doisali filSOescentta, caetenun pallida, in marline tenuiore subtil iter 

 denticulate* COROLLA subcylindrica, trifida vcl tandem omnino in petal a tria seeedens lanceolate, acuta, pla- 

 niuseula, ten ma, pallida, inargiiie integcrrinuu Cy I in dm a menibranneeus albus, sublageniformis, quam corolla 

 sub anthesi nonnihil longior, ore tenuiter sexdentatn, invol veils ovari 11111 globosum vireseens et st vl 11 in cylin- 

 drical?) albiduni, exsuperatus stigmutibus tribus subulatis revolutis albis. ftjtVA eaiyee eorollaque persistentibus 

 suHtilfci, sessilis in minis spadieis luue purpurasceutibus ot snepe intumidis, ma^nitudiue putaminis eernsi , Jflu~ 

 boso - ovata T vertiee aeutiuseula, atm - violaeea, intra carnein tetiuem eonfinens nueleum eoiitbrmeni, Incviga- 

 tum, cujus albumen lactcum, corncum, solidum, embryo basilaris ct paulo in latere locates, cytindricus, pal- 

 lidus. substantiate tenuioris. 



VA /? T A T baec species tan 

 piu^uibtis multilloris. 



trondimu tissura, rpiain spadieibun mudo depauperatis paucifloilS brevibus, nuxlo 



Crcsdt ad Caracas: B t e d e m e y a r * apud Will d. L c. ; egtad&n pturitnts tods in Brasilia y prgesertim w 



sytda maritimis Provindarnm scptcntrionalmm invent, fticotae c frondihm, guas uH illamm qaoque palmarum jrondes 



Patioba appellant* corbes pro comervanda farina aliU<pw rebus domes/ids fahrieant. Floret Jannado — Martio; 

 fviictijivat Octobri — Vceembri 



ICON* EXPL, Tab. 8. Kg. I. Spadix masctilus paojwr; (Mnplar WilM«odwi«aftBi 1 «t do Sehloohtetidal benign* conmonltttatti — 1. FIoj 



intwulns. 2. Folio)* ttilvrinu, 3- Corolla. 4. IVlaU. 5* Urcco!u» Muniiiium itivolutus. G. Cmra cjtwbtn «Joo cum ihiikbui anilnrN. (m. *.) — T«U, 1L I, Siiailix 

 OKKilat bono nwiriliw sub ip&a tnAeiL — 2* 1*W m«sculu* clause. 2. Idrm cvolulu*. 3. FulioLi calycU* -L Corolla eum eXpinsia siamiuibu^ 5. Corolla, cujus 

 pclala cohaer«nL 6. Crcroliw masculus <*X[>au*uj. 7. Kudimenlum pisliUk $. Fins fii<-minou4 clau*o*. SK Mem efoIalU. 10* Folii>la caKcia* 1L Corolla cu-n fitigiua- 

 tibu* exscrtis. 12. Lacinia CN>rollac, sen, si malis, jwtalum. 13. Cylindnis putillniD cingciw, 14. Pisiilluin, (nu n.) 15. Uac*a. \m, it.) — Tab. 21- Fig, 2, exhibct 

 partem su|^riorcin cauJici#. (in, n.) 



10. GEONOMA SPIXIANA. Tab. 15. 16. 



G, frondibun termina/ibus individs lanceolatts had cuncatis apice bifards t spadidbm panicidatis pubescentibus , flodbus sex- 

 ad octofitrkan imbricatU^ cah/dbus masadis corollas subacqnantibus , ci/tinttri foemind dentibus sldta/o - emersis. 

 bams orato - tf/obosis* 



DJESGJRIP Tl <K CAUDEX ItADWWUS subsimplicibns firmatus, in altitudineiu sex ad octo pedum eveetus, 

 rectus vel paruni flexuosuS, CTOSsitio pollieari, subeyliu<lrieus, aimulis sat amplis notatus, aliis a delapsu froiidium urtis 

 per polliris distantias dispositis, aliis majoribus, qui spadieum vestigia, plerumquo inter tres quatuorvo illorum inseulptis. 



caetenun laevigata cfdore badio vul etramineo-fuscesccnt«. 



FRONDES erecto - patentes, in cotnam coarctatnm oonspinuitcsj quadripedales vel rnro ma jo res, omues 

 term in ales, simpliees, firmulae, laincolatae, basi euneatae, antiee ad tertiam fere partem usque bilidae, cruribus 

 laneeolatis aeumiiiatis t sinu angusto acuto, maxima latitudiue vix spitbamaeaie, raro Vetustate transvei-saliter in 

 pmnas nonmillas subop]K>sitas fissae, costatae distant ia trium lerme linearum norvis in superioro fecie acute 

 pnniiinentilms uliisque caim illis altemantibus obtusioribus atquo tomento griseo - tusco obsess is siibtns promi- 

 i lentil his, caetenun glabrae, laevigata©, obscure virides. Petioli curciter spithamaei, raro loogiorcs, basi cylin- 

 cMca interiores petiolos ampleetentes, ibirpie doiSO earinati, lateribus striati atque tandem lon^itudinaliter in 

 libra* seeedentes, tomento grjaeo - fcrrngineo vestiti, ant ice lineares, in doiSO Icpidoto eonvexi, intus coneavi. 



aarginibuij acutia. 



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