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SPADICES ad summon) spithamam longi, singiili inter singolas lYondcs provcnicntcs , crccti vol crcctopatciites, 

 simpliccs, dcnsissiinc florigeri Pcdun cuius pollicem longus, tcretiusoulus, pube fcrraginca dense hirsutus, squamis 

 duabus tribnsvc ovatis acutiusrulis concavis munitns. Racbis cylindrica, 11(1 peduneulus dense lnrsutn atque in foveis 

 nmgnis cllipticis, labio inferiore orbicular] convexo adscendente hirsute) ot ciliato instructs (lorigera, SPATHAE duae, 

 ab initio inter froiiditin petiolos omntno rcconditac, bi|H>llieares vol parum longiorcs, spadiee ut plurimum nonnihil 

 exsuperatae, lanccolatae, in margine baseos sennrireularis pedunculi scssilcs; exterior versus basin in facie interiore 

 COncava atque caudict arete adpressa, versus apicom utrinque convcxa, in faciei cxterioris apicc bifida, marline 

 acuto in ntroqne latere prominente deorsum undtilato, loiigitiidinnlitcr striata, toniento fusco dctergibili vestita; 

 interior tenerior et triplo brevior, compresso - anccps, pilis ferrugincis ndspcrsa, tenuius nervosa, tandem, uti exterior, 



longitudinaliter lissa. 



FLORES in codeni spadiec masculi et focminei, masculis nimirum binis ad foeininci solitarii latera positis. 

 MASCXTL IS: Calyx corollam longitadine acquans. Folio la calycina lanccolata, versus basin attenuata, acu- 

 tiuscula, dorso eoneavo eartnato nervo lusceseente, apicc* Hoeeis tenuissimis fuscidulis, sub lento solummodo conspiciendis 

 barbata, pallida, versus basin et in marginibus tenuioribus albida. COROLLAS pet a la laneeolata, utrinque acuta, 

 planluseula, stramineo - fuseescentia, nervis subtilibus suhacqualibus percursaj raro inter so ope mcmbraime tenerac 

 diaphanae conncxa, STAIUINUM f i 1 a m c n t a connata in urceoluin cyatbilormcm , supcrnc libera, breviuscula. A li- 

 the rac in quovis filamento gemmae, lineari -clavatae, qoam filamenta longiores, polline albo farctae. PtSTlLU 

 RUDBtENTVM minimum. F()EMINEIS y qui masculis pariiin sunt mnjorcs, est: CALYX corollam supercminens, 

 foliolis oblongo - lanceolatis, acutiusculis, carina to- concavis, inte^errimis, pallidis praetor ncrvuin medium basinque 

 fuscescentibug- COROLLA trifida, tandem tripartita, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, integcrrimis, planiusculis. Cylindrus 

 intra corollam, ore breviter sexdentato, basi ovarium ambiens, meinbranaceus, albus, corollam excedens vel acquans* 

 PlSTtLLl ovarium ovato -globosum, albido - virens. fttvl us erassiusculus, eylimlricus, albus, emergens. Stigmata 

 tria, lincaria, acuta, revoluta. JiACCA ovata, obtusa, tres lincas longa, intra carnem tenuem nitidam nigro - olivaeeain 

 continens nucleum conlbrmem congenerma 



OBSER VA TIO> Differ* hacc species a rcliquis omnibus: spiels densissimis, squamis (lores gugrcgaiitibus 

 majoribus, situ florum androgyno, (jualem in nulla alia observavL An in hac floras foeminei ab cjusdem 

 spadicis an potius ab alius Horibus masculis luecundentur, n nudum liquet; cquidem vero, quum in spadicibus fructi- 

 feris flows niasculos semper invenerim minus bene cvolutos, fbemineos a distinctonnn spadicum masculis pollen 

 accipere existimem. 



Crcscit in sylvis adis ad jluvios Japurd el Messctf, in Jintlimis Peruvian Lecta 



Januario* 



mensibus Decembri 



ICON* EXPL* Tab. 17. I. Falmac para superior. (raagn. irora.) — II. Spntbae juveniles, extoriorc apcrta, ila tit interior cl apfldix in conspcclum veniant. 

 III. Sprthat adhttnlimj clftusae, «pa<Vi€0 ox apicc crampentc* (m. n.i — 1. I*"]ns moacalDs claaans. 2* Poliola calvcina. 3< IVtnluoi, 4. PoIaIa eonnexa, a lergo visa. 

 5* Urceolua Maiutnum adliucdam invntntog. 0. Filamtnta dmi» cum inhnirrrMibtia aiitlicnn duabui* 7- FJoa formincus *ub anther). 6 t Kolioln calycina. 9, Corolla, 

 10. Cyliodnis cum stigmalibiw cniergi iiiibu*. (in. a.) — II. Uacc* (m. u.) — In Tab. 21- Kg. L parlctn caudicis G, pycnosiaclicos H. «. OtUbet* 



12. GEONOMA AltUNDINACEA. Tab. 18. 



Q* caudicc arundinaccOy frondihm tateratibm tcrmlnatihusqtte ovatis bifurds tandem pSnnato - 

 jhribus remote verticilUdis , catycibus masculis corollas subacquantibtts, baccis ovato -t/labosis. 



spadicibus subsimplicibus, 



DRSCRtPTJO. CaVDEX RADtCUtUS fibrosis albidis subsimplicibus 8uSultu$, pleniinqno laxc socialis ere- 

 ctue, quadri-ad sexpedalis, orossitie pennae cygneae, glaberrimus, flavesoens vel junior virens, teres, annulis distantta pol- 



Uoaro vel minorc notatits et juxti eos parum inerassatus, fra^ilis. 



FRONDES sesqui- ad bipcdales, plerumque duac , trcs quatnorve in caudicc altcrnatini laterales, reliquae sex 

 vel octo terminates, ]>atentes, liabilu tenuiore a plurnnarum sjweierum froiulibus distinctae, primuin simpliecs 

 ovatae, basi in jwtiolos attcnuatac, anticac furcato - bitidae, laciniis brcviuseulis fcriangolaribos , sinu acuto, tandem 

 hinc iude irrcgulariter pinnuto - fissae in pinnas oppositas vel rarius alternas, quatemas senasve, quarmn extimae 



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