so 



[aria, latitudinc longitudinem superanto, apice subacuto, coneava, param connate, lateribns extcnuatis ct 

 subindc huvris, <-»rollaiii arete obvolventia, porgameno - alba, intra intcrdum striis mmutis fusci.s notata. 

 COROthd omnino few calyee tecta, meiribxanacca. Petal a ovate - orbicularis, obtusiuscula, coneava ct imbri- 

 cate - convolute, obiter striata, marginc tonuiora, purpurea w\ rosco - purpurea, PlSTILLUM in floribus adhucdum 

 clansis ante nntlii-sin subclavatum, postea exhibons ovarium ovutum, subtrigomim, glubrum, albidum, triloculare 

 loculis (luolnis nburticntibus, stylum nullum, stigmata Iria, pyramidato - acuta, prhninn conniventift, tandem 

 expansa et revoluta, persistentia. BaCCA dura, magnitudine globi sclopetarii, globosa, glabra, nitida, nigro- 

 violacea vol obscure violacco - fiisca, teota junior pniina tenui jjlaucivsccntc, disco pal lido, c residuis atiginntutu orto, 

 exeentrico coronata. Caro tenuis, gramosa. Nucleus deprosso - globosns, bine raphe ambilioali concava 

 inscuiptnSj laevigatas, olivacco - nigricans, toctus filiris luscis rigidhiMuli^ a vert ice versus raplicn decurrontibus. 

 Albumen album, laminis e testa introrsiun vergentH)D8 filSClS rum it latum. Kiubrvo conicus, lateralis, substantial? 

 ipuuu albumen tenerioris. 



0B8ERVATKX Species, quod ad habitiini attinet, quam maximc variant, saepe multo gracilior atipic omnibus 

 partibus dnplo minor, ita ut indolem specilicam prae se ferat, licet liullis notis certis distingui possit, cui varictati forsau 

 adiiumcrari debet: 



EUTERPE PI8IFE&A &. Gaortn. frucfc 2. p. 269. Tab. 139. Fig- 4. 



Cresdt focw depresm sylra/ici* udiuscuUs per maffttam Brasiliae partem f praesertim $uh ipso Acquatorc 



sitam vet ah hide mitms dislanlem. In Provinciis Puuduensi* Pernamhucana, Marafputntensi dicersis: Jus- 



sara, Jiss Ara, P almi to nomfnibus sahttata* in ParaSnsi A ssa i et two*, minor AssKi - a i dici/ur. Basis 



petiotorum convohda cum contentis rudhnentis frondium nove/larum passim editor ant coda ant acelo, sale 



pi])creque condita. Lignum caudicis humidum fihrosum pro trahvcutis di-scinditur. Floret ct fructificat fere 

 toto anno* 



ICON* EX Ph. Tab. 28. Kutcrpo oleracea, variclalU mnjorig el minor!* ma<*nitnd<iio ccntics imminuta lite dopingitur in rip* inaulac ail ostium 

 fluvii Amaiormm &itac. 



Brasllnc littora magna tX parte nrborum humilium Avtccnniac, Rucidae, Conocarpi cl Itliixophorae tali* traeiihu* obslu infiino* quasi &Uium vcgoiaiionU 

 limits, quo* ultra egregii t^altus aborigine* nlquo campi aromatict inl^riora versus terrae conlinoDlis cxcurrunU Quae ijuiilrm ayKa marilium, #1 mpcrvirentf* oroata coma t 

 Atlvcaae per pontam ac lon^inqui trajcriu» mora Jac^uiJo gralbfiimum exhibit t|* , jyaY<*Y0 , *» ^jasquo auimum tamcjtiam fclici au^nrio cri^it; propius aocetltMiii rcro ille- 

 i-vTiran amitlrrc facicini]Uo inonnu mini uidiirn* vidctur. Sur^tini himlfuin ftrborc* ilhii rx alio lim*> raiuisipio apic* dconain rncltcanlibiK in dcnsis»ima5 sopes impli- 

 caiuur* <jua« n qui*, peslilVroni iioii curana foclorcin c pulriilo coeno cxlmbtnm, pctirtrel, euliemn iurnim^ronitn iufciio ictu invadhur. ftilmac v*ro focdnraro »yl varum 

 (otUab* rniuiii uMmrrrio, immo nvc Ocoani vicimam luli^atrr tvmt \i<ionttir, unain si cxcipias Cocorn iiUGifcram, quao a^UArum *al*arum attactu dolfctatur attiuo in 

 interioribas Icrrnr conrin<*ntia minus laotc fruetiticat, (|uam in ipso marn Jitlorc VU[ contra rogto pauto altiut super pontum rl^vatur, tiro ca arono»» 6it f nounullorum emminum c\ g. 

 Krniirrao aUpic Slh^notaphri ra^^pUibiu , Coccolobno, l*i*oniao, Baiis t Mimosac, Gouaniao rv\* Jiumilibua fruticibu^ con»t!a atrjue spar^U Triplaridi» T 

 C*ccropiac t Acaoiac a he rum que* gencrurn atbonbus obumbrAla, sWc : i:: : .: * m Ivaniimim* pritnarvamm dnivi progenia t<*cla, paljnaruin plura c**nt*ra nou dcsunL 

 Uacc inter KuLcrpc oleracca nostra ct frnjucntia tt vcuustato cxccllil, ^uac. licet or^Initu* ftylventris, in uVpr^t »nbmariiima nonnunnuam proccuit atnuo ypI in 

 aprtCJH juxta aede** hi frondium cdulium gratia colitnr, rapfdisiimnm capicn* incrcmenttim in aliitudincm contain pedum evebitur* rjuolom no* ip&i crctfc^ntctn supra ripam 

 insular Marnj/i alianniu|u^ \inuarnm vi^rmns at^uc solis in sortruo coelo sur^chtis raJiU colluMratam depinxinm^ grati alttpjid faccro spcrantcs iU» qui Phyiiognomiam 

 i:i-uln:cni iJhirutii nmritimaruin sub ipso Acquatorc vitamin ex iconc c*»gnosccre vclint. 



Tab. 20p Fig. I. Spadix Hulcrpcs olcraccac il^ridxt^ *pathi* a di>mo vc»titu«, rami* rupia spatba interior* magna parte exscrtt*. TL Ramus fructjTer. 

 III. Pinnae e ftuperioribus (in. u* de «pecimine minus proccro ilvsumtn.) ~ 1. Flos uiasculus. 2. Kju*ilcm fuljitla catycina, 3. Corolla clauvi. 4. Pc latum wparaturn. 

 5. Staminum compkxus. G> Filamenta, demti* aniheri*, com pistilli rudimento in medio. 7. Stamina tria separata. — 8- Flo* foemincus. 9. Calyris focmiu^i foliola. 

 10* Corolla focminea. 11. Kjusdeni pctala. 13. Ovarium adbucdum milium ben« vvolntum. (in. a.) — CaudicU partem de variclato majorc Fig. 6. atquo dc varictati 

 m in ore Fig, 7. in Tab. 21* exlnbeal. 



Tab. SO. Kutcrpca oleraccao cvolntio, Palma in Brasilia srptontrionali frcqucns omnibus qua^l vilae periodis obsenandnm sc&c obtultl, ita ut incre- 

 menti ralioncm a |-crminationc aJ nntbcMu n.«qtn* Mrenue cxplorare iconibusqqe, Iradem pOtSemaSi qnas, ut opus nostrum jucunda varietatc commendemm, reliquis ubulis 

 hie interpo^uimus. (juae de palmarnm cvolutiono in generc ox hi* aliUque figarisqao deduci pn^uat f abcrini introductio nostra indical, lite vero paucia, quid riugulae 

 tomes sill vclint, Imdimuic 



Fig. I. Semen Euterpe* nlcraceae maltmini, dcmio teginino fibrarum, qtm antea itivolvebalur, instructuin tenia (I) cum epidcrmide tam arete concrcta, 

 ut separari neqneat, brunnca, laevigata, nitida; imtculplum Jiylo (2) orbicular! partim impn*w<>, aperturn fnrainine germinationia (Tiltmanni) .*» Mieropylc (Turpinii> 

 elliptic-*, rimaefortni ; deprcssum in raphe umbilicali (4> latlu^cula per iltiniiliiira fcro 6omIni* ab hylo ad foramen germinationis naqaa dceurrente. 



Kg- II. Semen maturum, demlo legmine fibramm, \crticaHler directum, nuclcum sistit Widom, albuminc (5) per radios mcrabranaccos a testa intror. 

 bum verge n tea {5*} romtnato. Kmbryo ipso ((>*) lateralis, periphericua f conicus, oblu^us* apicc versus albuminia partem ccntralem (o k ) Apectaos, quae compagc 

 molliore instgnis est attmo Hub ^ermiiiniioiie primum detiqueseenv cmbryoni cxpan*o Jocuui concedit. 



Fig. III. Semen flub germination? inchoata, tegminc fibnrum, tunc tempom pateniium vc^titnm, a parte, qua mieropylc (3) ct raphe umbilicalis (4) 

 eonspiciuniur; cmi**a embryonLs port i^ne exllma, quam corpori* 00tyl«don«l partem radicaleia (lellurem fpcctantenVi apj>ellare juval. Duo hie observamus organa: 

 vnginam nimirum primae ndiculac (7) s, culcurh i/am rMirbeJti), atque ip^am radiculain (10) indc proccdcntcm. 



Fig. IV. idem semen exhibet aetalc paulo pnivcctius, ita ut et coleorhixa (7) et colcoplilis (Mirbclii) s, vagina gemmulam incladcn* in conspcelum 

 Tcnmnt. Colcorhi/o praetcr radiculam primarium alias nounullas promit latcralcs (11*}» Colcoplilis (5) vero cornea, apicc apcrta, gcmmulam pcrforan- 

 ^m cmittit. 



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