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ICON* EX PL. Tab. 41. Maiiriiin armaia oi AUalon compiA ociua£eMe* uumluuiae, d<tpici*e in cainpia ver*U4 occunm in planilicni altam Chapada 

 ilo I'aratian dictam elevalia. 



fate? florid Salgadn el Pormozo taatiiimi et pulobraro) « Pr«>v!ncia«! Minarmn finiba* orcidcntalibu* lento eursu S. FrWtitecl (lumen pelcnies, tcrrac 

 tracing cxtcndiiur planus aui ia luniulos cnlleacpie paa>im utaurgena, aiccus, inollinue aora pcrapiralus » ijuc-qi, licet salubrcia, liicorumoue amoeniiato conapiciium , pau- 

 ci aolummodo niatici inooIunL Kcgio cat c mxu calcareu format* aut ex arcn*reo**clmtoso, eai rmrias **xi femitfinosi rubri lata strata incumbunt; ex parte arbuMi* 

 huimliUu-i deittc conhila, rx pario graminibua obducln, quae prarnrrtim nullo loeave doprcaaa bine inde aeaturiginibus rrtVcia at que div*r>orura fruticum aromaticorum 

 B Myrti, Terpnnnibi, Nycleroai lii, Hnncnrniae (quae cat Mangabeira, arbor incolta ob fruetua aapidiaaiiniis crlcbria) Orotonifl, Gardening Terini- 

 naliae, CalliatliiMie* aliorutiujuu genaribm laclis frondibus jueandiasime variegala. Pal ma rum apeeica ex aapretis rnrias cmieaol, aed campoi lalo patentee paarimve 

 rirguliosoa regie* aguiine occupant Sunt vcro huic rcgiuui pmpriao duao, quaa hie depitfoa videa, Mauritia armata at Attalea eompta, prior pbrrumquc grrgiri* 

 in circulua ample* di*po*ita t altera aut ftolitaria aut, qaod fretrueniiui , in aylva* apis***, luporum, llgriom o)iurura<juc animnlium ferociuin latcbraa. conferU. 



Tab. 42. Mauritiac armatae tpadix tnanculus, domiia rami* terminnlibus el alieriua Jalcm, — 1- Floa. 2* Calyx, 3. Petalum, a do ran el a facie. 4* Stami- 

 nuin bast cohaeronlium complcxus. 5. Pilamenla, detutia aiiiueria. 6. Atithrra, ah utroque laiere, 7. Amentum ia spalba partiali, Ooribna dHapaia* & Spaloclla a 

 latere. 9. Bad em aperta. 10- Kadcm* a faeir laterali, qua crista deeurrit, visa. 11. Diieu*, e aquaum am will connntis (omnia rn. a,). 



Tab. 43. I- Rpadix tiorellii*, nondura evohbU, Q baai vaginaiitc petioli deMetia. II* Spadioia frncliferi par* 4 111. Pruna e minoribaa* parte ai»Utra deciaa 

 pinnarum apicibus rcplkalia (in. uX — L Si|u:ima baecar COttfeJaUs («i. a,), 2. Par? amcaii bcniiapbroditi ba^ilaria, fructibua dcmis$ia. 3- Amentum htTBiaphrodtiuiN . :i ■ 

 nibua dclapaia (m, n.). — In Tab. 51. Kg- 8. partem candieia exbibei magnittldlae nniurali- 



4 MAURITIA ACULEATA. Tab. 39. Fig. 3. 4. Tab. 44. 



II catuUce sphmo, fromltbtu JtahdK/orini-phn<iHfidi8 $ pbmis fanccuhtlo-lhmrrihus a'tuito - spinulosis subtus dense pnano&o- 

 glaudSj fntctibtts ovafo-effiptias, squama rhombris htioribus, guam lonr/is, ptanimctiHs. 



MAURITIA AcrucATA, Hu mbol di. Ansidiicn tier Xatur, p. 131 Gen. c( Sjk pi. I- 

 p. 249. Synops. I. p. 283. 



DESOBIPTTO. Cavdex molo HAD/GUM orbioulari terrao iiifixus, in viginti ot triginta pedum altitudincm 

 evehittir, rectos, cylindricuflj crossitie subaequali spitlmmaea vd minore 3 distantia qaatuor ad bos poUioam annulis a 

 delapsu frondium notatiis, tostaccu - cincT^us, spinis orassis conids rcetis aculiusrulis pollicis dimidiom vol dims tcrtins 

 longis aliisqao minoribus armatus. 



FllOXnr.S quindeetm ad viginti in coinani pultlirain (Toiispiraiitos , halittu conipto scd quam in M. flexu- 

 usa ot vinifero (axioro, flabclliformes, sex — ootopedales. PetioLi faasi in cylindrum tres ad quinqne pedes 

 longum, intonltnn medio ventricosom vaginantes, antice torctos Sursom atteimati, viridos, ul>iquc rorc albo dense 

 pminosi. Lamina frondium Babelliformi - pimiatifidfl. Pinnae nnmcro duodeciin, quindecim ot ultra, in no* 

 veliirt nonnunquani solummorto tres, quatuor, sex aut octo tandem in pluros findendae f duorum wi trium pedum 

 longitudinCj lanceolatao, acuminatae, vereus basin attenuatae, nervo medio supra subtusque prominente, secondaries 

 plurimis, innrginc spinalis remotis primuin albis dein faseescentibus armatae, snperne laete virides, subtus rorc 

 :dln> dense pruinosae. 



SPA DICES plcrutnquc pluros inter tVondes inlerioros orumpentes, primuin crecto - patentee, dein penduli tri- 

 quadri]K i d:iles. Peduncul us li^nosus f pedalis, teres, poilicis orassitio vol paruin onissior, spatbis vaginatiLS. Spatliac 

 incomplotae eireiter duodecimo imbrieatao, eylindricae, ore arcuato- bidentatae, dentilms oppositis, coriaccae, margine 

 tenuiore^ lusoao* nervosao, ncrvis in apiee convoniontibus, albo - pruinosae, pilis adpressis fuseis, tandem ovanidis 

 puboseentes, in fiorigeris unum pollicem, in fructiferia duos et ultra longae. Raobis ipsa pcdunculo similis sunili- 

 busque spatliis sursum minoribus involuta, indivisa, surstun attenuata, e spatbis alternatim ramosa. Kami flisticlii, 

 et sesfpiipodales, simplieos, vagtnato - articulati, spatliis rameis eyathiformilms, eaeteruin vagidis primariis 



8imilibus f un<ruicularibus vei minoribus. 



AMEXTA MASCULA e sinubos spatbarum setnmdariannn exsorta, orecta, 



i^uieularia 



muHiflorn. eonstrnota e 



squamis spalhellisque sibi inibrk-atis, quarum de indole, quum amenta nouuisi novella vidurim, nil ccrti pniedicare possum. 

 Sunt voro hacc amenta pilis minutis fulvis piilvorcquc subcemeeo adspersa. 



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