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L ELAEIS MELANOCOCCA Tab. 33. 55. 



p} t caudice adscendcnte* petio/ia spinoso-serratisy pinnis linearibtts acumtnatis sithtiis concohribus antheris ovatis, drupis 

 ovatis acutis. 



Nux indica vdut larvam ostendcns, J. Kauh. Hist. I. p. 387. f. 1. 2. (pufamcn.) 



Nux indica tarvata prior, Jonsl. Dcildr. e<I. 1768, p. 150. t. 48. f. 2. (plltamen.) 



ALFONSIA OLFJFEHA Humb. Nov. Gen. et S|>. I. p. 246. Syn. I. p. 308. (secundum speci- 

 men in herbario Willdenowiano.) 



ELAEIS MELANOCOCCA Gacrtn. dc fruct. et sem. I. p. 18. tab. 6. f. 2. 



DESCIi IPTIO. RADICES plurimae, in discum triom quatuorvc pedum diametro congestae, spitha- 

 macae, cYlmdricae, crassitie pennae cygncae vcl digiti minimi, epidennide cincreo - testacea instructac, 

 tandem ligncscentcs. 



CAVDEX octo ad duodecim pedes longus, raro longior, plcrumque in terrain decumbens ibiquc facie tor 

 fcriore radicular vcl ex omni superlieic vol ex intcrstitiis frondium dclapsarum prot nutans, superiore parte 

 adsceudens, cylindrieus vel sursum inerassatus, pedis unius duoriunvc diametro, frondium, quae discesscrant, 

 vestigiis ellipticis tres ad quatuor poll ices altis pedemquc latis notatus , obscure fuscus, supemc plerumquc basibus 

 petiolortnn persistentibus crecto - paten ti bus in triuin ad sex pedum crassiticm auctus. 



F HORDES quindecim ad viginti, spectabilcs, peripberice patcntes, in coniam densam eonfertae, spira- 

 liter dispositae, decern ad duodecim pedes longae. Petioli crassi, in basi iutus ptani vel paruin convexi, 

 testaceo - fusci, cxtus convexo - bifaciales, marline iiiiiniti spinis aduiicis apice in fibras longas tenninatis, 

 virides vcl fusco - virides. Rachis primum tomento sordidc albo detcrgibili tecta, tandem nuda, posticc fere 

 teres cum facie superiore ct lateraHbus pinnigeris plauis, antiee supcrne acute bifacialis, subtus semiteres. 

 Pinnae duos ad tres pedes longae, sursum longitudine dccresccntes , duos pollices latae, suboppositae, con- 

 cinuo - pectinatae* patcntes, septuaginta, octoginta, iinino centum in quovis latere, lineares, longc acuminatae, 

 integerrimaOi nervo medio crasso supcrne prominulo, sccuudariis in quovis latere subsenis, lacte virides, 

 juuiorcs in marginc et in nervo medio tomento detcrgibili adspcrsae, 



SPADICES inter frondium pctiolos persistentcs provementes. Spa tit a c spaclicem priinmn omnino obvol- 

 ventes, exterior auceps, interior fusiformis vel clavata; utraquc fusca, tandem in fibras longitudinales 

 secedens atque, maturcsccnte spadice, circa bunc sub forma calyptrae dilaceratae persistans. 



Spadix 



MASGUL US erectus, sesquipcdalis. Peduneulus scxpollicaris, comprcsso - teres, tomento 

 griseo - fusco obsitus , supcrne bractcis coriaeeis subtriangularibus acutis longitudinaliter striatis notatus. 

 II a mi plurimi, ultra septnaginta vcl OOtoginta, quatuor ad sex pollices longi, subf astigiato - compact!, tctra 

 hexagoni , obtusiusculi, tomento tomiissimo castaneo - fermgineo adapersi, atigulati ntque bractca una alterave 

 parva lmiuiti, in ima basi compressi, apice mucrone brevi pynunidato termtoatl 



FLQKES in quovis rami latere tres, cpiatuor vel quinque, obi it pie seriatim imbrteati. CALYX c mcmbnuia 

 tenui etraminea iactus. Foliola laneeolato - liuearia, ereeta, concavioScula, ci>roIIae arete adplicita, sub lente 

 margine tenuitor serrulata, interdum cum petalis laxe cofaoerentia. COROLLAE petala quam calyx parum 

 longiora et latiora, crecta, staminibus adprcssa, oblf>ngo- obovata, acutiuscula, e membrana tenui oonflata, 

 iilli:i . integorrima. STAMISt'M filaments conuata in ureenlmn carnosuin olivaceo - viridcm dolioliformcm, 

 basi attenuatum, ore in dentes sex acutos dissectum. Anthcrae sub anthesi radiato - expansae, patulae, 



ovatae vel ovato - suboblongae , pallidau , p u 1 1 i n o gluboso albo turgidae. IllJDI MESTUM PIST1IJJ in urceolo 

 ataminuin: o vari um ovatUDli uti ille olivaceo - viridc. Stylus distinetus nullus; stigmata ohsoleta, acuta, 

 albida, pom inter ipsa medio tenuissimo. 



