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XIII. A(ltO(0)ll\. 



CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS. 



M X 1 C A in eodem spadice. Sp a I li a simplex. F I o r c s foveis • re- 

 i icolat is immersi. MASC. Calyx ( riphyllus. Corolla tripetala , prisma- 

 tico - cylindrica. Stamina sex. POEM. Calyx (riphyllus. Corolla tri- 

 petala. Cupula sexdentata , ovarium ambiens. D r u p a globosa, monosperma, 

 putamine lentiformi, atcraliter triporo. Albumen aequabile. Embryo 

 lateralis. 



CHARACTER NATURALIS. 



Florcs MONO I CI in eodem spadice. spat ha simpliee lanceolate lignesccnte inclusi. 

 MASC. in superiore parte ramorom densissimi, foveatl. Calyx parvus, (riphyllus, foliolis 

 ovatte. Corolla tripetala. prismatieo - cylindrica, pctalis lanceolato - oblongts. Stamina 

 sex; Filament a compressa; Anlherae lineari - oblongae , snbsagittatae, inclusae. Kudimen- 

 t n in pistill i. F E M. in inferiore parte ramorom sessiles , remotiusculi. Calyx tri- 

 phyllus, foliolis ovato - snfoorbieolaribus. Corolla tripetala, petal is ovatis inibricatis. 

 C u p u I a annularis sexdentata , ovarium ambiens. va riu m ovatum , triloculare , hirsutum. 

 Stylus brcvis. Stigmata tria, lanceolate, revolute. I) rup a monosperma, globosa, cor lice 

 subcarfilaginco, carne mucilaginoso - fibrosa, putamine crasso lenticulari in latcralibus triporo, 

 poris duobus coecis, (ertio pervio. Albumen durum, vix cavum, acquabile. Embryo eonicus, 

 lateralis, intra porum. 



HABITUS. Palma procera, caudice saepe medio ventricoso, aculeato. ligno Aisco, 

 nigro- fibrose, petiolis spat bisque aculeatis. Frondes pinnatae, subcrispatac. Spa dices 

 inter frondes inferiores pcrsistentes ezseruntur simpliciter ramosi, erecti, dein penduli. Flo- 

 res masculi flavi. Drupa olivaceo - fufica. Patamen durum, spadiceo - nigrum. 



STATIO ET HA BIT AT 10. In siccioribus apricis campestribus . raro in svlvis, inter 

 circnlos tropicus in America. 



ETYMOLOGIA a verbo graeco ebpxoiux, contains in vcrtice. 



1. ACROCOMIA SCLEROCARPA. 



A. frondium petiolis aculeatis et selosis, pirniis lineari - lanceolatis sublus pubescentibas subylaucis, dmpis globosis. 



Palma tola spinosa major, fructti pruniformi, Sloanc Cat. Jam. p. 177. Hist. II. p. 119. — Miller 

 Gartenlex. Palma n. 3. 



