12 



Patma At/rf , Pi 8 Hras. cd. 1658. p. 

 p. 393. (cum iconc c Pisonc). 



120. RaL Hist II. p. 1363. Yri, J. Bank Hist I 



Airf-assti, Maximilian Prinz von Neuwicd, Rcisc nach Brasiiicn. L p. 57. et 273. 



TOXOPHOENIX ACULEATISSIMA, Schott, Nachrichten von den k. k. Gsterr. Naturfor- 

 schcrn in Brasilicn. II. Anhang. p. 12. 



DESCRI PTKX CAVDEX viginti ad triginfci pedes altus, decern ad duodecirn pollices crassus, teres 

 distantia spithamaca unnulatus, fuscus, aculcis atris tri- scxpollicaribus dense ho nidus; sacpe plurcs caespi- 

 toso - confetti. 



F HORDES densae, octopcdalcs ct longiores. Petioli subtus convcxi, supra in baseos medio concavi 

 anticc nd latcra canaliculati ct medio bifaciulcs, tomento albido detcrgibili obducti, hinc indc setulis nigris 

 arispcrsi atquc horridi aculcis magnis atris quinquc ad sex poll tecs longis, c basi callosa ortis, in margine 

 tcnui membranaccis et passim subciliatis sacpe geminatis, patcntibus. Pi nnac concinnac, lincari - lanccolatae, 

 acuminatac, bipcdalcs ct longiores, in medio polliccm latac, firmatae iiervo medio utrinquc promincnte et 

 sex ad octo sccundariis, subtus prnmincntibud, quos inter totidem minores percurrunt, supcrne obscure 

 virldes subtus albo - tomentosac, in margine spinulis nigris, distantia duannn triumve linearum dispositis 

 nrmatae. 



iSpA DICES inter frondes crumpentes , plcrumque plurcs in codem caudicc , crccti , dum plane evoluti 

 circitcr bipcdalcs, simpliccs, primum inclusi SPATRA fusiformi, quam densissimc muniunt aculei numcrosissimi, 

 erecti, subulati, recti vcl undulate - Hexuosi, spadieci, nitidi, ad basin villo casfameo obvoluti. Pedunculus 

 pedalis ct longior, fere polliccm crassus, comprcssus, ulmjuc horndissimus aculcis c basi nodosa oriundis 

 retrospectantibus vcl patcntibus pollicjiribus ct scsquipollicaribus subulatis nitidis spadiceis, atquc villo sctoso 

 grisco - fusco , basin quoquc aculconnn vesticnte , obductus. B ra c t c a c nonnullae coriaccac, cxtus fuscac hirtac- 

 que, intus pallidac glabriusculac, intra Hores per aculcos sparsae. Uachis simplex, spithamaca ct pedalis, 

 angulata, sctis grisco - luseis obducta et sparsis nculcis nigris armata, dense obsessa ramis florigcris. Horum 

 pedun c u lu s brevis est, vix ultra sex lincas longus, comprossiusculus atquc sctis nitidis grisco - fuscis crcctis 

 dense vestitus; ad basin dilatatus in braetcam suborbicularcm membranaceam setosam, cui Hos focmincus 

 insidct, T]>si rami florigcri duos circitcr ])oIIiccs longi , mutua prcssionc angulati , vix erassitie digit! minimi, 

 floribus onusti masculis ita dispositis, ut tres vcl quatuor cuivis latcri sint iuuncrsi; bractcae ubiquc pilis 

 pallidis hirtae. 



FtORES tVAKCULI lineam cum dimidia longi. CAf.YX corollac tcrtiam circitcr partem longitudine aequans, 

 c membrana tencrrima alba tactus , tripartitus , laciniia in fimbrias plurcs lincares acutas inacqualcs profunde 

 divisis, CohollaE petal a (in hac specie basi omnino distincta apparent! obovato - oblonga, sub microscopio 

 comjM>sito integrrrima, ncrvis albis longitudmalibus parallelo - percursa atquc puwtis minimis castaneis adspersa, Geni- 

 talia non visa. 



FlAiitEs FOE M I xJ K J in quovis rnmo solitjirii, intoccundati nobis non i>bservati, post foccundationem 

 cxhibentcs CALYCES brcvitcr cainpanulatum irrcgularitcr trilidum. laciniis plus minus profuude incisis, cxtus 

 pilis sctulisque castaneis crcctis strigosum et COROLLAM duplo circitcr calycc majorcm campanulatam f ad medium usque 

 trifidam, Iaciniis scctis, codem modo ac calyx strigosam, cujus duplicatura ad lacinias fere usque pertingit glabra ct adnata. 

 Genitalia non obscrvatn. Orupa scsquipolliccm ad duos alta obovata, passim deorsum angulata, vcrticc stvli rudiment*) 

 longe rostnita, epidermidc tuscescente setulis castaneis erectis adprcssis birta, carne pallide Havescente, Pit tam en py- 

 riforme, basi acutum, Jibris longitudinalitcr adnatis juxta vcrticem in stellar tres super foramina convergentibus pcrcursum, 

 A llni men et embryo congenennik 



Habitat in sj/his uboritfinibus Provindae Rio de Janeiro, ubi A yri vvl V ri /ficitur, nee non Provinci(tt*um Minus 

 Oeraes, I&piritu Santo atquc Bahiensis, ubi Brcjaiiba ei nomen est. Tndi B ligno cawlicis ad peripher'tam durissimo arcu$ f 

 fwsos et altu utensffia fabrimnL 



ICON. EXt*L* Tab. 59. A- Fig. I. Sutltfc junior i ventnt »[icrlA, ut Hon** notitlum evoluli in conapvtum TtttUfiL II* Sjmdix fruclifcr, rum pnr(c p« iJtiuculi 

 supcriorc (m. il). III. l'ar« infcriMr spicne masculno (m, ti>). IV. Par* petioli cum *culei» t«i- D*)< V. Pinnae ii«unuU«e in racbi (ro. dupto imminuia). — 1. Flo* mascu- 

 lu» (10. ».). 2. Ejuad^m calvx (mapa auctus). 3. Kjui*di*m p«Ul«D| «l> utra^a^ facie (id. a.). — 4. Olyx cC cnrolla fi>emim?a, cum pumUo nros*iiicaio- 5. Caivx aeowim, 

 6. Contlla. 7. I'taiillum KM*nificatuin. S^ l>rupa. 9. l'uiamon (id. n.). — Fi^um$ secundum *;>i*rfoitat a CJ. B^vrich, iloriul. II. Boi\ , «* Hmsilia .illata et bcneTolr 

 comiuuiiJtMtA dclinctimia^ curavi. 



