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o calycc cmissum attcnuatum. Stigma rude, compre&sum, late couicum. Drapa globosa vel subgloboso-obovata, vcrticc 

 acuta, trcs |K)Uicis quartos partes motions; cpidcrmidc flavcscenti-viridi, saepe fuscidulu ct rimuloso-scabriuscula. Puta- 

 men pallidum (in nondum maturis), vcrticc Htcllato - triporum. 



Crcscit in arcnosu: propc Ilarra do Rio Ne<p*o, aUbi in Provhicia a Jluminv nif/ro dicta el in instdis Jlwmnis Amazo- 

 nian. Fforem ct fructifcrum vidimus mense Octobri* 



ICOS\ EXPL. Tub. 24. Astrocttryum acaulc an* cum Ocnocarpn BMau* dcpiclum. Ofr. p. 24- 



Tab, 63. Kg. V. Vats ramnli florilcri, floril>u* humcuUs adhucdam w alveoli* laiomibn*. — 1. Flos maaculus (to, *♦>. — 2. Flos fo<?inin<SttS. 3. Eju&dcm corolU 

 4. Drapn. 5. l*utam«n (tn. n.). 



9. ASTROCARYUM CAMPESTRE. Tab. 63. Pig. 4. ct Tab. 64. 



A. acaute; pinnis linearibus sultfalcatis , subtus albis; Jiorum musculorum bractds cilitUis, cahjeibus irregidaritcr Jimbriato- 

 ciliatis; foemincorum calycibus corollisquc sabacqualibus glabris, drupis obovatis roslralis mermibus. 



DESCRIPTIO. Pahna acaulis. 



FllOXDES decern, quindecim vel interdum plurcs, quatuor ad quinque pedes longae, patcntcs, cxtc- 

 riorcs interdum humifusac. retioli basi opcre tibroso obvoluti, aculcis raris subulatis compressis patcn- 

 tibus nigris intus in basi eallosa albidis, polliearibus vel brcvioribus arniati. Rachis uti petiolorum basis 

 aculcatu, dorso convexa supcrne bifacialis, tomento crassiusculo albido demum fuscidulo obducta. Pinnae 

 lincares, acuminatac, subfalcatac , complicatac, pcdalcs vel prausertim versus apieeni frondis longiores, quatuor 

 vel qumque linens latac, crassiusculac, in margine incrassato inennes vel setulis minimis instructac, obscure ct subglau- 

 cescenti - virides, subtus tomento lloccoso tectae, nervo medio superne promincntc pallidiore, lateralibus parum con- 

 spicuis approximatis. 



SpaDICES inter frondes versus centrum stirpis urumpentes, circiter spitbamam long'u Pedunculus 

 crassitic digiti minoris, compresso - teres , pulvcre albo et insuper alio purpnrasccntc tomentosus, aculcis non- 

 nullis subulatis nigris basi iuscidulis ibique intus albo - callosis armafus. Rami florigeri quatuor ad quin- 

 que pollices longi, erecti, strictiusculi ct subiastigiati, singuli basi suftulti bractea liucari - laneeolata acuta 

 subcarinato - concava longitudinal iter striata, pallida et versus apiccm purpurascente , circiter pollicem longfl. 

 Pars raniorum inferior ad tertiam fore totius longitudinis partem flcxuosa, in singula flexura tlorein tocmi- 

 lu'iim gcrens, subtriquctra, augulis a nmtua pressione acutis, longitudinal iter nervosa atque lulvo - tomentosa. 

 Para superior pro floribus inasculis alveolata, quovis alveolo in dorso membrann tenni triangulari eiliis lODgifl 

 barbata instructo. SPATBA spithainaea vel pedalis, cxtus pallidc virens, tomento castanco passim adspersa, sulcis pallide 

 fuseis, quibus aculei antea incubuerant cxsculpta, aculcis polliearibus nigris in bascos latere supcriore albo - callosis armata, 

 intus pallidc fusca. 



FloheS MASCULI densissime imbricoti. Calyx minimus. a 

 nlbus; laciniac triangulares, longe acuminatac, pracsertim juxta basin 



membrana tenuissima I'actus, pcllucido- 

 ciliis linearibus acutis, simplieibus vel 

 passim bifidis, margine subrepandis albis vel flavescentilms, non nisi sub microscopio composito rite eonspi- 

 ciendis, obscssae. COROLLA ealycem quintuplo longitudinc excedens, ad imam basin usque divisa. I.aeiniae vel, si mavis, 

 potala obovata, acuta, sub lentc composita longitudinaliter nervosa, ncrvis distantibus, tenuia, oehroleuco- pallida, versus api- 

 ccm purpuraseenti- rosea. STAMINA vix exserta. Filamcnta subulata, alba. Autherae iilauientis nonnihil breviores, 

 primum ochroleucae, dein eftbetae obseuriores. PlSTlLLl III DIME.WCM minimum, ovario gracili obovato, stigmatibus 

 tribus subulatis, in centro floris. 



FLOltES FOICMIXKf a ventre latcribusque bractea cxteriore c ramo ipso assurgentc, carinatn, acuminata, 

 iuscesccntc arida, atque duabus inter ioribus triangularibus pergamenis arete adprcssis fulti. Calyx urcco- 

 latus, apice in lacinias tres pyramidalcs scetus. viridis, glabcr, si exeipias tomentum albidum lepidotum 



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