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CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS. 



MONOIOA in eodem spadice. Spat ha duplex. Flores sessiles, brac- 

 teolati. MASC. Calyx monophyllus , triangularis. Corolla monopctala, sub- 

 globosa, tripartita. Stamina sex. POEM. Calyx monophyllus, aimuliformis, 

 subtridenticulatus, basi pervius. Corolla monopctala, globoso- campanula , ore 

 truncato, vix tridcnticulato. Ovarium triloculare. Stigmata (ria, sessilia. 

 Drops monospcrma, putamine vertice triporo, albumine acquabili. Embryo 

 intra poruni. 



CHARACTER NATURALIS. 



MOiNOICA in eodem spadice. Spatha duplex; exterior brevis, cylimlrica. apiee 



bifida, interior lignescens, fnsiformis, demum ventre aperiunda. Flores sessiles bracteo- 



lis parvis ad basin suflulti. MASC. Calyx monophyllus, planiusculus, triangularis an- 



gulis ac.K.usclis, e meinbrana (enera factus. Corolla (irmula. monopetala. suhglobosa 



vel turbinate -obovata, profunde tripartita. Laciniae suborbiculares vel obovatae. Stamina 



sex, per paria laciniis corollae opposite, inclusa. Filament a subulata. dorso medio ant he- 

 ns lineari - oblongis incumbentibus suffixa. Pollen elliptic...... rimatam. Hudimentum 



pistilli minimum, in (undo floris carnoso quasi dclilcsccns. FOEM. inter mascdos sparsi 



Calyx membranaceus, annuliformis, ore obiter subtridenticnlato, basi pervius. Corolla 



coriacea, globoso - caiiipaniilata vel turbinata , in ore truncato dcnticulis tribus parvis vix 



ac ne vix quidem conspicuis tostructe. Ovarium globoso - turbinatum, triloculare loculis 



duobus aborfivis. Stigmata tria, sessilia, parva, poro inter ipsa hiante. Drupa ovata 

 carne crassa , infos fibrosa. Putamen crass urn, osseum, vertice ports tribus. qui fibris 

 stellat.m conniventibus teguntur, insculpfom. Nucleus putamini conformls, testa reticu- 

 late -venosa. albumine aequabili, cartilagineo. subsolido. cmbrvone cvlindrico. intra porun, 

 verticalem locale. " ' 



HABITUS. Cau.lex elatus, uti to Astrocaryo aculeis horridus, annulate*, ligno dun, 



atro ct subtdi. b rondos omncs tcrminalcs. pinnataej petiolis aculcatis. pinnis linearibus ap- 

 proxunatis aculeate - c lis. Spadices simplicitcr ramosi. ramis crassiusculls, fusco - tomen- 



tosis. Flores carnosiusculi, mascnli ochrolenci, foeminei virescentes. Drupa flavo- rubra carne 



crassa amvlacea eduli. 



ST A T 1 1) E T II A B 1 T A T 1 0. Unica species hucusque cognita in vastissimo sylvarum 

 tract.., quae Inter Orinocum et Amazon...,, numina protenduntar, observatur, distantia* (amen 

 ultra sex vel octo graduum ah Acqualore vix provenit. Locos amat umbrosos. ...liusculos ac de- 

 pressos humumque pingucm. 



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