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ETYMOLOGIA. Genus Palmarum pcrinsignc nomine Regtoae Bolornm Augustissimae 

 FRIDERICAE GU1LIELMINAE CAROLINAE condecoravimus. 



1. GUILIELMA SPECIOSA. Tab. 66. 67. 



G. caudicc elaio; petiolisque pinnisquc lincari - hnccofatis crispis aculeate; corollis masculis subglobosis; foemxnets calyces 

 quadniph superantibus, dmpis ovalo - conicis. 



Ji ACT JUS GASIPAICS, caudicc spinosissimo ; frondibus piiviatis; foliolis crispis stipileque spinosis; drupa 



oblonga. Humb. Gen. ct Spec. pi. I. p. 242. Synops. I. p. 305. (secundum specimen in Hcrbario 

 Willdenowiano.) 



Pirijao 



vd Pi/df/uao, Humb. Ansichten dcr Xatur. I. p. 300. Gen. ct Sp. pi. I. p. 252. 



Chonto vcl Choniaduro Choquoemium, Humb. Gen. ct Spec. pi. I. p. 253. (?) 

 Puripou, Aubl. Flor. gujan. Suppl. p. 101. 



DE8CRIPTI0. CAUDEX vel solitiirius vcl plures cacspitoso-conferti, erectus, in octoginta ad nonaginta 

 pedum altitudinem eminena, tores, crassitie ubique aubaequali sex ad octo pollicum, vcl intcrdum medio non- 

 nihil incrassatus, rectus ant, praeeerfiro versus apiccm, paululum flexuosus, epidermidc paUido tcstacco - fusca , aunulatus, 

 annulis non valdc distinctis, distantia quatuor vel quinque pollicum disposes, armatus aculeis coinpressis subulatis atris, 



pollicem ct quod excedit longis. 



FnOWVBS ratione altitudinis caudicmn breves, sex ad scptcm pedes meticntes, arcuato - fere horiwmta liter 

 paten tea, habitu spisso firmoquc. Petioli l>asi lanceolata convexa vaginantcs, anticc ad ipsas pinnaa usque 

 superne in medio levitcr convex!, ad latere sulco longitudinali percursi, subtus eonvcxi, rachique supra 

 bifaciali subtus convexa aculeati, juniorcs quoque tomento lusco adspcrsi. Pinnae approximate, pedalcs ct 

 sesqnipedalea, in qnoyia latere quinquaginta ct sexaginto vel ctiam plures, aliis ultras aliis profundius in raclii affixi* cri- 

 spatae, linear. -lanceolarac acuminatac, ncrvo medio superne prominulo albido ct secundaria tenuibus pcrcursae, lacte 

 virides, subtus nonnihil pallidiores. 



SPADIX inter bases trondium emergens sesquipedalis vel param longior. Pedunculus teres, crassitie 

 pollicari vel ultra, tomento pulvcndento et aculeis nonnulUs subulatis adspcrsus, brcvis, pallide ochroleucovi- 

 rens. Uucliis statim divisa in ramos subfastigiatos pedales vel longiorcs, teretes, pro floribns scrobiciilatos, tomento pul- 

 verulento fusco adspersos. Bractcae uonnullae, ovatae, crassiusculac, coriaceac, in peduneulo; aliac minores, magnitudinc 

 versus apiccm ramorum dccrcscentes , c meinbrana tenui alba fectae, ad basin flormn masculorum, qui pleromque gemi- 

 natim sunt dispositi super univcrsam ramorum supcrficiem, foemincis solitariis rarioribus, praescrtim in parte inferiorc, in- 

 terjectis. SPATUA exterior cyunorica, apice apcrta et bifida, vix spitlmmam longa, interioris basin amplectens; 

 interior clavata, dcinum subtus Iongitudinalitcr aperta, utraquc extus viridis, demum ligneseens et pallcns, aculeis adspcrsa, 

 intufl laevigata albida. 



FLORES MASCULl dense dispositi, bnsi bracteis minutisshnis triangularibus acutis stipati, post 

 grosarficationem facUlimo decidui. Calyx triangularis, planiusculus, angulis acutiuscnlia dorso carinatis, c 

 membrane tencra foetus, albus. COROLLA substantiac fere coriaceac, in tundo came spissa farcta, qua mediante laciniae 

 (vel, si mavis, petala) coalescunt; sunt autem hae ovato-subtriangulares, acutiuseulac, in tbrmam globosam 

 conniventcs, c^hrolencae. STMWirA ad petalorum margineui e tundo carnoso enata, longitudine coroUae vel 

 nonnibil exserta, aequalia, tria petalorum medio, tria corum angulis opposita. Filament a empresso - terctiuscula, alba, 

 glabra. Antfcerao lato-ovatae, obtuaiuscalae, ocbroleucae, polline albo ferctae. 8UMHBVT0* PISTILU in fundo car- 

 noso vix coiiHpicuum. 



