92 



specieruni versus peripberiam valde dnro atque corneo, medulla flnvcsccntc, fibris nigris; plu- 

 I'imi armati a rule is nigris vel fuscis snh petiolorum vnginis absconditia eanimque lapsu 

 patentibus, pauciores inermes. Frondes super omnem caudicuni superfieiem sparsae, vel 

 siirsuni frequenfiores , patentee . petiolorom foasi longe vaginantes atqne vaginis superstitious 

 caudieem involvcntcs, aculeatae ct iioiimillac postiee aculrnfissiniac, pinnatae p inn is pedi- 

 natis vel sparsis, in aliis connexis vel Emmo inlcgris, aeuleis setisve ciliatis, sublus in nervis 

 omnium ordinum plerumque tenuissimc strigulosis. Spathae lad-rales et terminates; exte- 

 rior pleruitujue quain interior minus armala. Spadix simplex vel simpliciter ramosus, ramie 

 inaequalibiis. Flo res ochroleucij foeminci passim virentes aut rosei. Fructus obscure coeruleo- 

 nigrirmites, rarius dilute colorati, saepius inermes; pulpa gclalinoso - siibfloeeosa acidula alba; 

 p u ( a m i ii e ombrino - nigricante. 



STATIO ET HAIHTATIO. Genus specicrum dives sylvestre in America tropica, 

 praescrtim sub Aeuuatorc, ad fluvios. locis inundatis vel paludosis, frequens. 



1. BACTRIS ACANTHOCARPA. Tab. 70. et 71. Fig. 2. 



/?. caudicc mediocri rachibusque spa/haquc*) acuteatis, pinnis taxiusculis Uneari - lanceolatis ciliatis; spadice ramoso y drupis 

 fflobosis acuteolatis. 



DESGRIPTIO. AUDIOES hi caespites densos sacpe tot conferti, ut arcAin periphcria triginta et quod 

 execdit passuum occupent, erccti, duodceim ad quindceim pedes alti f compresso - terctes vel elliptic!, diamc- 

 tro niajori sesquipollicari minori pollicari , aeuleis subulatis atris nitidis tripollicaribus horridi , tomento fusco 

 odsperai, in superiore parte vaginis pctiolaribus persistcutibus involuti indeque subclavati, vel rachium parte 

 penristcnte auctL 



Fit oy DES sck - oetopcdalcs , in superiore caudicis parte sparsae , patentee. P e t i o 1 i basi longc vaginantes 

 rac lies q lie aeuleis longis atris horridi. Pinnae viginti et plures in quovis latere, laxiuscule dispositae, lincares, 

 longe neuminatae, sesquipedales , supcrne obscure virides, subtus ejusdem fere coloris, ciliis nigris sat magnis 

 iminitae* 



SpaMX sesquipedalis, pedun culo compresso - tereti, muuito aeuleis ]>aucis sctaccis nigris, anticc Juerniis, 

 ramosus, ad ramos bracteis late ovatis instructus. 



minimi in i 



FLORES MASCULI ocliroleuci, odori, baud rite obscrvatL FOEMINEI CALYCEM exhibent 

 anmilifornicin, COItOLLAM cylindrical!), ore obiter tridentatam ntque subciliatnm, longitudinaliter striatam. Ovarium 

 ovato - cylindricum apice inter stigmata hians, pilis nigrieantibus erecto - adpressis niunitum. DlWPA globosa vel 

 deprcsso - globosa verticc acuto, miniatn, acalculia lineam et quod excedit longis nigris nitidis armato. Caro pauca, 

 vitellina. Putamcn dcprcsso-globosum, vertlec obtusum, circiter dimidiam lineam crassum, intus epidcrmidc tcstacca 

 vestitum. Nucleus dcpresso-globosus, testa fusca venis pallidioribus irrorata. Albumen album, solidum. 

 Embryo vix lineam Jongus. 



Crescit in nemoribm aborigimbus Provinciac Baftiensis, projw Vittam S. Gcorr/ii dos f/hcos, ad Almada, prope 

 Soleropofin alibique 9 mensibus Dcccmbri et Januario florens ct fructifera obscrvata. Incolis Tucuin audit , qui e pinnis 

 fila tenacisstma ad nectemla retia deducunt 



ICON. EXPI*. Tab. 70* Itacirifl ncantJioc&rpA et Diplothemiura cftud^accns ilcpicia in ripa Ucus, qui Di^uo Lusii*nis diews, Soteropo- 

 looa s. urbU linhU dc todofl os Sanies magna*; parti a Icrgo ctrcanifunililiir. 



T»fc. 71- Kg. II, Spadix fructifcr. 1. Dmpa- 2- Calvx fmclifcr. 3. Corolla fructifera- -I. PaUnea* 5* i'ulamen medio diiseclom (m. n.)- 



) Quum dc apatha lotjuimur, do Intcriore nccipi:^, itam cxtcnorom, alpotc intra ra^inas prliolaro^ Intt'iHcm, qutitn in Brasilia hta I'almatt ubservan'roa*. 

 acakjA, i|nibm TAginno urmnntar, dvtvrrili sarpo negleximiii. 



