94 



3. BACTRIS SETOSA. Tab. 72. pig. i. 2. 3. 



B, caudkc mediocri raddbusque hirtis aculeatis, pimns aggregatis t huge lanceolatis acumi/tatts, tonge sefo&o - cilia/is ; spafha 

 dense iictdcata; spadice ramoso t drupvt subturbinato - globosis glabris incnmbus. 



Palma Marajdiba, Pi so Bras. edit. 1658. p, 129. Rai. Hist II. p. 1362. 



DESCItlPTIQ. CaUDEX dcccmpedalis et altior, scsquipollicem vel duos polliecs crassus, teres, vel vaginarum 

 in superiore parte supcrstitum voluminc subclavatus, aculeis horridus subulatis pollicaribus et longioribus, cinereo- nigricans, 

 praesertim in parte superiore Iiirtus. 





Frondes scxpcdalcs et longiorcs , in basi longe amplectentc rachiquc subtus leviter convcxa superne bife- 

 ciali pilis brevibus fuscis hirtac f armatae aculeis subulatis vel lineari - lanceolatis ungucm ad scsquipollicem longis, 

 qui e basi nodosa eartilaginea orti ubique patent atquc aetate expallcscunt, ita at colorcin stnunineum pro fuseo- 

 nigriennte induant Pinnae aggregatae, quinque et plurcs in quovis accrvo, suboppositae vel, postice praesertim, 

 alternac, cxtimac interdum subconnatae, lineares, utrinque attenuatae, latiores in medio pollicem et quod excedit, 

 ungustiores ungucm mcticntca, percursae ncrvo medio supenie praesertim promincnte ac in radii n nonnihil 

 deeurrcntc, et lateral i bus denis vel duodenis quoquc expallidis, quorum altcrni supenie et subtus prominent. 

 Praeterea tertii ordiuis ncrvi adsunt tcnuiorcs, quos in facie inferiore paleae miuimac, vix nisi sub niicroscopio Composite 

 rite conspiciendae, laneeolatae, acuiniuatne, albidac aculeorum in niodum mutuant, ita ut pinnae ibidem mhmtissimu 

 strignlosae appareanb Aculci s. setae marginales distantia unguis vel pollicis adstant duas ad tres lincas longi^ 

 prinium mgrieantcs, dcin cxpallcsccntes. 



SPADIX dodrantalis et pedalis. Pod un cuius digiti minimi crassitie, vario modo sulcatus et scrobieu- 

 latus, pilis tcmtissiinis hirtulus. Kami vigmti et plures, pennac cygncae erassitic, inia basi bractca brcvi 



cuspidata suftulti, ibiquc compressi et nndi, anticc ubique densissime floribus 



transverse oblonira 



in 



medio 



onusti, intcrquc fiorcs tomento adspcrsi tenuissimo fulvo ox artieulis cllipticis globosis aut irrcgularibus in 61a 

 moniliformis coneatenatis, nou nisi sub lente composita conspieiendis, coustante. 



F lores ochrolcuci, carnosiusculi, tres circitcr lincas longi, in parte pcriphcriam spadicis spectantc ob 

 spathae prcssioncm lacvigati, in reliquia faeiebus mutua pressione angulati serobiculutique. MASCULI plcnini- 

 que gemini approximati , siuguli in raeheos prominentia minima orbicularis uterquc a basi bract eo I a subinde 

 quasi omnino obsolete transverse lineari fulti. CALYX in lacinias angustas lanccolatas acuta s lineam et scsqui- 

 lincam longas dorso vix carinatas ct param eoneavns profundc partitus, interdum quatuor vel quinque laeinias 

 tunc inaequales cxbibens, c membrana tencra albida factus, basi pervnut* COROLLA calyeem triplo superans. 

 Petal a late ovatn, acuta, saepc inacqualia, duobus nimirum oppositis tertio latioribus, vario modo, ut jam 

 dictum, scrobieulata , basi alte conflucntia, intus striata, STAMiNA sex, alterna petalis opposita, quorum nla- 

 menta altius cum illis sunt connata. Filament a scsquiliucaui longa, subulata, comprcssiuscula, saepe noimilm 

 llexuosa. Anthcrac juxta basin filamentis affixac, lineari - oblongac, utrinque, praesertim basi, emarginatae, 

 iarctae poll i ne globoso - clliptioo, cicatricula orbiculari notato. PlSTILLl ttUDIMENTUM vix conspicuum, uti 

 vidctur in came fundi fioris obsolctmn. 



Flores FOBMINEI solitarii inter maseulos sparsi , in areola oblonga pedunculi scssilcs ct vix bracteolati. 

 CALYX t annulus membranacous, vix lineam altus, rcpando - acute - tridcnticulatus, versus marginem tcnuiorom 

 albus, caetorum pallidc ochroleucus, COROLLA urceolata, aut aequalis aut bine hide comprcssa, angulata pla- 

 uavc, ore contracto tridentato, siuu inter dentes obtusiusculos rotundato atque inaequali, utraque in facie glabra. 

 O v a r i u in ovatum , rotundtiiu vel angulato - subtrigonum , glabrum , vix triutii loculonun vestigia prodens. 

 Stigmata tria, obtusa, triquetra, angulo acutiore extroi-sum spectante, poro inter ipsa sat profundi). 

 DnUPA depresso - globosa vel turbinata, in verticc brcvitcr unibonata, diametro octo ad decern liuearum, in 

 calyce corollaque quasi patellacformi - expansis sessilis. Cortex purpurco - eoeruleo - nigricans, glaber, laeviga- 

 tus. Pulpa acidulo - dulcis, alba, in sicco fructu rubens et palcaceo - floocoaa, in parte fructus inferiore 

 spissior. Pu tain en oj>e fibrarum teuuium cum cortice cohaerens, lenticularc% in vertice magis applanatuin 

 medioque fovea profunda impressum, caetorum passim scrobiculatum, umbrino - fuscum, intus pallidc testa- 

 ccum et venoso - variegatmn. Pori in ambitu majori dispositi, fibria tenuibus, c came intrantibus farcti. Nuc- 

 leus compressus, ad embn r onem profundi us impress us et quasi cordatus, ad poros coccos leviter emarginatus, 

 testa pallidc testacca, reticulata - venosa. Albumen soliduin, corncuin, album. Embryo lineam ct quod excedit 

 longus, conicus. 



