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dorso uti in basi aculeatus. Kachis supeme bifacialis, subtus postiee convc-xa, anticc planiusculn, aculeis versus apiccm 



sensim minoribus adspersa, apice in proccssuin filiformem scsquipollicarem et longiorcm, quasi in cirrhun. rectum, desinens. 



Pinnae in quovis latere quadraginta et quinquaginta, lincarcs, acutac, scsquipedalcs, medio polliccm latac, oppositae, erecto- 



patentes, incumbent! - arcuato -dcHcxac, laete virides, in marginc setis minutis deciduis ren.otis ciliatae, nervo primario 



superne proniincntc pallidiore, secundariis approximate subtus prominentibns et parco pilosis, pilis sub microscopic com- 

 posite angulato - subflexuosis. 



Spadix inter inferiorcs froudes proveniens, dodrantalis, nutans. Podunculus infenic digiti minimi 



crassitic obtuse angulato - teretiusculus, tomento caetanco obsitus, basi quoque aculeis parvis nigris armatus. 



Rami plores, suboppositi, patentes, subfastigiati , teretiusculi, pro floribus scrobiculati et parce tomento fusco 



ndspersi. Spatha coriaceo - lignosa, iotas pallidc ochracea, extus olivacco - fusca ct aculeis plurimis pollica- 



ribus et sesquipollicaribus nigris subulatis densissime horrida, spithamaea, lanccolata, acuta. Bractcolae infra 

 florcs minhiiac. 



Fumes MASCVLI ocliroleuco-pallidi, facile dilabentcs. Calyx minutus, laciniis ovato - triangularibus 

 acutis, sub lentc subdcnticulatis, versus basin enrinatis. COROLIAE calycem triplo et quadruple exsuperantis 

 petaia lato-ovata cum acuminc, basi altc conflucntia, parum concava. STAMIXA sex, inclusa. Kilamenta 

 filiformia, inter fundi camosiusculi et pctalomm limites inserts. A ntherae brevitcr oblongac, obtusac. 

 Pistilu nVDlHENTUBl minimum, subulatum, tricuspidatuin. FhORES FOEMINEI quam masculi multo 

 pauciores, in inferiorc spadicis parte sparsi atque mnsculis quasi obtccti. Calyx annulifi.rn.is vcl cupuli- 

 fonnis, brcvis, ore intcgerrimo, pallide virens. COROLLA tubnlosa, apicc obiter tridcnticulata, calycc qua- 

 druplo altior, viridis, praesertim in supcriorc ]>arte pilis ercctis adspersa. Ovarium cUipticum vel subcla- 

 vatum, apicc e corolla exsertum. Stigmata triangular! - pyramidata, quae inter biat profundus punctum. 

 DROPA ignota. 



Crescit in Provincia do Jtio Xer/ro ad ripam fluminis Japuni, hand infrcquens. Florentem desa-ipsimns die XXII L 

 Febritarii in canali Parana - mirim Oanaxi dido. 



iCOy. EXPL. T»l>. 71. Fig. IV. Baciridis rip.ri.e ..padix doLpaw plarimi* fl-riUas mwalU. - 1. (Flo S maseulw. 2 Kiusdem c-lyx. 3. 4 P*- 

 Uluc, ab ««,„ facie. 5. Will mdimen.™. 6. Sunm,* «rb. 7. Poll,,, (,* «.). - 8. Wo, focmincu-. 9. Eju„dcm calyx. 10. CorolU * P ,rU. 11.' Helium ( m ! ..)• 



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8. BACTRIS PECTINATA. Tab. 60. et 73. v. Fig. i. 2. 



B. candice humili artmdinacco memi, pcthhrum varjinis basibasauc parce aculeate rachibus subinennibm , pinnu pcclinatis 

 Immrilms subfalcato - acuminati* pi/oso - cilia/is ; . v >atba aculeate; spadice bi - ad qnadrijido, dmpis Mi 

 biermibus glabn-i. 



DESOHIPTIO. CaDDEX crcctus quatuor ad quinque pedes altus, digiti minoris crassitic, cvlindricus, glaber, 

 merm.s, distnntia bipollicari baud profunde ammlatus, ad annulos no.mil.il inerassatus, glaber, testaceo- fuscus, basi nudus, 

 supeme vagims frondium tectus; sae]>e plures eonsociati. 



FRONDES sex, octo out raro plures, altemac, erccto - patentes et patentes, tres ad quinque pedes longac 

 letioh vagmantes basi eylindrica quadri - ad quinquepollicari membranaceo, in ore primum truncate sub- 

 mtegra, dem transverse in fibraa solutu, versus summitatem nrmata aculeis subulatis nigris, in basi callosa 

 alb.s marginc villoso - eiliatis, spnrsis vel spiraliter scriatis; anticc ad pinnas usque distantia (.ireiter spitbamaea 

 sennteretes; supeme cnnaliculnti , tomento grisco - lepidoto adsp.rsi et mro acuteo .mo alterovc instruct!. Ha eh is 



ipsa glabra vel pilis tcnuissimis olivaceo - nigris adpressis instructa, superne acute bifacialis, s 

 Pinnae sex ad decern in quovis latere, raro plores, lincares, versus apiccm nonnihil subfa 



atque in acumen 



subtus convcxa. 

 apiccm nonnihil subfalcato - curvatac 

 acutuiu lon g e productae, dodrantem, immo pedem longac, unguom latac vcl parum latiores, 

 suboppositac, hiiic inde, praesertim cxtimac, conncxac, nervo primario superne prominente et lateralibus 

 senis vel octonis, omnibus pallidioribus percursae, Iactc virides. Suj>crlieie S pinnarum subtus pilis subulatis 

 teuuissimis strigulosa. 



