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3. COCOS OLERACEA. Tab. 82. 



C caudice proccmmo sidtrefftdariter levitcrquc anntda/o; frondibus credo - patcntibm 9 pinnis fincaribus subcrtspis; Jtortbw focmi- 

 comcis; drupis ovatis. 



Pa/ma indba, Piso Bras, edit 1658. p. 129. Rat. Hist It p. 1361. 



DESCRIPTI (K Cavdkx rectus aut nonnilul (lexuosus, scxaginta ad octoginta pedes alius, in inia basi 

 crassior, diametro fere pcdali , apice sub coma quatuor ad sex polliccs crassus , in inferiore parte an mil is fere 

 obliterans notatus atque hinC indc frondium basibus brevibiis pc nristen tibus quasi nodosus, in superiorc eviden- 

 tius annulatus, annulis polliccm uniim vol dimidium inter sc distnntibus, epidermidc cincrca longidutinaliter 

 riniosa, in aim u lis a fasciculis vasorum frondiutn cicatrisatus. 



FRONDES densae, sex ad octo pedes longao, arcuato - deflcxae, Pctioli ima basi in dorso polliccm ct 

 quod excedit lati, extus convexi, intus leviter concavi, in ventre films tenacibus transversa aliarum frondium 

 bases obvolvcntcs, ant ice ad pianos usque tetragon! , subtus nimirum convexi, in latcribus angustioribus 

 plani et supra leviter convexi , in radii, convexi tate hac in facies duas sub angulo acuto convenicntes elevata, 

 trigoni; jnniorcs rorc glauco dctergibili adspersi et, praescrtim versus Kummitatcin in iulcriorc facie, tomento 

 brcvissimu ciuerascenti - fusco obscssi- Pinnae linearcs, subfalcatae, acutac, pcdales ct lougiorcs, trcs vcl 

 ut plurimum quatuor, rarius quinquc aut sex approximate, raelieos lateribus oblique adnatac in deque redu- 

 plicatac ct valdc complieatac, supra obscure virides, eubtus glaucac, ncrvo medio supra prominentc pallidiore 

 et latcralibus subsems approximatis percursae et veins trausversis subrotieulatis, praescrtim statu sicco valdc 

 prominentibus conspicuae. 



Spa MX inter interlores frondes proveniens, primnm ercctus, dein patens vel nutans, sesqui - vcl bipeda- 

 lis, Pedunculus teres vel comprcssinsculus, circiter spithamam longus, glabcr, dilute albo- virens. Uachis 

 tcrcti - angulata, in ram os siinplices divisa. If a m i basi comprcsso - subancipitus, in dorso convexi, intus plani, 

 posttcc inter singulos Horos focinincos arcuato - Kcxuosi, anticc, ubi floribus masculia exonerantur, minus flexuosi 

 et strictiuseuli, uti pedunculus y;labri et pallide vireseentes. jlractcac membranaecae, transverse linearcs 

 infra singulos ramos et aliae nonnullae inajores triangulares in pcduneulo. S PATH A sesquipcdalis aut bipedalis, 

 subclavata, aperta lineari - lanecolata, basi, ubi peduneulum spadicis amplectitur, quasi cylindrica, longitudi- 

 naliter sulcata, junior extus tomento griseo - lusco adspcrsa, caetcrum viridi - fuscescens, intus ochroleuca et 

 tandem castaneo - fusea. 



FWllES in racemos sat densos congesti. MASGULI semper per paria subaltemc dispositi in angulo pro- 

 minentc raelieos, bracteolis parvis membranaccis suflulti. Calyx vix lineam nltus, triangularis, constaus fol iolis 

 tribus acuto- pyramidatis, praescrtim intus connatis atque calyccrn monopbylluin exhibentibus, pallidas, in marginc 

 tenuiorc membrauaceo albis. CoftOLhA quatuur ad quinquc lincas longa, colore sulfurco. Petala erecta, lincari- 

 lanccolata, acuta, acumine brevi, extus plerumque medio in dorso stria clevata notata, intus suleis nonnullis a pressiono 

 staminum insculpta. Ntamisa inclusa. Fil amenta subulata, alba, brevia, quartam autberarum circiter partem 

 motion tia, in fundo floris connata. Antberae linearcs, obtusae, basi cmarginatae. PtSTILZJ IWBISIEtfTVM minimum, 

 subtrigonum, apice stigmatum depauperatormn trcs angulos moustrans. FlORES FOEMINB1 conici, crassitie 

 atquc colore plus minus vire^centc a masculis distineti iisque pauciorcs, inter duos masculos vel absque cis in Hexurae 

 ramonun angulis sessiles in raelieos prominentia, quas bract eae trcs membranaceae, tenerae, una nimirum media 

 latior atque duae lateralcs angiistiores, muniunt Calyvis fol io la ex ovato pyramidato - acuminata, valdc involute, 

 extus in cristas rectas vel oblique dceurrentcs elevata, glabra, Petala a foliolis Calycinis oninino involuta atque similia, 

 ast lninom nee ita nervoso - earinafa. Ovarium ovatum, glabnnn, sursum attenuatum atque stigmatibus tribus corona- 

 turn priminn pyramidato - conuiventibus, dein patentibus. DlWPA fere scsquipollieem longa, ovata, cortice fibroso. 

 Nucleus amygdalinus, dulcis, iMlnlis 4 



Crescit in syfeis mediterrancis Provlnriac Mama Gcracs dictac, kcta et descrtpta prope Contondm, in descrto versus 

 Jlvvinm S. Frattcisci, mense Avgu$to } t/uo tpddem tempore jlorcs habebat. 



fnco/ac banc Palntam ibidem (Juariroba scu Coqueiro - umargozo dictmL C/emmac novellae (Palmito) frondes 

 intertores aqua fcrvida infundunt at<pte T extracth patHbus rcsinosh umaris, oteo acetoque eondUas in deliciis luibent Dmpac 

 nuclei a iHisseribtts et simiis mride comeduntur. 



ICON. EXPJL Tab. 82* Fig. L Spatba wntro pftmrap^r npcrtn. II. Par* ipadtcU llortdi (m. d.). III. rinQAG nonoulJao in radii, c frondit parte Eq. 

 frriora (m. dimM. immiii.). — 1* VU>* miiM*tila«. 2, Calyx. 3- IMala a ptirlo mioriorw visa. I. Sumloi in calye«s unlet adlmc |Wlalo MilTuUa. 5. Slamioa in n- 

 ccplaculo ilori* cum \ntU\V\ rudimco(o. G. Pollen (a*, a.). — 7. Floa foOaJnaii, S. Idem ab alio latere- 9. Poliolwn cajyds ab trtnquo faciis 10, Corolla. U. Pistil- 

 lum. 12, I'etaluiu, (in* a.) 



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