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triangularibus acutis plamusculis vcl dorso carinatis, marginc tcnuiori mcnibranaccis , dcorsmn connatis. Pc- 

 tala Ianccolata, acuta, circitcr sex linens longa, longitudinalitcr striatula ct intus a prcssionc staininimi 

 sulcata, ocbroleuca. STAMINA alba, inclusa. Filament a subulata, basi in discum planiusculum connata, 

 lincaiu ct quod excedit longa , aiithcraruin subulatarum bast inserts. FLOItES F O ft M I X ft I ovato - globosi , duns 

 ad trcs tineas alth CaLTCIS ioliola coriacea, subovato - orbicularia, valdc concava ct cucullato - iinbricatu. 

 Pctala forma simtlia, oimitno inclusa. Ovarium ovato - globosum, pubescens, in stigmata pyramidato - con- 

 niventia attcnuatum, Ditrp.i mngnitudine nucis WGLANDIS fibrosa, corticc insipido, cduli tamon* pu- 

 t amine ad basin foraminibus tribus pcrvio. 



Habitat in insula Sanctae Catharinae Brasitmc y vndc reportavit Adalbcrtus dc Chamisso, qui jlorc$ y icones et 

 descripttonem henevoh communicaviL 



ICQIf, EX Pis, Tab. Fir. 8S.J VII. 1. Flos roasenlus (tn, n. et a.). — 2. Calyx. 3, Pcinla dan cwro staminibua. 4. Slamen ab utroqu* latere (m. a.). — 

 I. Flo* ftomin«us (in. n. cl a.), 2. Foliolura calvcla (in- *0* 3. Corolla (ro. n. ot *-). 4. PaUlum. 5- Pistillnm (m, n,). G, Idem (m. a,). 



11. COCOS MIKAN1ANA. 



C. cattdice subprocero irregidariter annvlato; frondibuS deiisls subenspis, pinnis lineari - laiKcolalis acuminatis; pctalis masctdis 

 crassis oHongis obtusls ; florihm focmineis obloiif/is ; drupis ovato - globosis. 



LANGSDOIiFFIA P8JBUD0C0G08, Haddi hi Mcmor. di Fisica Soc. Hal. Vol. XVIII. 

 p. 319. c. ic. 



DESCRIPTIO. OJVDES quadraginta ct quinquaginta pedes altus, cylindricus, fere pedem crassus, irregulari- 

 ter annulatus, luscescens. FRONDES octo ad decern pedes longae. Pinnae crispae, liueari - lanceolatae, acuminatac. 

 SPJDIX spfltha clavata, profunde sulcata inclusus, duos ad trcs pedes longus. Rami pedalcs et scsquipcdales, hi inferiorc 

 parte flores foeinincos, solitaric altetnantes in supcriorc masculos per paria approximates atque more reliquarum specierum 

 bracteatos sustentantcs. 



FLORES MASCULI ongucm longi. oclirolcuci. CALYX sesquilineam alms, triquctcr, laciniis latia obtusi- 

 usculis cnriiiutis, Pctaln oblonga versus basin angnstiora, obtusa, crassa. STAMINA inclusa. Kilamcnta 

 brevia, subulata in anthcrae dorsum ut conncctivum latiusculum continuata. Anthcrac acuminntae, basi 

 sagittate - cmarginata. PlSTILLI Itt'DiMF.M'lM minimum. FlORES FOEMINEI oblongi, inasculis longiorcs. 

 OALYCIS foliola oblonga, obtusa, crassa, coriacea, dorso supeme in carinoin obtusain incrassata ibidemquc 

 longitudinalitcr nervosa, in margiiie tonuiora, corollam oinnino involventia. COROLLAR pctala oblonga, obtusa 

 membrauacca, medio carmata, valdc convoluta ovariumquc involventia. Ovarium ovatum in vertice tomento- 

 sum. Stigmata tria pyrainidato - conniventia. DlWPA ovato - subglobosa, stigmatum residuis notata, duos 

 circitcr pollices longa, cpidcrmidc tusca vcl helvola, corticc crasso fibruso sicco, putamine subgloboso 

 sursum longe rostrato, basi triporo. 



Orescit in sylvis montam's qd Scbastianopolin, ubi leijit CL amicus Mikan, tpd florea commumcovil 



