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XXII. ATTALEA. 



Hlmr Kuntit. Nov. Gen. et Spec. I. p. 248. t. 95. 90. 



CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS. 



MONOICA in codem spadice. Spat ha simplex. Floras sessiles, 

 bracteolati. MASC. Calyx tripartita* aut triphyllus, foliolis coalitLs. Co- 

 rolla tripetala. Stamina numcrosa, decern ad vigintiquatuor. Rudimen- 

 tum pistilli. POEM. Calyx triphyllus. Corolla tripetala. Cupula 

 annularis, ovarium ambicns. Ovarium triloculare, (ramus quadri- vel quin- 

 qucloculare). Stigmata tria, (rarius quatuor vel quinque) sessilia. Drupa 

 triloculare, (rarius quadri - vel quinquelocularis) , loculis monospcrmis. Pu- 

 tamen basi triporum, (rarius quadri- vel quinqueporum). Albumen acquabile. 

 E m 1) r y o basilaris. 



CHARACTER NATURALIS. 



MONOICA in codem spadice, floribus scssilibus, superioribus masculis. focmineis 

 rarioribus passim versus basin ramorum; (An forte qnoque dioica aut polygama?) Hracteolae 

 parvae, florum basin fulcientes. MASC. Calyx tripartita*, aut, si mavis, triphyllus, foliolis 

 ima basi coalitis. Corolla membranacea vel carimso-menibraiiacea, tripetala, petalis ob- 

 longo - lanceolate erectis. Stamina e fundo floris carnosiusculo, decern, oetodecim, viginti- 

 duo et vigintiquatuor, conferta, longitudlne sabinaequalia. Filamenta subulate. Antherae 

 sublineares, crcctae. Pollen ellipticum, cicatrisatum. POEM. Calyx triphyllus, foliolis 

 ovatis, imbrirato - convolutis. Corolla tripetala. Petal* calycinis foliolis similia, inelusa. 

 Ovarium ovaiiuu. triloculare, raro quadri- aut quinqueloculare, rarissimc biloculare. Stig- 

 ma! a tot quot loculamcnta, subulata, conniventia. Drupa ovata vel clliptica, subrostrata, 

 cortice fibroso -lignoso, pntamine lapideo crasso triloculare rarius quadri- vel quinque- 

 loculari, rarissimc biloculari. basi foraminibus orbicularibus tot, quot emlnyoncs cxistunt, 

 pertuso. Nuclei oblongi, testa reticulata -venosa, hinc raphe umbilicali latiuscula notata. 

 A I b u m o ii amygdalinum , oleosum , subsolidum. K m b r y o in fossa propria basilari , cylin- 

 drical aut clavatus. 



HABITUS. Palmac procerae ant mediocrcs. rarius acaules, can dice crassiusculo e 

 ligno rubcllo - fusco molli eonsiante. irregulariter cicatrteato, frond i bus ferminalilms piniialis 

 amplis, petiolis latiusculis, pinnis subconciiuiis crassiusculo - mciubranaccis subglabris reduplicatis. 

 S pad ices inter bases frondium emergentes, patentes, fructifcri saepe vasti et nutantes, simplieiter 

 ramosi. Florcs ochrolcuci. Fructus fusci, scminibiis ednlibus. 



ST AT 10 KT II A BIT AT 10. Genus, uti vidctur. pluribus specicbus supcrbiens, ast 

 noiidum rite observatum. in utroque Ameriees hemisphacrio proveniens. versus Austrum ad 

 Tropicum Capricorn! usque extensum, solum pinguc et calidas sylvas praediligens, rarius in 

 altos montes adscendens. 



