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L MANICARIA SACCIFERA. Tab o& 99. 



J/, frondibits amplissimxs ittfct/rfe obhmf/is aerratis; calycibm laeeris. 



Palma sacrifera, CI us. Exof. Lib. L c. 2. c. ic. spathae. 

 J oust. DendroL edit. 1763. p. 158. t 47. c ic. muluala. 



J. Bank His*. I. L. III. p. 383. 



Palma Manicam hippocraticam referem, C Bailh. Pin. p« 507. II a i. Hist. II. p. 1370. 

 PI uk. Almag. p. 277. 



Manicaria sacrifera, Gacrtn. do fract et sem. II. p. 468. t. 176. Spec. pL edit. Willd. 

 IV. p. 492. Pcrs. End.. II. p. 576. 



Pihphora tetficularis, J acq. Fragm. p. 32. t. 35. I". B. G. et t. 36. 



Ucbcr das brasilianische Oewiicfis Pibpftora testiadarls , von W i 1 1 d C II O W . Ill Act. Acad. 

 Ilcrol. 1815. p. 1. 



DESGRIPTIO. RADICES plurimae simplices, digiti minimi crassitie, lacvcs, tcstaoco -pallidac, in conum vel 

 tcrrac immcrsum vel cxtratcrrancum congcstae. 



GAODSX ercetus, paululum tlexuosus, ad minimum viginti ad vigintiquinquc pedes altus, cyliudricus, 

 diamctro non raro pedalt ct ultra, frondium dclapsarum annulis inacqualibus duomm triuinve pollicum di- 

 stantia profundc eicatrisatus. 



FitOSDES plu res. quindceim ad viginti, spectabilcs, erecto - patcntcs et patentee integrac indeque coniain 

 habitu a rcliquis Pfllmia valde reccdentein et MOSAE acniultun cxhibentes, quiudceim ad viginti pedes longae. 

 Pcti ol i inermes, pilis brcvissimis fuseis obsiti, in basi quinquc ad sex pedes longa compresso - teretes, dorso 

 acuto - convex! , intus profunda canaliculate viridi - fusccsccntca , in radii cxttis eonvexa intuS medio bifaciali 

 ad utrmnque inargincin sulco longitudinal! pro inscrtionc folii exarati viridcs. Laminae frondium ipsae inte- 

 grac ncc nisi venti pluviaeque injuriis aliovc caau in pumas irregularcs linearcs latitudinc varias fissac; utroque 

 latere tres quatuorve pedes latac, substantia pergamena, quam in qualibct alia Palma duriore, distantia polli- 

 cari nervis crassis elevatis acutis supra promincntibus , atque in horuni cu juslibet latere ncrvis duobus secun- 

 dariis tenuihus percursae, niarginc dentatae, dentibus singulis inter singulos nervos primaries porrectis acuminatis 

 leviter incumbcutibus. 



Spa DICES inter frondium adultiorum bases provenientes saej)e plures in codem caudice , tri - ad quadrt- 

 pcdalcs, florigeri erect i vel patcntes, fructiferi nutantcs, e ped unculo basi polliccm crasso compresso - tcreti 

 serobieulato ubiquc emittentes ramos pedales et spithamacos rcctiusculos, basi nonnihil flcxuosoSj compresso- 

 migulatos, antiee strietos terctes; ubique tomento denso longiusculo castaneo - lcrrugiiico obducti. SPAT II A E ex 

 iino pedunculo spadicis cnatae, tri - vel qundripodnlcs, filSlformes vel compresso - cylindrical utrinque attenuate, 

 nuicronc circitcr pollicari compresso - aneipite tcrminatae, conflatae ex operc fibroso oblique et cruciatim reticulate, 

 fibris tenuibus teretiusculis subflexuosis versus apiceiu spissuis, medio et ad basin laxius contextis, colore ferrugineo ; 

 pleruiuquc sub anthesi inapcrtae, grossidcantibus vero drupis irregulariter dilatatac et denique mptac, iuterduiu supremis 

 fruutibus evolutis fere obsolefac. 



FtOltES mimcrosissimi; masculi multo frcqucntiores atque dense congest! in parte ramonun superiore, 

 Ibeminei sparsi versus basin; singuti bracteati, bractcis lanceolato - subulatis erecto - patcntibus, dorso, uti 

 ipse spadix, tnmentosis, singtilos a tergo munientibus atqne antiee in foveolas conHuentibus, qiubus solttarii 

 Bores immersi sunt- MASGZfLXS: Calyx triplivllus, foliolis orbicnlaribus, basi incrassata subgibbis, con* 

 cavis , margine tenuiorc laeeris ubique arete imbricatis T perganieno - scariosis, albis, COROLLA calycc triplo et 

 ultra major, obovato - trigona , p e t a 1 i s lineari - oblongis acutis , apico iiitrorsum Hexo coneavis conniventibus, 

 extas lacvibus intus pleramque sulcatis, coriaccis, ocliroleucis apice roseis. STAMINA vigintiquatnor ad triginta. 

 c centre floris oriunda, inclusa, subcarnosa. Pil amenta brcvia, teretia f alba. A n tlierac erectile, lineares, 

 obtusiuseulac , ad basin subsagittatac pallida flaveseentcs, polline albo farctae. F() KM I ' X KTS: CALYX triphvllus, 

 foliolis ovato - subrotundis coneavis imbricatis, crenulato - laeeris in marginc tenuiure, scarioso - siccis, pal- 

 lidis, quam in calycc masculinorum majoribus, basi quocpie inerassato - gibbis. COROLLA masculis major, ovata f 



