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17. GEONOMA ELEGANS. Tab. is. v. 



Q. caudice temd, frondibiis terminahbus inacqualitcr pinnate - fissis; pinnis lato - lanceolatis fakatis, spadicibus sim- 



phcibus, Jloribus quadri- quinquefar'iam imbricatis, catycibtis masculis quam corollae triplo brevioribus, bac~ 

 cis globosis. 



DESCRIPT10. Palmula eleganrissinm caudiccm qaadri- nd sexpedalem erigit crassitic digiti minimi, distantia 

 seiniunciali annulatum, pallida flavcsccntcm glabrum iiiti<huti. 



FRONDES terminates, tres ad qninquo spitliamas Iongae, erecto - patcntcs. Pctioli ima basi longitudine 

 quatuor ad sex pollicum vaginantcs, vaginis meinbranaccis transverse nervosis et deniquc irrcgulariter findendis; 

 antice infra pinnas spatio quatuor vol quinque pollicum nudi, in dorso convexi, in facie concavi, ibique ad mar- 

 gincs laterales acutiusculos, uti vaginannn pars suprcnia dam adhuc junior, tomento griseo - fusco adspersi. 

 Pinnae tres, quatuor, qninque, cxtima maxima, oppositac, lato - lanccolarac, nnuni ad quatuor pollices latae, 

 subfalcatae, acumine longe producto, ncrvis plurimta, distantia sesqnilineae vel duarum linearum parallelis, altcr- 

 nis majoribus, quos inter plerumque alii totidem secundi ordinis decurrunt, firmatae. Tomcntum tenuc, griseo - fus- 

 cum juxta nervos primarios in racbi frondibusque novel! is. 



SPADiX (masculus ct focin incus in eadem planta?) infra superiors pinnas erumpens, simplicissimus, bipedalis et 

 longior. Pcdunculus ultra pedem longus, oompwsw - anceps, viridis, scabriuscidus, versus apicem mucronatum teres, 

 fusccsccns. SPATBA duplex, tcstaceo - pallida, intus fuscescens, membranacca, pedunculum infra Hores involvcns, hinc lcvi- 

 ter coiivcxo, inde plana; exterior oblique truncata acutiuscula bifida. 



FWRSS MASGULI majusculi, bini in quavis fovea, vel terni, tertio tunc inferiorc atquc tardius ernmpente. 

 Calyx quam corolla fere triplo brevior, sicciusculus. Foliola lanceolata, acuta, fusca, margine subdentieulato tencriora, 

 duo magis carinato-concava, quam tertiu.n. Coholla atro - purpurco - fusca, longitudinaliter nervosa, pleruu.que monope- 

 tala, petalis ovatis vel lato - Ianccolatis acutis planiusculis ad dimidium fere usque cohaerentibus. UnCEOLVS .STAMIMW 

 corollam exsuperans, cruribus patcntibus numcro variis, modo tribus, quatuor, modo sex, ipse carnosiuscnlus, tubaeformis; 

 crura apicc bifida, biantherifera. Antherac lincarcs, biloculares, medio supra dissepiment...,, apcrtae, eflbctae spiraliter 

 rovoliitac. 



SPADIX FOEMINEUS mosculo similis. CalyCIS foliola duo opposita valde convexa atque dorso medio crista 

 elovatn carinata, tertium plauius, omnia pallidc fusca, in dorso spadicca, margine teuuissimc denticulata. GOROILA vix ca- 

 lyce brevior, laciniis lato - Ianccolatis vel oblongis acutis margine integerrimis, plus minus profunde scctis, testaceis glabris 

 laevigatis. Urceolus staminnm abortivorun. lageniformis, sexdentatus. Stylus ct Stigma non visi. Bacca globosa 

 apicc acutiusculo, magnitudine seminis Cerasi majoris, nigro - virens, glabra. Caro parca, grumosa. Endocarpium char- 

 taceun.. Nucleus globosus, laevigatus, violacco - plumbco -nigricans, embryonis areola elliptica basilar!, raphe umbi- 

 licari eirculari impressa fusca. Albumen homogeneum, subconccntrice radiatnm, album, corneum. Embryo basilar!*, 

 minimus , cylindrieus ad medium non nihil jiigulatus. 



Habitat in sylvU- aboriginibm Provinciae, quae a Rio de Janeiro nomen habct: Schott, qui benevole communicuvit. 



aU fc ^/r* '''V!''; ™- l *- * J* '• Sun,,ni,M > M,, * UU, - ("■ '~>* »• SP»*X fo^inc, frocifor. Ul. Spadix n.ucalu, («. ,,). _ 1. 2. Ro. m^ulu, 



^ Jd t S^T T *™* nma - ,2, "■" nedio dU *- c,m lm * ™ *•>• »■—«-«» u.mJI m a-iTiuL. 



17. Idem dimclng cam einbryone n<) htiu (rn. n.), ncieiw. 



