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GAERTN. Frnct. Sem. I. p. 28. t. 18. II. p. 13. t. 82. UN. Gen. plant, edit. SPRK.VG. p. 284. n. 14?0. ENDI„ Gen. 0. 1748. HEISN. Gen. 

 p. 3ri7. (266.) — CUCIFBRA DEL1LE Descr. de 1'Egypt Hist. Nat. II. t. 1. 2. — DotuA FOIK. Encvcl. Snppl. II. p, 519. Illusir. i. 900. 



DIOECA. Sfadjx vaginatns spathis incomplelis regis, disliclic ramusus. Amenta cylindrka e coaliiioiic squama- 

 ram imhricatariim. A1ASC. FloBES intra foveas bini, tandem cmc ironies. Calyx tiibuloso-raiiipamilatus, Iripariitns. 

 CoBOLLA tripi-iala subsiipkata, limbo patnlo. Stamina sex, ANXHBBIS liuearibus, basi sagittata afiixis. I*is(il*t RCDIMBNTBH 

 ■Milium. FOKM. solitarii; calyx el corolla tripetala, margine imbricata. Stamina sex cassa. Ovabium iriloculare (rarins 

 bilumlare), STIOHATIBUS loiidem scssilibus. Dbbpa am abortu simplex, aut loculis tribus vel duobus cvolmis proftinde 



triloba vel biloba, sarcocarpio fibroso, putamine ligneo vertice foramine per sarcocarpiam obturaio. Albumen cor- 



neiim, acquabile rariusve ruminaiiiiii, caviim. Kyibkyo verliciilis. 



CdUDBX aniiiilatus, hand ifa procerus. in ijuiliusdam dicfiotome-ramosus ! F&0KDB8 in ramis terminates, palmato-f/abel- 

 tiformes. Jilt's inter lacinias pier unique interject is. SpADJCES inter frondes erttmpentes, masctili in rami's singulis amenta sub- 

 tenia ferenteSy Joeminei p/eru/ntjue pandora. F/.obes J/aro-pall/di aut rubelio-ochroteuci. /•RtCTffi lutescenti-J'usci y majusculi. 



1. HYPHAENE THEBAICA. Tab. iai. 132. 133. 



//. cat/dice pferttmqtte dichofamO) petioiis armotit f ligtda serrtdata; amvnli masculi squamis praeter zonam medium 

 tomentosam g/abrt's; jructibus sessilibus f oralis, obovatis aut obsolete subtrigonisy vertice dvpressiuscuto-rotundatisy hinc 

 latiuscuto sulco, semine aralo. 



KotE vel Ko\mo<p6pQi' > Thcophrasl. I list. PI. L, I. c. 10. 5. L. II- c. 0. 10. L, IV* c- 7. 7. Sprengcl Thcophr. Naturgesch. ohcrs. u. 

 erlrtut. II. p. 49. 133. Billcrbcck Flora classica |>. 230. — KoUtu llcsych. edit. Alberii II. p. 203*, unite 'I'uAAa mniva, quae, 

 monente Uesuero, rectius leguntur noThtya f Arrian. Peripl. Ervlhr. edit, lluds. (ieogr. min. p. 19. — Cua\ Plin. llisu L.XUL 

 & 9. — Cuciophoron , Auguillura Scmplicc 1561. p. 70. — Cticiophera, Matthiol. Comment, in Dioscor. 1565. L. I. c. 125. 

 [-. 220. cum iconc fructus p. 225. Joacli. Camerar. Epitome Matlh. de plant. 15S0. p. 129. Kniulcrhuch Mallli. edit* Camer. 

 15S6. c. ic. fruct. repel.; edit, Verzasclia 167S. p. 90. c. ic. end., edit. Zwingcr 1690. p. 68. ilem. — Bdetlii fructus Vortuso y 

 Dalech. 1586. p. 1782, c. ic. repel, (excludcuda Penea amoricina Clusii, Dalech. p. 182S., a nonnullis hue ducla). — Curio- 

 f era Matt hiotiy Dalech. Append* p*8», ic. melior. — Cortusi fructus, rerius Cuci fructus raw interior, CIus. I 1605* p. 160. 



Icon ftcininis. — Palma, citjus fructus Cuct\ C. Hauh. Pin. 1623. p. 509. Ml. Mcntz. Ind. 16S2. p. 227. — Curiqfera, J. Bauh. 

 Hist I. p. 3SS. c. ic, fructus et nuclei. Tahemaem. Krftuterb. 1687. p. 1333. c ic repct. ticchcr PariK med. 1663. p. 100. 

 it. Hai. Hist. II. p. 1365. n. 20. — Patmae facie, Curiopfiora, Chabr. Sciagr. 16C6. p. 26. it. — ■ Chamacriphes f arabice Doom, 

 Shaw Yoy. II. Spec phytogr. afric p. 106. n. 143. Dome, Pococke Iter. L p. 281. t. 73. Sonnini Yoy. III. 116. rel. Domh* 

 fructus incert us , llasselquist Kcsa p. 439. Edit, genih p. 576. — Corypha umbraculifera el Borassus fIabelliformis y Fanfc. Flor. 

 Aeg. p. cwviil. 



CORYPIIA TBBBAICA, Lin. Spec plant, edit. 2. 1763. p. 1657. Schreber in nola ad Pococke Reise edit. germ. 2. I. p. 120. 307. 



CUCIFBRA THBBAJCA, Delile Deecr, de TEgypte. Part, delist, natur. II. p. 57. t. 1. 2. Dictionaire d'Hist. nat Vol. Mil. 1S19. 

 p. 472. c icone. — Patma /Aebaica, Jacq. I'ragni. p. 83. t, 133. spa<lix fhiGlifer. — Cfr. Sacy ChrestOm. arab. III. 468. 479. 



DOVMA TBBBAIGA) Poir. in Encvcl. Sappl. II. 519. et DOUMA fromlibtts palmatis, cautc ramist/ite bifurcatis, lllustr. t. 900. et 

 DuhameJ Traite dea Arbres, edit. 2. IV. p. 47. I. 4- n. 1. et % e Delile repctila, adsciiplo nomine Pbocnicis dactylirerae. 



BYPBAENB CUCIBBRA, Pent. Each. H. p. 2245. 



BYPJBABNB GUINBENSIS, Thouuiug, Schumacher in K. Danskc Vidensk. ualurv. og math. AHiandL IV. 1829. p. 219. Bulletin 

 Univ. des Scienc. nat. 1831. Vol. W1V. p. 330. nullis characteribus essenlialihus a stirpe aegyptiaca et arahica dilTcre viilrtur. 



RADICULABOH moles conira, plerumque in arena septilta. Caitdex teres, atnbilu 3 |>cd M erectus, 10 — 30 ped. 

 alius, cicatricilms fromliiini horizontalibus inseiilptus , sacpe simplex, iiiterdum apice dichotomia bis, ler qoateire repeiita 

 di\isus t i ;i[iiiiir;M junr non tindiqiie, sed in parietis lonnain ainplitieatiis; dtim simplex comam deprcsso-globosam , dum 

 ramosus comprcssam dilatatam exhihens. Kami caudici similes, vix (enuioivs. Fhondrs in quovis ramo 20 — 30 termi- 

 nales, exteriorea deflexae w\ patentes, Eoteriores surrectae, compatato pefiolo 6 — 7-pedales. Petlolas supra basin 

 va^inunicm iriaugularis, dein linearis, interne convexus, supcrne postire planiiiseulus, antice leviter bifacialis, in mar- 

 giuc acuto aculeis rohustis CODIpreflSlfi uueiuatis fuscis. Touieuttiiti rerriigineum, e squamulis plants flexuosis, petiolo ad- 

 spersmii, detcrgibilc. Ligula super petiolum promittiliir triangularis, niargtuc clevato aculeato-scrrato. Lamina cir- 

 cumscriptione suborbiculari vel OVatO-orbicuIari , palmato-Habrllifnrmis, saturate \iridis, subtus pallidior, laciuiis 20 pluri- 

 litisvc lineari-Ianceolalis acuminalis, indupliratis, basi in iacic prona coinplicato-runuexis, ad l / % vel V A bilidis. Laciuiae late- 

 rales lX^-ped., I poll, laiae, nervo commissiiruli IV. ped. longo conuexae; intimae % l l / 2 — JJ prtl* lougae, 2 poll, latae, nervu 

 pedali et longiorc cohaerenles. Fibrae ex apice calloso ncr\oruiu commissuraliiim tenerae* &lt formes, pendulae, saepe 

 laciuias lougitudine ae(|tianles, llexiles alt amen lirmulae, fuscae el tomeuio fusco iuterdum adspersae. Nervi primarii 

 robusti, supcrne conravi, inferue acute biTaciales valde prominent , ad dhisioneni laciniarum usque recta procurrentes, 

 dein alterutram laciiiularuui margiiiantes et saepe in Irondibus veluslionbus ab ejus paivncbyiiiate discissi ai<|tie soluti. 

 Nervi secuudarii approximate frequentes , compagem lioutlis lirmuui rigidamque ellicientes. Squaiuulae niiuimae 

 ellipticae valde appressae, lusciie, utrinque tier* is secundariis adspersae. Spauix MASC. inter frondes 1-pedalis, primiim 

 ereetus, dein patens; basi crassitie i — 2 poll., teres, lotus spathis incomplelis vaginatus. SPATUAB fere tyliudricac vel 

 sursum ampliatae et oblique apcrtae, 3 et 1 pull, longac, infimae vacuae, crasso- inenibraiiacear , dorso et laicribns ner- 

 vusae et sulcatae, ventre temiiores, itervis decussantibtis ibiquc apice tandem fiss&e, ant* 1 antbesin vircsemtes, deiiium 

 griseu-ciuerascentes, intus nitidae et pallide castaneae, versus orificiuni in itervis adspersae squamulis fuscis, quae per 



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