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minus strictas, quam in specie praccedentc. Ncrvi secundarii numerosi, attamen pauciores, <jnam in Tltrinace 

 multijlora (11 — 20), distantia, quam in ilia latiore, dccurrcnles. Color frondis saturate viridis, ligulac dilute viridis. 

 f iiiliiNic-iu inti in patina laminae fitfcriorc pnrciim, e floccis alfois decumbenlilnis cons tans, tandem evanidum, patina inferiore 

 tunc viridi, ncc glaueescente. Spadix 2J/ 2 pedem longus, Rhacliis tecta BPATins coiiipltiriluis (10 utiincravi), angusto- 

 iiibulnsis, oblique aperfis, aculis, Striata, lepidotis, tandem denudatis, In margine tcstacco- villosis. Rami attend, Bpl- 



lhamaei et pedales, pednncnlo Intos piano extna convexo, margine acuto, basl intra spatlmm primarlam vesUto bpatha 



secundaria. Hamuli, uti rami, glabri, sparsi vcl subopposltf, angulati , 3 — polllces longt, c squama lancenlato-acumi- 

 nata, trincrvia, incitibranacca, subdiapbana- Pcdunculi sparsi , crccto-patenles, duns tineas longi, brae tea mtnulis- 

 sima, subulata. Calvx rotatus, sexdentatus. Filamfnta suluilata. Antiikrae dimidiani litiram lon^ar, linrares. Ovarium 

 globosum. Stilus lircvissimus, stigma infumlil>uIif'orme, acqualc nut subdimidiatiim ct vomeriforme. BaCCA magiiitudtue 

 pisi , globosa, epidnrinide (in sicca) tuberculosa, atroriridi (J). Nucleus dcpresso-globosus, testa nttide castanca, 

 sulcis noniiullis a basi ad vcrlicem decurrenlibus levissime impressa. In basi ct vcrticc parva impressio obscrvatnr. Intra 

 haec puncta testae radius albumen album cartilagineuui perfurat fere rboinbeus, vcrticc atlcniintiis. EMBBTO conieus, dor- 

 salfs, vcrtici propior. 



Crcscil in insula Jamaica, praeserlim orientally colics 80X0908 praecipuc diligens , nee tamen a locis depressis ma- 

 ritimis exu/ans; ibi«fom Thatch-Palm, Palmcto Royal aut PalmetO-Thatcfa vacatur , testibus Pair, Brotcneo, 

 Longio et Swartzto; nee non in insula JIaitina prorcnit } notante Swart zio* 



ICOS* EX PL. Tab. 103. Figure ad sinitLttm cxhibet partem spadicU Thrinacis parviflorac, cujas spatha« raruos cxscninC bines floribiw onustos. Alii 

 (lores join dcflorati f ftlii, itquc ramulorura cxtimoruiti, sub ipsa anlhcsi dcpingunlur. Magnitudo namralis. 



3. TI/RIXAX AUGBSTHAi caudice mediocri, frondium basibus otatis dense reticulars c.r toto arete raginato; 

 laminae pet toto brecioris y fere ad basin mu/fifidacy laciniis linearibus acuminatiSy subtus scricco-argenleis ; nertis secun- 

 dariis numerosis approximate 9 liguta orata supcrue concara; spathis paucioribus (subquinis) , panicula breriore; embryone 

 vertically testae radio albumen percurrente semilunaris — Couleras Tab. 103. Fig. 3. et Tab- 163. 



Patma argentata, Jacq. Fragm, p. 3$. No. 125. t. 43. f. 1. (Irons palmac cidtae.) Martcr, in Rom physik. Arbeiten eintriicht. 

 Freunde, II. p- 76. 



TIIRIXAX ARGEXTBA, I-oddiges, Rum. Sclndi. Syst. Veg. VII. 2. p. 1300. 



CaUDBZ 12 — 15 pctles alius rfiriOir, crassilic hi* tri|Killirari , c> lindricus, snrsiim atlcmiains; li^uu allmlo T extus spisso dnro t in- 

 ii!5 libroso, ei>iflcrji>itlc fusca nitida* Toius caiulex arete vaginalns vst basilms frotiflinm |>crsislontibus, pb\llotaxi B /i$ dispositis, tubu- 

 Iosb f e lihris tmariluis dcriissaiitibus coiilrxtis^ parte veatrali althis prorbictis cjuam dorsali^ ideoc|iie peliuli nbnij>ti exl remit at em inferio- 

 rem omnJno oblegentibas. Vagina haec partem domlem pmdit Bemipedalem, ileprcssam* vix cariaatam, tenndtai ligncsrentcm, c rnjus 

 atroqtto margine librae exsernntur obliqtlO adsceadentM, cum aliis e ventre vaginae surgentibus deomantel atqtie telam sat densam ct 

 te&aCtiU constituenles riiKTeo-fnscesceiitcm, in latere venirali, uli jam diximus, sipiainae ovatae specie altius promissam. Tomentum gri- 

 saimi lepidotnm, in ima parte dornli vaginae, ct aliud lloccosum in summo margine, tandem evane&ccn& Petiolus 4 Bplthamu longas, 

 ad ortam polUcem Inltis, ibique inlVrne ronvexus, Mipcrne planus, margine acutus, antice cumpr<*sso-anccps, levis, glabcr. Stria tOS, flexilis, 

 Bplca promis^ns in ligulain primo callum triangidamu ftavidum sistcntcm, postca ovalam, siipeme concavain, virescentcm (in horlensi 

 |ialma saepe obliteratam). Lamina profunda divisa in lacinias 30 — 40 ct ultra, linearcs, acuminatas, brevitcr Mlidas, 2 — 3 spilbnmas 

 tongas, {jolliccm latas, margins inrrassitas, et, dum juniores, scabriusrulas. NetTHS priiuarius inftTnu prominrns, seenndarii muno- 

 rosi, commissuralca inter lacinias latcralcs ungnem longi, inter intimas 2 polliccs. Color laete viiidis, subtus albidits nut argenteus a 



tomento, c lloccis alius deciimbentilnis rr>nsiaiitr, i; I in juiiiore ct cnlla planta rarius est, quam in adulta. Spadix ucdalis. Pcduncu- 



1 ii h compressus, SPATHIS 3 — 4, lanceolalis, obliqin? aperlis, vagiuatnn. SlM'tllA extima Sonipedalis , latere dorsal i in margines acutos pro- 

 tlucta, iutcriores bieviorcs, coni|iresso- tereliitsculac; omnes mombmUGOaOj testacco- flavcsccntes. Rami primarii 4 — pollices, flo- 

 rigeri wsrpiipnllicem longi, pubeuti-totiicntosi. Flokks non vidi. Xuclkls ilepresso-globosus, oxtus nitidc spadiceo^fnsens, vasis impres- 

 sis a basi sursum drenrn-ntibus irisrnlptus. Testa lusca, (Virrna semilnnari per alrimkn producta. Rmuhvo c\ lindricns, in verlice scminis. 



Crcscil in insulis ant ilia nis f c. #. in Jamaica et in Haiti sire S. I)omiitgas 9 saepe rasto OgflttM campos accrtpans* 

 In Jamaica dicitur Sil vc r-T Iiatcli, in insula hailina Guano. In insult's bahamcnsibus y ubi silver-leaved Palmetto 

 dicitury earn obscrcatcrunl Starter et Boos. Corbcs 7 f/uibus folia hcrbac Mcotianae in Europam mittenda condunfur, 

 e hujus palmac frondibus nocellis, table Jlearibilibus y fabricantur. 



ICO\ t EXPL. Tab. 16!t. cxhitat hanc palmaro, nnarum Thrinacc mulliflora ct Or^odoxa olcracca, in rogione insulac S. Uoraingos diclac depkum. — 

 Tab. 103. Fig. III. 1. Nucleus a basi. 2. Nucleus a lalm. 8. Nucleus vertimlitcr apcrius, ut ruminatio ct cmbnoms situs appareant. O. m. n. 4. Embryo* m. a. 





4. THRISAX PI MI/JO: caudice breri aut mediocri; raginarum Jibrillitio pnnnoso et irrcgulariter re/icula/Oy 

 juniore albido-tomcntoso y laminae dii>Halo-multipartilac petiolos aet/uantis laciniis ensiformibus acuminalis utrinfjue riridibus y 

 ncrro medio sublux f err ugineo-ramentacva y secundariis 0— S utrint/ue imprcssis, ligula triangutari; spadice — ; spathis — ; 

 Jloribus — ; nuclvo parro, testae radio simpfici conwo perfosso, 



Paima non spinosa htmittima % Sloane Catal. Jam- p. 177. ltai. Hist. HI. Demlrol. p. :i No. 13. Small Patmeto- Royal, Sloan* Yoy. 



Jam. II. p. IIS. No. v. I-ong. Jam. III. \u 740. No. 3S. 

 TIIRISAX PCMILIQ, Lodd., Rom. Schult. S\st. Veg. VII. 2. p. 1301. No. 3. 



Crescit socialiter in Jamaica^ praeserfim occidental^ locis maritimis saxosis. Lignum tardissimi increment/) durum, 

 in atpta salsa optime perdurans, ad posies et trabes adltibetur. E frondibus uorellis 3 adhucdum complicati$ f pilct\ storeae el 

 alia hujus generis opera nechtutur* Incolis haec species I ton-Thai ell, aut Uay-Thaieli, aut Lcsscr-Palmctt dicitur. 



ICON. EXPL. In Tab. 103. Kijr. IV. I. nucltut a vertico. 2. idem a vcrticc. 3. nucleus disseclus. O. n. n. ». Embrjo, m. n. 





