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dnplo minorem nunc in sinisuo nunc in dextro latere foveas. Plos ires tin. alms. Calyx vix lin. alms, albas, membranacens, cupularis, snb- 



irigonus, leviter tridcntalus, dentibus arutis, dorso carinatis. Petala duriuscula, lulca, linearia, subinaeqnilalcra, cxlrcmilale nunc recta nunc 

 obliqna actuate, longiludinaliter muitincrvia, margine cxtenuato. Stamina plcrumquc sex inclusa, filahkntis suhulatis crcctis, trihus imae 

 nctalorum basi enatis, tribtll c fundo Boris caniosiiiscnlo : ANTHEMS linearibus obtusis, extrorsis. IIAMII.TOXILS nunc 3 nunc G adesse dicit. 



_ _ -_ I . «1 - _J_ _ l . ll.w. 



in unico florc triandro, quem villi, stamina petalis opponcbantur. SPADIX FOEM. qnam masculus hrevior ideoque vix c terra emersus. Kami 

 breviores (3-poll.) fastigiati; iina parte subiriangulati striciiusculi et non florigeri, ad angulos tomentnsuli; in supcriorc parte nonnihil 

 flexuosi pro floribus enntiguis. Bractca ad cujusvis (loris basin inenibranacea e triangulari basi subulata; imae 2—3 lin. longae, supcriorc* 

 breviores. Florks virides vix 2 lin. alti , ovato-globosi. Calyx scsquilineain alms, triquelro-cyatbiformis, brcviter ct lalo tridenlatns. 

 Petala lato orbiculari-ovata, basi crassa, amice extcnuata, sibi arete convoluta. PlSTILLA ovalo-trigona arete approssa. Stylus vix nllus, 

 stigmata acuta. Cupula minima sexdentata aut squanudae sex discretac ovariis circumposita. Bacca oblonga, acuta, primum purpurea. 

 dein nigra (rubra: ROXB.J nigra: 1IAM1LT.), carnosa, mollis, dulcis, pollicem transversum vix longa, calycc mullo major. Skmrs nblongum, 

 obtusum, basi cmarginatum, bine sulco profundo, bide papillula pallida notatuin. Intcgumontum membranaceiim. Alihmen cartilagineum, 

 non runiinatnm. EMBRTO dorsalis, ovatus, albus. (l)escriptio c verbis Hoxburgbii et llamiltonii concinnata, flomm secundum s|»ecimina 

 llainiltoniana.) 



Crcscif in planitiebua eleratioribus a Gauge flurio versus Septcntrionem, solo sicco argi/loso, e. g. in prorinciis 

 liehar et Itohilcund, unde tulit Hamilton; et si forsan probetur, speciem a ct. lloylc in faucibus Khvree iurentam et 

 nomine Phoenicis humilis not a I am (Botany of the llimalai/an Mountains, p. Wl.) a nostra speciftce non differre, ad latitu- 

 ttinem hot: =10. graduum usque extenditur. Lingua bengalica rulgari Janggali Kliajtir audit. In horlum Calcu/lensem 

 it/ata ibidem Jloret mensibus frigidioribus , fructus maturat April! et Majo. — Porsan haec species quoqUG per montosos 

 tract us peninsulae Occident alls , nominal im NeEigeny, extenditur, certe vidimus nucleos et Jlores ibidem a el Lesche- 

 nault colleclos, quos null! magis , quam hnic, pertinere existimarerimus. 



8. PHOENIX SPIN08A: caudice 6 — 10- pedali, sobolifero; jrondihus subconcinnis, pinnis linear! -lanceolal is 

 acuminatis pungent ibus , inaequidistantibus , aggregates aut sparsis, iaete tiridibus, adult is incompte pendulis; baccis ob- 

 orato - cylindricis ultrasemipollicaribus , J'uscis. 



Patma vim/era, Thevet Singularity de la Franco antarctiquc (155S) p. 20. b. Dalcchamp (15S6). II. p. 1S34. 



Palma cinifera Tfiecetii, J. Baub. Hist. I. cap. 160. p. 369. 



VIIOESIX SPLXOS.l, Thonning in Yidenskaberncs Selskabs Albandl. IV. (1S29) p. 211. Horncmaim dc indole plant. Guincensium 

 p. 11. Kunlb. Enum. III. p. 257. Cfr. Martins in Gel. An/.eigcn der bayr. Akad. d. Wiss. 1839. VUI. p. S92. IX p. 988. 



PHOENIX lEONENSIS, Loddiges in Catalogo I.orti. 



FUlCIIIItOMA SE\EGALE.XSIS, Dcslbnt. Catal. Ilori. Paris, edit. III. p. 29. 



Caudkx in 15 ad 20, rarius 30 pedum altitudinem, plerumque evehitur, erectus, cylindricus, diametro sex pollicum, castanco-fuscus 

 el cicatricials frondium delapsarum insculptus aut illarum basibus persistentibus squamatus , ex ima basi frequrntes soboles procreans, 

 quam ob causam plnres palmac saepe cemuntur quasi caepilosim accrvatae ct densam sylvnlam conslituentes. FRONDES ima basi in fibril- 

 litium reticulalmn fuscum extensae, petiolo brevi in dorso convexo in ventre planiusculo cum carina intermedia, mox in rbaclun 5 — 6- 

 pedalem postice subquadrangulam antice compressam et trifacialcm gracilcscente. Pinnae inlimae, pariter ac in reliquis speciebns solemne 

 est, in spinas triquetras mulatae; quae insequuntur foliaceae pedales ct bispitbamaeae, lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae. In parte latissima 



10 — 



liorlcnsi 



saept 



riisque 12—20 valde approxiinalis. Tomenmm rameuiaceum paleaccum et librillosum albo-cinerascens uti in congenenbus, mox deenlens. 



SPADICBS ex alis frondium erumpentes, atrinsque sexuS sesquipedales vel paullo breviores, primum inclusi SPATHA complete l.ncan, tunc 



convexa inde planiuscula aut leviter turgida, ancipitc, margine alato-promineute, in rostrum sesquipollicarc ohtusun. con.rac.a, conacca, 



longiludinaliter striata, laevigata, fuscidula ct cxtus rorc glauco delergibili adspersa, tandem per longitu.l.uem irregularitcr aperta. SPADIX 



MASC Pednncnlus 4 — 8 poll. longttS, linearis, bine planus, lode convexus, in rbacbin sensim sensimqnc gracilcscens , glabcr, lacvi- 



gatus. Kami florigeri in Taeie rbacbeos convexa per series Iransversalcs obliquas aggregati, et alii breviores in antica rbacbeos parte circum- 



circa enati, angnlati et flexuosi, floribus ubique dense onusti. BraCTBA membranacea , triangularis, acuta, minuta, specie denlieuh e pe- 



dunculo infra florem singulum promissa. Fi.os 2-2'/ 2 lin. alius. Calyx minimus, eupulam brevem subtrigonam relerens, denl.bus 



tribus snblilibus subaristatam. Corcii.i.a calyce quadruplo allior. Pkiala ovata aut ovato- oblonga, brevitcr cuspidate, plana ant concava 



ct dorso gibbosa vel carina to, aestivalione valvata, tandem ereclo-patula, pcrgamena, alba. Stamina sex e tboro convexo camoso random 



eorollac replento, inclusa, conferte. Fii.amknta vix ulla. Astiikrak lineares, loculis cylindricis ulraquc exnemitale obiusi saepe in- 



aequalibus, extrorsac, medio longiludinaliter bianlcs orbrokucae; connecti%o introrsum cpnspicuo, piano. 



ejusdem struelurae ae masculus. Rami tamen sunt longiores ad spitbamam usque et paullo rohus.iores etininnt l**^_J™™™.™ 



in spinas triquetras mnlalae; quae inseqnunlur (bliaceac pedales ct bispilbamaeae, linean-lanceolatac, acuminatae, in pane laussim.t 

 -12 lin. lalae, jam nonnullae in greges approximatae, jam sparsac, subconcinnac ct quasi bifariam patentee, comluplicatae, in stirpc 

 Lcnsi magis explicalae, rigidulae, aeuminc pungentes, summac decresccntes ct striclius surrectae (spilbamaeac ct breviores) in apiee 

 >c bifidae, colore dilute et flavescenti- viridi, flrmalac ncrvo medio inferne paullo prominentc atque nervis secundarns tenia- 



Spadix FOEM. 



simus, in STIGMA gracilcscens aduncum attenualum , tenuilcr papillosum, medio supra sulcatum. Bacca magi 

 (5 — lin. longa) induviis nonnibil griuulefaclis, 2 lin. altis, insidens, obovato-cylindrica, vcrlice rudimn.io slyli lirevnaime inucronata, 

 epidermide laevigata rasca, came tenui dulci, endocarpio lenui membranaceo. Semen ovato-eylindricum, bine sulco longitudinal, prolnnde 

 exara.um, tes.a cincrca, ALBUHINB rarlilagiueo. Kmbryo dorsalis (0- (Deseriptio secun.lum Tbonningii vcrl>a et specimen frond.s spa- 

 dicum et fructUS inunaluros a b. Brunner bencvole commnnirata.) 



Apparet haecce palma in regni Jloralis y quod dixi imperium Florae Africanae desertion, parte maxime ad Africum 

 speclante atque in Guinea, qua affmis est meridiem versus. Gaudet solo hnmido pinguique in locis catidis ac dtyressis, 



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