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seil coinprrssjs. Lignum in pcriphcrin solirium, durum, interne subslamiae spongiosac el fibrosa? simiil. FftONDBS circiler 20, onmes tmni- 

 nalrs, in orhcm (liftusac, paiiim flcorsum inrlinalne, partirn erect ac, 12 pedes longac* PfitioluB basi linmaniim hrarliiimi cr&BSUB, sensim 

 usque in rliachcos exlreimtatcni gracilesccns, superne complanatttfl, interne rotuudalus et aculeis frequenlissimis ornaliis. Pinnae liiuc inch 

 ad singula I at era ennscuntur 40 circiler, non invicem opposilac, sed alternantcs, 2 pedes nun dimidin longac, pollices 4 laiar, in siimini- 

 late sic fimhriatae et riemiculatae, ut a besliis corrosae vidcantur, inter nervum medium et latcrales nonnihil plicatae, aculeolifl nigris suli- 

 tiiibus arispcrsae, inferne dilute virontcs, stipcrnc sat u rat ins splendeutes. SPADICBS inter frondes erumpunl nonniilli, quorum SPATHA eoin- 

 pleta circiter 3 pedes lemga, tereliuscnla, 3 pollices crassa, in ohlusum acumen riesinens, foris viridis, pulvere rufo el aculeis raris adspcrsa, 

 inlus vero ochroleuca, dein subrufa, pnlila et splendens; qua ah iino ad siimiuuni debiscente SPADIX depromitur Iripedalis, rujns peilun- 

 cuius compresso- teres, aculeis mullis subulatis surrectis 1—3 pollices longis arm at us, gracilescit in rliacli in innunteris donalam ramis 

 pedem circiter longis, tcnuibus, lenlis, fiexibilibus, alhidis et pulvcrulenlis multisipie siuubus geniculars. FLORKS ad singnlos sinus baerenl 

 tcrni (aul etiani quateriu ?)» initio globulum rufescentem referent cs. Expansi vero petam tria exhibeni dura, sublulea, stamina sex brevia, 

 ANTllEKis rnfis et P1STILLVH Irigonnm, aibirium. (I)c sexuali differentia I'lXMKIULS nil tradidit, ita ut omnes flores esse hermaphrodites, 

 qua Irs WIMJDEXOWILiS quoquc He Afphane sua indicavit, praesumerc liceat , nisi Cocoiuaruin strurhira sulenniiter monoeca iibstaret*) 

 FructiJS gloluilaris, micis Avellanae magniludine, deforis laevissime splendens cnrallinu- ruber, intns pauca carne praerfilus crocea et ari- 

 diuscula, contegente ossiculum glohosum, magniludine globuli sclopctarii, Hurissimuni, foris nigricans et fossulis minutis insculptum COrO- 

 nisque praccatoriis conficiendis aptissimum. (Torno elaboratum illud ossiculum non nigrum, sed albicans et venulis irretitum totuni apparel.) 



In insulae Marfinicae regione oriental! dicta le Cabsterre y Febntario Jiarentem et Aprih Ijrutiui matnros ferentcm^ 

 descripsit Plumerius* 



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4. MARTIJSEZIA AFPIIANES: caudlce ZO-pedaU et pefio/o rhachique aculeatis, pinnin latin remolis opposilis 

 quadrijugis (l) y sulttus albido-tomentosis ; spadice sestjuipeda/i ; dntpia globosts (coccineis). 



AJPHANJES ACULEATA, Willd. in M£m. de l'Acad. R. dc Berlin pour 1804 (edit. 1S07.) p. 33. Kuntli. Enum. III. p. 275. Schult 



Syrt. Veg. VII. p. 1335. 

 EUTERPE ACVIEATA, Spreng. Syst. Veg. II. p. 140. 



Palma mihi non visa ex verbis VILLDEXOAVII ita describitur: Caidkx orceins, snbcylindriciis, 30 pedes alius, semipedem cras- 

 sus, cicatricials a frondium lapsu dislantia 4 — 5 pollicum annulahis, in internodiis aculeis longis rcctis atris horridus. Frondrs 5 — 

 pedes longac, pctiolo aeuleato. Pinnae latae, deorsum cuneato-attenuatae, supra saturate virides, suhtus toniciitoso-alhae, quatuor jugo- 

 runi in quavis rhachi, aut nonnunquam in ima rhacheos parte pinna una altcrave accedentc. SPATHA per totain longitudinem aperiunda 

 SPADICBH exscrit IS pollices longuin, e spicis cylindricis allernis PLORl M alhidnriini coinpositum. Dri;pa coccinea, came farim»sa, inflipida. 

 Putamkn durum, nigrum, fovcolis et sulcis coinpluribus cinereis et poris trihus radiatis nutatum, globuli sclopetarii magnitinline. INUCLEUS 

 albus, dulcis, edulis. 



Crescit in syttavum montanarum praevnptisj solo piuguty parum humido y prope Caucagua, dttionis Caracasanae: 

 Bredemeyer. 



V. ACROCOMIA. 



MART. Palm. Bras. p. C6. t. 56. 57. Palinet. Orbign. p. 76. LIXX. Gen. plant e.lil. SPREXG. p. 250. No. 1302. EXDL. Gen. No. 1768. 



KUNTH. Emun. III. p. 270. — Bactridis spec. GAERTX. Coci spec. JACQ. SWARTZ. 



MONOECA in codem spadice, SPATHA coniplcia lignescente inchiso. HIASC. in supcriore ramoruin parte densi, 

 sessilcs intra alvctdos braclcarum nexu reiiculato formatos. Calyx triphyllus, foliolis oralis. Corolla tripetala, snbey- 

 lindrica vel prismatica, pktalis subcoriaceis lanceolato-oblongis. Stamina sex inclnsa, fjlamentis subulaiis, antheris lineari- 

 oblongis snbsagitlatis. Pistilli kudimkntim. FOEM. in iuferiore rainoruiii parte remote sessiles. Calyx triplnllus, 

 foliolis ovato-orbicularibus et corolla tripetala, petalis ovatis, convoluto-imbricati. Androecki abortivi cupola annularis 

 circa ovarium triloculare, locnlis duobus abortivis, stylo brevi et stigmatibus tribns rcvolutis coronalum. Drupa glo- 

 bosa, monosperma, cortice cartUagineo (in sicca cruataceo), carne mucilaginoso- fibrosa, putamixe ossco crasso Icnticulari 

 subscrobiculato , lateribus triporoso. Albumen aeqnabile, durum, oleosum. Embryo intra poriim latcralem. 



Palmae procerae. Cacdex cocoideus , acitleatus , medio saepe tumidus, iigiio peripheric*) fnsco-nigricantc. FnoxnES 

 pinnutae, omnes terminate*, pctiolo aculealo. SpATHA inter froltdes persisteutes, aculeata. &PADIX simpHciter mulliramo- 

 stis. Flores mascuti Jlaridi. Drcpa oliraceo-fuscae nitidulae, ossic/do spadiceo perdr/ro. 



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1. ACROCOMIA MEXICANA. Tab. us. 



A. caudlce brcriiisculo percrasso, longissime aeuleato, inferne toroso-annulato, superne sijuamoso; petiolo rhachique 

 acukatis, pinnis coucinnis (glubrist); spaf/ta aculeatissima ; drupa globoSa, diame/ro pol/icari. 



ACROCOMIA MEXICANA, Karwinski in lilt, cum icone, <pii descriptionem addidit secjnenlcm: 



Caudex quam reliquarum Acrocomiarum brcvior, U) ad 15 pedes alius, sesquipedem el quod excedit crassus, 

 cincreo-fuscus, Inferne a lapsu frondium irregulariler annulatus et torosus, in superiore parte frondium basibus persistcn- 

 tibus sqiiamatus et incrassalus, aculeis pollices 1 — 3 longis compressis nigris flexibilibos valde horridus. Frondes omnes 



terminates^ In comam speeiosam ondiqoaque patentes, 8—10 pedes lougae, circumscrlptione linear! -oblonga, vagina 



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