394 



3. DIPLOTIIKMWM TORAUJti caudice elafo, cicatricibus approximates spiralibus uotato; frondibus phale- 

 rato-ereclis pi rut is lanceolato-tinearihus utrinque attenuatis subaequaliter di&positis, subtus tiridibus ; floribus ?naseutis 

 decapentandris; drupis globosis f rertice acute conico 9 putamine tricarinata. 



Palmier dc Toralty, d'Orb. Mss, No. 51. c. ic. DIPL0TI1EMIVM TQRALUI, Mart. PalmcL Orbign. p. 105, c, destr. U 15- f. 3. 



Caiokx G0 — 75 pc<l. alius, in bascos pcriphcria 4 pod. ct quod cxccdit mcticns. Frondes 25 — 40, longitudinc 15 — IS pedum. 

 Pinnae soMiii- ad bipcdaLta, pollicem latao. Spa DICKS numcrosi r.'. ■ -- L5 simul cvoltith Fi.Ohks MASC. pallidc flavidi. Oh. wis foliola 

 quain linea paullo longiom, ovata, acuta, carinata, ima basi cobacrcntia. Petam lalo- cl siihorbiciilnri-ovafa, acuta, dorso levitcr striata, 

 aestivations ralvata. StamiSA 15, e fundo corollac, fjlamkntjs brcvissimis, anthkius ■■■■- pii — bilincaribus, lincarihus, basi affixis ct 

 subsagiuatis, aculiV Ovarii rudimkNTUM conirum , STiGMATlBl/s tribus patentibiis coronatum. FlORRS IUKM. skpala ct PETALA lato- 

 nvata, convuhita* Annulus membranaceous pctalorum basi adnatus. Ovarium orato-conicuin, Jusco-tomcntosuuh Stylus brevtebnu. 

 Drupa ovato-glohosa, vcrtice conico-acuto, scsqnipojlicem aha, epidermido viridi, flave&ccnli-inaridata, laevigata, glabra, carnc crassa, 

 fibrosa. PUTAHEM subglohosiini , sulcatum ct puculatum, basi ct vcrtice nonnihil production > basi (riporum, cristis inter poros exenrrcntibus 

 ct infra apicem in tlcnticulum tcrnrinatis. 



Crescit haec pulchra species in Boliriae parte eletata et sicca, ab urbe Chuquisacac inde versus Oricntem^ in ral- 

 libus aridis secundum Jturium^ qui Hio Grande dicitur. Fauces profundus arboribus contectas habitat aft Undine usque ad 

 28-1-1 metrorum. Cerebrum pahnae noretlae edule, parifer ac nucleus drnpae f et foro rendi/ur, fiomen ternaculum ct. 

 auctor non prodidit y speci/icum indidit in honoreta ch r. Torally, medici apud Chuquisacenses merit iasimu 





XI. JUIIAEA. 



MART. Falmet. Orbign. p. 106. HUMB. BOXPL. KUXTH. Nov. Gen. I. p. 30S. I. 96. LINN. Gen. edit. SPREVG. p. 44,9. No. 2219. 

 E\DL. Gen. No. 1776. KLXT1I. Eiuini. III. p. 293. Coci spec. Molina. — Mousaka BERTERO in Mercurio chil. ct indc in Silliman 



amcr. Jourii. XX. (IS31) p. 251. 



MONOECA in code ni simdice siuiplicitcr ramoso , spatha duplici, interiore complcla, obvoluto. I'lorks bract eat i. 

 MASC. in superiorc parte rainoruiii, brcviter pcduncnlati. Calyx tripartita* CoBOttA tripetala. Stamina numerosn, 

 27 — 30. Filamenta subulafa, e fundo floris carnoso. Anthkrae liucarcs, supra basin aflixac, rcctae. Hudimkntum 

 pistilli in centro floris non iibscrvatum (minimum, oblongum, sligmatibus tribus siibulatis: KUNTII. in iconc.) FOKM. 

 Calvx lrij>li\IIus, foliolis lato-ovalis vol orbicularibus et coholla similis, imbricato- convululi. Anuroi-cei aborlivi axnu- 

 lu$ parvus, niembranaccus, pisiilli basin cireiiindaiis. Pistillim ovaiuin, triloculare, loculis duobus aboriivis. Sticma 

 trigonum, sessile. Drupa ovaia, iiionosperma, cortke tibroso, putamine ossco, versus basiu triporo (vertice triporo: 

 KUNTII.), inter poros Ieviter trisulro. Albumen acquabile, carlilagineuni, olcosuin, raviiin. ICmbrvo intra poruni basi- 

 laris (nee verticalis, uti KUNTHIUS habel). 



Caudex cocoideus, exechus, crasmis, cj/lindricuit, jic/iolorum batibttt persis(eiitit/u.s squamatus. Fro.vdes pimiaiae, 

 untliquaque eergcnles, pelfoh fncrmi. SpADICBS inter J'rondi-s erumpetifcs. D&BPA t flatescens. 





I. JVBAEA SPECTJHILfS. Tai, iei. Fig. 3. 



JUBAE.l SPECTABZ2J8, Homb. Bonpl. et Kuntli. Nov. Gen. et Spec, plant, edit. min. I. p. 30S. t. 96. (flos et fractal). Kunili. 

 Enuin. III. p. 293. Marl. Palmet Orbign. p. 107. c. descr. 



Species palmae, quae Coouilto dieter in Chile, fructu suav/orc, C. Banb. Pin. p. 510. No. 13.; Jonst. Dendrol. edit. 176S. Vol. I. 

 p. 156. II. 3. 



COCOS CHt LENSES, incrmis, frond/But pinnalu, foliolis complicatis ensiformibus , spatticibus quatemis, Molina Saggio del Chile 

 p. 180., edit germ. p. 155. Willd. Spec, plant. IV. p. 401. No. 2. PAppig, Reisc in Chile I. p. 350. 



MOLENAEA JEECEIOCOCCOS, Bcrtero in Mercurio cliilcno, indc tramlat. in Silliman americ. Jour. XX. (1831) p. 251. et indc in 

 Unnaea, Literaturbericht, 1832, p, 36. 



CaddBX cocoideus, robuslus, cylindricus, in altittidincui 30 vel -10 pedum emicans, crassus (ultra 2 — 4 pedes 

 tandem diametro aeijuai), scaber, in superiorc pane squamatus pcliolorum basibus diutius pcrsistentibus. Frondes omiies 

 tenninales, 8 — 10 ped. longa©, pcriplicricae arcuato-patulae, centrales erectae, in cotnam speciosam subcrispulam conspi- 

 rantes, pinnis quidem rigidulis, attameu quam in E'hoenice dactylifvra magis palentibus. Pctiolus incrmis. Uhachis 

 subtus convexa, supcrue in aulica pane acute bifacialis. Pinnae oblique adnatac et reduplicatae, subregularitcr dispo- 

 siiae, scsqiiipcdales et longiores, lineares, G — 9 lin. latae, acuminatac, crassiusculac, rigidac, ncrvo medio crasso in 

 posiica piiiuariim parte subquadrato, in antica bifaciali, ncrvis secundariis ct tcrtiariis sibi subaequalibiis ct quam 

 niaxime approximaiis. Tomentiim gnsco-fuscum, pulverulcntum, dctcrgibile in petiolo rliacliiquc. Spadicks plcriimquc 

 plures eodem tempore inter imas frondes proveniunt (MOLINA teste quaterni), nulantes, dcin penduli, inehisi spatha 

 completa fuslformj Ugnescente 1 — 5 pedes longa, quae sub anthesi in parte venlrali apcritur et malurautibiis fruciibus in 

 duas cymbulas medio pedem latas debiscit. Kami spadicis vcrosimiliter simpliccs. Dc situ florum nil constat. Flores 



