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I. ATTALEA HUMILIS. Tab. ics. Kg. 1. 



A. cam/ice hreri aut nul/o; frondibus ereclo-pateitlibus , pinnis concinnis; spadicis mascidi dense fusco-tcpidoto- 

 J/occosi Jloribus arete alternatim disticbis hexandris, slaminibus quam petala linearia acuminata duplo brecioribus ; 

 drupa oborala subpenlagona, vert ice conico rostra la (mognit inline fere ori gallinacei) , ad quart am partem usque indu- 

 riala, putamine 1 — %-loculari solido, poris a basi — 7 tin. remotis perluso. Mart. Pal/net. Orbign. p. 121. 



ATTALEA HL.V1LIS, Mart, in Sprcng. Syst Veg. II. p. 024. Kuntli. Enum. 111. p. 27S. No. 7. 



Coros tie P/'m/ora, Pr, v. Neuwiod Reise 1. p. 2M. edit maj. I. p. 271. edit min. 



Pimlava (COCOS BUTYROSA L.) Man. Arruda da Camara Discuno sobre a utitidade de Janlins. Rio 1SI0. p. 30. 



Afiaja-merim, Gabr. Soares do Sonza Xoiicia do Brasil. c. 55. in Nbtic ultraraarin, Lish. III. 1S25. p. 107. 



Banc speciem in Brasilia iter iaciens saepias villi, sed cum Attatea compta confusam neglexi; quum vero, jam 

 edlta nostra de speciebns Altateae descriptione, ill. Princ. MAXIM. VIDENSIS liujus spadiccm mascolom el pinnas mihi 

 commtmicassct, prope Caravcllas Iccia, do dignitate specifica hand dulritans, in litteris ad b. SPRENGELIUM earn distinxi. 

 Jam semrantnr, quae babeo ad ejus descriptionem fecientia. Palma acanlis ant caudicgm brevem crassum formans. Frondes 

 8 — 10 pedes longae, crcctn-paicni.es, conclnnae, i. e. pi an is snbregulariter dispositis et in unnm planum direct is, linea- 

 ribns aciiminalis, laevigatis, supra laete viridibus, subtns pallidioribus. SpaDices verosimiliier lege polygamiac diocciae 

 proreniant, in alia stirpc solommodo masruli, in alia androgyni vel androgen! et mascnli. Spadix MASC, quern vidi, 

 bipedalis. Pedunculus sesquipedalis, sinmlicissiuius, compresso-subanceps, A — 5 lin. crassus, tomento griseo-fusco 

 e sqnamulis (sub lente) uYpressis siiuplicibus Iincaribus ant multifariam Gssis Iiinc inde scptalis, ad basin coloratis versus 

 apicem diaplianis, constanic, postice parciore amice spisso et passim pulvinato adspersus. lUiacbis semipedalis scrobi- 

 culaia ct angniata, densiua quam pednnculus tomentosa. Squamae coriaceae, triangulares, acatae, Iongitudinaliter striatae 

 in basi rhaclieos eique apprcssae, nonnullae vacuac, aliac c sinu suo ramus llorifcros cmitlentes, sursttm magnitudine de- 

 crescentes atqne in antica rhacheos parte omnino e\anidae. Rami numcrosi, dense erccto-patcntes et fasciculum tlorum 

 ovatum constiluentes, basi llexuosi, antice strietiusculi, jam ab ipsa basi florigeri, biuc leviier convexi et fiorlbus desti- 

 luli, inde subbifaciales , faciebus pro binis llorum seriebus leviter impressis. Bractcac Iftto-ovato-lriangularcs, patentes, 

 per Iatus rainorum bifaciale alternatim dislichae, in Ia(ere iuicriorc bractcolam ovato-lanceolatani sub ipso Jlorc posiiam 

 ampleclentes. Tomcntum mi in pcditnculo, praesertim in facie ramorum convexa. Flohes MASC. 7 — 8 lin. Jongi, 

 ochroleuci. Calyx diametro iineae, foliolis ovato-acuminatis carinatis. Petala linearia, lineam lata, longe acuminata, 

 coriacea, Iongitndinaliter nervosa, margine extenaata et nonnibil denticolata. Stamina sex, petalis duplo brcviora. Fila- 

 ment* iina basi super iliorum conflnentia, perhrevia. Anthbbae basilixae, lincares, breviter sagittatae, Ioculis connectivo 

 parallclis, acutis apicc inacqualibiis. Pollen ellipticum. PiSTiLLl iu-dimentlm in meo speciminc nou inveni. Spadvx ANDRO- 

 GYNUS ignolus. Drupa 21 — 30 lin. alia, medio 15 — 18 lin. crassa, obovata aut obovato-elliptica, aut irrcgularitcr ct 

 Obsolete pentagona, vcrlicc conico rostrata, perigonio pcrsisicnle ad qiiariam partem usque induviaia. Epidermis tomento 

 lepidolo lusco arctc adbacrenle adspersa. Cortex lineam erassus, librosus. Putamen oboiatum, snbangulatom, eras sum, 

 fusfo-liclvoliim, osseum, minus solidum tamen ae in Attatea fun ij era , sed, pariter ae in A. compta t fosciculis libraruni 



pcrcursiim, qui serins induresennt, tri- bi- nni-locnlare, Iongitndinaliter sulcatum per Empressiones libraruni corticia in(i- 

 marnm, in porornm vieiniam usque decurrcntium, venice, dum omnis cortex deradatur, circa umbonem brevem irregulari- 

 ter impressum, basi obtnsiusculum, poris a basi "» — 8 lincarum distantia remotis pcrtusum. Nuclei linear! -oblongi, aut 

 oblonui, testa castanea, vasis crebris dilulioribus picii, bine (in facie peripberica) rhaphe lata, fascieulis vasorum 7 — 

 subparallelis constante percursi. Albumen cartilaginenm, lactenm, oleosnm, solidum aul medio cavuin. Ivmiulvo intra 

 pornm basilaris. Imh\mi-. IVnctus 8-9 lin. abac oll'eiunt sepala ovata obtusa, petala bis l / 5 altiora et latiora, ulraque 

 coriacea belvola ct Iongitndinaliter nervosa margiiicquc plus minus sinuata. 



Crescit in sylr/'s aboriginibus Ilrasiliae ort'entalis: in pror. SebasHanopotitana , Spirilus SatlCli, Partus Securi, 

 Mimxruniy IMhiensi et Pernamt/ucana. Incotae earn Catole, Pindova ret Pal meirim nuncupure solent et cum stirpe 

 acauii Affaleae comptae forsan pro una eademtjue specie habent , id quod mihi sane accidr't , iitramque dum in Brasilia 

 commurarer ita coufundenti , ut ri.v enuneiare ausim, anne Jiii'ura Affaleae cujnsdiim acanlis tab. 75. e.i/iibifa ad illa/n 

 A. compfam, cujus nomine e.rslaf , pvrtineat, anne ad hum it em, de qua agimus. E nuclei's oleum pingue ccpr/'mi potest. 

 Gemma edutis. Vrondes ad tegendtk luguria peridoneae. 



ICOX. EXPL. Tub. 163. Kip. 1. Attnloac humilis spadix masciiliis floridus, mago. nal. — 1. 2. Hamuli florifcri para, decerptia Horihus, ab ulroijuo laicrc, 

 ul braclcac cl brarteolac puaiiio inonstrctur, magn. niicla. It. \. Flos uiasculus, magn. duplo aucla. 5. Calvx. 0. 1'cialum. 7. Stamina qualuor in Ihoro, cum rudimento 

 pislilli. 6. 0. Stamina duo. 10. Pollen. Omnia varia imignil. nucla. — II. Diagramma flnris*. — 12. Drupa, in perigonio. 13. Drupa, demta cpidermide, ul Gbraruni cor- 

 ticis decursm apparcai. II. I'ulnminis basis. 13. Pataminis sccliu horiaoiitalis. 10. Putaminis uniloculnris sectiu verlicalis. It. Semen, in cujus basi areola cnibrvonifcra 

 conspicitur. IS. Semen ab allero latere. Omnia magn. nat. 



2. ATTALEA COMPTA: caudice mvdiocri aut subprocero crasso y pelio/orum busitnis capilato; frond/bus erecto- 

 patentibuBf petiolorum ba&ibm crassis nudis, spadicis glabri (ret parum fusco-lepidofo-/loccosiij Jioribus musculis fti.r/us- 

 cu/e aliernalim sttlnlisl iritis decandris ret dodeca nd ris, staminibus quam petala lineari -oblonga acuminata trienle bre- 

 rioribus; drupa oborata, rertice conico-rastrala (magnitudine oei anserini), ad dimidium usque induriala, putamine 3 — 1 — 5- 

 loculari solido, port's a bast 9 — 12 ////. remotis perluso. Mart. Palmel. Orbign. p. 120. 



ATTALEA COMPTA supra p. 137. I. 41. !)7. c. synonym., OXClusa a var. p. Phttlotm 1'iinc. N*cn\V. 1. r. el palma Catole eel Put- 



meirim, mine ad praccenVntrm rolata. 

 Pvriiut, (iahr. Soares "le Sou/a Antic. Ho Brasil. c. 53. in \olic. iilirainaiin. III. \>. 107. Imr pcrtinero vitletnr. 



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