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3. ATTALEA EXCELS A, supra p. 138. A r o. !■■• caudice altissimo; frondihus erecto-palcutibus; faribus foemi- 

 neis solil'ariis in rami's rhacheos; drupa obotato- out obhngOSubpeHtagona acute umbonata, sarcocarpfo toto Jibrosa; pu~ 

 famine obfongo angulato, sulcata, deorsum attenuato solido, inter poros pol/icrm a basi distan/es huge dentato, circa 

 eerlicem roslralum deuticulala. Mart. Palme/. Orbign. p. 118. 



Diii'M imliiviiila iicrigonio excrrscenio, tunc i5 lin. alto, Iniigitwliiir 4 |miII. el quod excedit iniMiiiir, crnssilic IS — 20 lin., 

 obovato- oblonga, deorsum inacqiialilcr penlagona, versus vcriimu uliliisiiiscula el nciuiiinc lircvi couico (atyli readuo) iinilumaia. Epi- 

 dermis nilro-rutca, ttuncnto siiMilissimo fcrniginco adspersa. Sarcocarpium rimier duas lin. cranum, totnm flbroram, Bbrifl omnibus 

 longiiiiilinalilins, cittcrioribus firmiorimis rigiriiurihns, intcriobiis plcrisque coinolaiiain et cum aliis subtilibus in opus stuppenm context!", 

 iiiiod pnlamini hand iia pcrtinariier adhacrct, ipiam in noninillis aliis sueciebus, scd f ructii maiiiro facile solvitur. Fitamks ad 40 lin. 

 longnm, in parte sirperiore IS lin. cranum, angiuto-oborato-oblongiim, deorsum inaoqnaliter pentagonum, per omncm wperfidem snlcia a 



lihrariim sarcorarpii iiilimnrunt dcciirsii leviler exhciilplmit, verlice medio acumen breve conicum evscrens , circa hoc deprcssmn el obiter 



den ta turn, versus basin conico-aWennatnm atqne pons tribua pcrfossara, pollicem a bad dislantibus, ibi efflguratum dentibiit 3 — 6 lin. 

 longis deorsum vergciuibus, Balds Inter denies el poros densa iibrarum congerie replctis, exius giisen-Inlescens, inlus lirlvolum, compaciimi 

 miidcm et solidum altamen vesligia liltrarum irregulariier aggregaianuu monslrans reliqnam endOCurpii siilistaiitiani percurieniium caqno 

 paJlidiomm, localoa ct nucleos conlinet Ires. Nrruti fere bipollirarea, compresso-lereles, TESTA obscure casianea, venis pliirilnis anaslo- 

 mosanlibus lestacei colon's variegaia, in facie peripberka planiuSCula rbaplie iimbilicali lata, venis picla sub.piinis parallelis. 



ICON. EXPL. Tab. !>6. Fig. IH. Spadicis pars lerminalis, fruclibus dentate III. 1. Drupa. 2. Pulamen. Omnia magn. nat. (aclab) figuris :t. 4. 5. 6., quae 

 Ad sequcntem pertinent). Porro Tab. 160. Fig. 111. I. Sectio verticalU per medium ptilamcn, qua demons Iramur ejus compares OSSM, filiria dilutioribus di«rclis (ad a) 

 inslrucia el loeulorum aller scminc repletus, alter seminc exciulo. 2. Alia seetio verliealis, Ires laculos exhtbens, el prope b cannlem nutritiiini, ad semen pcrlingenlcm. 

 3. Per medium putamen sectio horuontalis, ad demonslrandom compagis indolem. Omnia uiagniludino nalurali. 



4. ATTALEA SPECWSA, supra p. 138. A'o. 5.-- caudice altissimo: frondihus erecto - patent ihus; — drupa 

 oblonga conico-rosfrata, sarcocarpio in peripberia fibrosa inlus farinaceo-carnoso; putamine ohlnngo lereti laevigata 

 utrinaue aculato solido, supra poros scmipollicem a basi distantes dense et rigi'de Jibroso. Marl. Palmet. Orbign, p. 117. 



Coco ffaia, Man. Arnida da Camara Discurso sobre a niilidade de Janlins, p. 35. banc speciem indigilare videiiir, qiium tlicerct, in- 

 colas c faecula sarcoi-arjm juscula prncpararc. 



Knictiis verosimililer in ramtilo rbaclieos spadicis solitarius, perigonio induvialiis fere hijiollicari , cojns sepala laio-ovala oblusa, 

 anlicc in medio carinala et petala ovato-orbicularia, apice acute trlrienliriilala. 1st DRUPA 5 poll. alta. medio 2 lata, oblonga, tereliits- 

 cula ant versus basin leviler angulata, basi obtOSft, iiderne teres ant levissime angulata, sursuin couica ct in acumen conicum (slyli resi- 

 duum), basi lines borizontalitcr imprcssa circumscriptum desinens. Kpidcrmis fuaca, tomonto denso fcrniginco, praeseriim in parte supc- 

 riore fniclns, obducla. Sarcocarpium 5 lin. Crassum, in peripberia vix iinins liueac bitihidiuc dense librosum, inlus farinaceo-carnosuni, 

 Bbris paucis percursum, facile a putamine scccdcns. Fltamkn longitudiiie idiramiadripollicari, diametro in medio 15 lin., oblongum , ant, 

 8i mavis, crasso-fusifornic, verlice acutum, rufo-fuscum, in parte supcriore laevigalum, inferne iustructum libraium rigidamm fasiigiaiarum 

 congerie spissa, quae processum basilarem centralem pyramidatum el poros 5 lincas a basi dislanles omnino roojierit. Compages piitaiuinis 

 dura, dnnamomd coloris, passim perenna libris dilutloribns, in margine obsendoribus sparais, ncquc aggregatis, t HI ocularis. Nuclei ejus- 



dem tignrau atque coloris ac in Attaint cxcclsa t sed in rbaplie venis parallelis pluribus (noveiii) percursi. 



ICON, EXPL. Tab. OC. Fig. III. 3. Drupac pars superior. <1. Dmpae scclio liori/onlali*. 5. Nucleus. 6. Embryo. Omnia magn. nal. 



Tab. 169. Fig. IV. 1. Drnpac Attaleae spociosac dimidia pare superior, wreocarpio Ua aperlo, ul pulamiiiis superficies laevigata appnreal. 2. Putaminis 

 pars inferior, reseda parlc nbramm fa*tigialarum, quibns foramina nulriiin obteguntur. 3. Nucleus a latere interiore, bifociali Vitus, reseda parte albuminis, ul fvssa 

 cmbrvonis in con»tpcclum venial. 1. Nucleus, a lalcrc cxlcriorc, rhanhen umbilicalcm deeursu vasorum subnovenornm parallelorum insignem monstratis. Omn. magn. nal. 



5. ATTALEA P/IISCEPS: caudice procero, pelt'ohrum basibus coronato; pinnis aggregatis; spadicis ramutis 

 Jarinacea-paleaceis, post ice bine Jhirigvris inde nudis , anlicc uiidii/ne ,/larigeris, calt/cihus masculis minimis, staminibiis in- 

 clusis uuam petala jiisifarmi-clarata dupla breriorlhns; Jloribus foemineis 'A — 1 sccundis in ramo spadicis; drupa orato- 

 nb/anga (ori gallinacvt' magn'itiidine) , putamine crassitie carlicis, in media fasciculi's rasorum percurso, circa rerticem 

 imprt'ssum it paras 3 — 5 ////. a basi distantes dentato. Icon. Tali. Ili7. Eig. I. 



Palmier Motacu, ifOrb. Mss. No. 16. c. ic, ATTALEA PRISCEPS, Marl. Pahnet. Orbign. p. 113. c. descript t. 4. f. 2. (nomine 

 JIaxii/iiltatiac prirtripis) ct t. <J1. II. 



CaUDBS 30 — oO pedes alius, tyliadricufi vt a lapsu frondjlim Imgnlatiter tnrusns, verlirr petioliS peniHtentihus comnatns. 

 FaOSDKS 10 — ^13, 12 — 15 pedes hmgae. lMnnae prd<*s ilnns cum diinidio Inngac, 15 lin. hlar, 3 — !) in grt'fjilms $ul>altmm. SPATHAE 

 plures inter Trondcs, aliae spadiccs masciilos, aliac an<iropyno5 foventos, tripedftlcft, ftpertae olilongao. Simi>i\ MASC. douse et (hsliiriatu- 

 ramosot. Rami florigeri quinquepollicares, Ema liasi siihanci|jites, mim planiusculi. extus convexnli, autice subteretei ibique Bqnamnlis 

 cilhis larinosi. Fi.orks spiratirn, taxi % vcl %, poslire lalus laniuriim exterius solimimodo, amice ijnodvis latus occupanles. ICractea 

 et bracteola una alterave OVatO- triangulates- Cai.yx minimus. SEPAUS ovato-urliicularibus. 1'ktala fere 3 lin. alia, liueari-clavala, 

 carnosula. Stamina 6, petal is duplo breviora, anthkkis sagittalis. SPADIX AM)ll()i;V\l S ex axi rmlrali ramos emittii stibunilaterales 

 llores (nemineos 1—4 ferenles, inter (lores llcxiiosos, stditri^unus, inde aliius productOS pro Dtiribus paucis masculis. Floiiks FOKM. in 

 prominentia rami, bractea ct bracteolis circiimvnllati. Skpala el pmtala ovata, obtusitiscuhi, sibi iinluirata. DltCBOLUS subcylin- 

 dricus ail ovarii medium pertiugens. St v Lis brevis. Stigmata tria, tua^iia, revuluta. DRUPA 3 poll* longa, 16 — 17 lin. in medio lain, 

 perigonio 3 — 4 lin. alto induviala, ovato- oblonga. Kptdermis Tusco *aurautia, laevigata, glabra. Sarcocarpium corlice fibroso 

 \ ■ lin. crasso, pulpa saccbarino-iuiK^ilairinosa ednli 2 lin. crassa, PcTAMEfJ basi in centro conice pfoductimi, disiantia 3 — 5 lin. a basi 



triporum, rirca poros tteutiliiis aculis efliguratiim, verlice obtusum nH-dio impressmn. I'aries 3 I in* crassus. \lclki oblongi, soliili, oln»si. 

 Kmbrvo 3 lin. longus. 



Cretcit frequent et gregafia in BoJhfae prorinciis Nqxos ct Chiqui(ot > syharum humidavum incola: Ale. tf()r~ 

 &ti r /iy. Apud 8ant&~Grttcen$es MotaciS appellator* 









