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Tab, 124. Chamacrops Immilis horlcnsis. Fig. II. exhibct spadicera androgjnom floridum, cum npnllia sua intima. HI. Spntlm sccundn, longilu- 

 dinttlitcr nperta, tertian inomlnini, parinr npcrtam, intra quitm nurtl dimidinta, hracleaeforini*. Kami duo florlgefl dccurlaii, n spaihit tcrlia ct quart n remoli. 

 IV. Par* ipadicis androgen! post gros*ificntinncm, V. SpadU fruclifcr, inlra sjuiihnrn. Omnia ma^ii. mil. — II. I — 7. Flos inaftculu* : I. (etftpftllu , a dor*o. 

 2. Kjasdem calvx* 3. 4. Calvx auctui, 5* Flos penlapouilu*, pctalo unico cum anihcra cormalo ei flkfttQ. fi. Flos Icirapclalu*, hoplandru* a facie. 7. Flos tetra- 

 flepalas, MnMlalu, pcntandnis a dorao. S. Flo* androgvmift rtgularis, nuclu*. D. Flos nmttultis discpaluft, (etrnpelnla*, a d»r*o, a. 10. 11. Anilroccitiiu florif 

 funiculi a dorso, m. n. ot a. 12. 13. Idem a facie. 14. Flos inasculas heptaiidrus u latere. 15. Idem dettiptr yhu«, nniherarum di versa stadia nioDsirans. — 



J6 23. Flos androgvnu*. 16. Flo* androgvau* cum piilillt* solitario. 17. Alius cum duobus pictillis. IS. Alius cum tribus pislillis. 0. a. 19. Flos aadrogynus 



pcniandms post gross i'ficati one in , anlhcrts eruarcidii. 20. Idem in. o. 21. 22. PUiilloniiu variaa evoluliones , m. n. 23. Pollen sterile, sienni fuViformt, affusa 

 aqua Rlobosum, m. a. M. Frucius bortensis in pftfigonlo* 25. Ideal absque perigonio. 20. Fractal, cujus euro sociiono vertical! upercn. 27. Nucleus fruclus 

 agrostis. 2$. 29. Alii tales nuclei vcrlicaliter aperli, ui. n. 30. Kmbrvo , m. a. 



Tab. X. Fig. IV. 1 —5. Gcraiinntio et evolutio scminis Chamacropis bumilis bortensis, quae uric fuccundata fuil f m. n. 



2. CHAMAER0P8 IIVSTHIX. Tab. las. Fig. 4. 



Ch* potygamo-dioeca; caudice abbreriato sobofijero; frondium JihriUitio c Jibris Ivnuibus crispis alite/jue robttstis 

 terctibtts spinescentibus contexlOy pctiolis mavghie tlvnliculato-scabris , triangularibus y laminae palmato-multipavlilae iacinits 

 ensiformibtts , jnnioribns nontutltis conjunc(is y a pice iuaequalifer obtusetjuc hi - fjttadridenfafis; spadice abbreriatoy spathis 

 basilaribits subquaternis ; baccis orijormibus ftirsutts, 



CHAMAEROPS UYSTIilX, Prater, Push H. Amen Sept I. p. 240. Sprang. Syst. Veg. II. p. 137. Xo. 3. 



SABAL JIYSTItIX 9 Nuttall Genera I. p. 230. ct in Sillimau amcric. Journ. V. p. 203. No. 2. ROm. Scliult Syst. Ycg. VII. 2« 

 p. 1487. No. 4. — Porro 



CORYPIIA REPEXS, Creeping Patmctfo> Barlram Trav. p. 61. Shccut Flor. carol inacensis I. p. 454. et 



IUIAPJS ARVNDlNACEAy Ait. llorl. Kcw. edit. 2. V. p. 474. Wilhl. Spec plant. IV. p. 1093. Smith in Rccs Cyclop. No. 3. 



Sprcng. Syst. Veg. It p. 137. No. 2. Rum. Scliult. Syst. Vi-g. VII. 2. p. 1491. No. 2., 

 CUAMAEROPS ARVXDIXACEA, Smith in Rccs Cyclop. No. 3. rcrosimilitcr hue pertinent 



Lent 



Caudex abbreviates, in slirpc agrcsti vi\ nonnullos pedes alius, passim (urioncs subtcrrancos promens, diametro 

 spilbainaco, dum bases frondium cornputavcris, dense obsessus frondiiun basibus, quae in opus singulare ftbrosum et spi- 

 nosum dissolvnntttr. Constat scilicet hoe ftbrillilium fibris aliis criniformibus crispts clasticis spadiceis laxe intencxtis aliis- 

 quc pauciaribus inter illas Iransversis ct BUrrcclis tcrelibus subulatis — 15 polliccs longis, robnslis, pungenlibtis, luscis, 

 nilidisj laevigatis ant passim crinitis, spinas Ilystricis rcfcrcnlibus* Fkondes lougitiidinc bipedali et ultra. Petiolus 

 2 — 3 spidiamas longus, soblriangoIariSj snperne levtler convexus, in marginc acuto denriculis parvnlis fuscis cxaspera- 

 tns, apice terniiiialus ligula brcvi semiorbiciilarij medio acuta, in novella frondc panno floccoso grisco marginata, tandem 

 glabrescentc. Lamina longitDdfne 3 — 1 spithamariini, circnmscriplione iransverse oblonga (tandem in slirpc vctnsta 

 forsan orbiculari), profundc divisa in lacinias 10 — 20, quae, diun simplices, ensiformes sunt, saepe vero inlimac et 

 cxtimac quasi e nonnullis cohaereulibus constant, idco latiorcs et phirinei viae. Latitudo inter 1 — 4 pollicum variat* 

 Nervi prima rii crassi siibtns valde promiurules; commissi! rales longiiudinc inaequales, supra acute prominuli, 

 minus robusli , callo tenniuati. S c c u n d a r i i laciniamm latiorum nuns altcrvc adsunt angustiores , supra prominuli ; 

 tertiarii distantia circitcr liucac decurrentcs. Apex in dentcs obtusos sectus blnos, qiios inter nervi priinarii et lerliarii 

 decurrunt; si vcro lacinia e pluribus coahierit apex quasi truncatus apparel, dentibus inaequalibus 3 vel 1 iustniclus. 

 Frondes junioris stirpis solumiuod u bitidae, dum paullo adolevcrit 3 - 1 - 5 .- fidae, laciniis latioribus, oblique truncalis ct 

 dentatis. Color saturate viridis, supcrne nitidus, nervorum primariorum subtus flavescenti-viridis. Indumenlum lepido- 

 tunij tenue, albidum in facie inferiore ct in peiiolis; iloccoso-pannosiim, album, tunc griscum, tandem evanidtim in nervis 

 faciei supcrioris. Simdix lateralis, inter reticulum frondium coquc maxima ex parte tcctus, quadripollicaris. Peduu- 

 culus ad summuni 2 pollices longus, anceps, albidus, spaibis dense vaginatus. SpATHAB 4^5, oblongo*lanceolatae, 

 compressor ancipites, (ubulosac, bifidae, laciniis ovato-triangularibus, hrcvitcr cuspidalis, anticc tomento floccoso deter* 

 gibili pannosove ciuerascente adspersis et ciliatis, membranaceae, longitudiualiicr nervosac, nervis in apice convenien- 

 tibus. Color spatharum iiifernc albidus, supernc lestacco-fuscescens, tandem omnino fuscus. Praeterca squamae nonnullae 

 subulatae aut lanceolatac albidae cum ruborc versus supcriurein pedunculi partem sparsae inveniunlur. In spadicr 

 ANDROGYNO rami teretiusculi , 12, 15, 20, pollicem ct quod execdit longi, recti, sursum directi, undique lloribus 

 dense obtecti. FLont:s tn series obscure spirales dispositi, quam Chamacropis Itumilis paullo minores, ad summum duas 

 linens longi. Bractea lanceolato-triangularis, vix dimidiam liueam longa, alba, basin convexaui versus rubens. Calvx 

 profundc tripartitus, laciniis ovatis aut lato-ovatis aculis concavis, basi incrassata gibbis, aibis aut apiccm versus ochro- 

 leucis ct basi dilate violascentibus roseisve, margine cxlcnuato membranaceis. Pijtala calycc duplo longiora, lato-ovata, 

 acuta, intcrdum obliqua, basi incrassata gibbosula, luicscentia, medio dilutiora, basi, praecipue intus, aurantiaca. Stamina 

 sex, sesquilineain longa, ocliroleuca. FfLAMBNTA fdiformia, saepius nonniliil flexuosa, quae petalis opponuntur illoruiu 

 basi coalita. Antiirrae lanceolatac, acuiae cum brcvi mucrone vcrrucaeformi, basifixae et sagittatac, lobulis oblusis* 

 Pollen brcviter ellipticum, cum rimula longitudinal!. P/STILLA in quovis florc tria, intcrdum (iu planta hortensi) 4, 5, 

 immo C, pallide ccracco-alba, tandem virentia. Ovaria ovata, Icviter compressa, ventral! latere sulco vertical! insculpta 

 et, dum juuiora, aperta. Ovulum ellipticum, ercctmiL Stigma arcuato-rcvoluttim iu Interiors latere sulcatum ibidctnque 

 cellulis cylindricis oblique erectis stigmatosum. Spadiccs masculos non vidi. Bacca, ex NUTTALLIO, inagniiudiuc bac- 

 carum ColVeae, epidermidc fuscesccnte liirsuta, came dolcl eduli. 



