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ramosissimi, si'.vrms vagis, bail ci art ramificationcs primaries instruct!, palontot, multiflori. Poduncnlus pedali longimdino simplex 



antice in ram 03 alicrnos, creclo-patentcs dirisus, ima basi comprcsso-anccps ct villo fern.ginco crispo obsitus, sursum tcrctiusculus, polli- 



cem crassus, ibi.p.c munitus 8PATHA infima, pedali a,.i sosquipcdali, apicc scmibifida, ancipi.i, ad utrumquc margincm grisco-fusco-tomcntosa, 



cxtus convexa, ap.cc tandem ulroq.ic in latere fissa. Hanc spaiham sequunlur nonnullae ahcrnalim positae, peduncido aliius adnata*, primac 



cons.m.lcs, latins tame.. ol.Iiq.ie apcriac, ore pariier bifida*. Omnea sunt corfaceae tcxturac, icstacco-helvoli coloris ct tandem fusccsccntis. 



E lerhac quar.ncvc sin., primus egrcrtitur ramus florigcr, cadcmquc lege rami primarii superiorea spatbis sunt obvoluti, co solum discri- 



m.nc, quod l,ac brevmres fiant angustiorcsquc. Kami sccunrtarii spalbis propriis non rtislinc.i. Rhacbis tcrctiuscula, sursum ai.enuala. 



Ad d.v.siones squama cx.gua, membranacca, crislacformis apparct, intcrrtum deficiens. Kami ct ramuli omnium orrtimun tcreliusculi 



gabn, pnll.de v.ndes. Hamuli uliin.i scmipolliccm art scsquipolliccm longi FL0BE3 fcrunt parros, sesquilincam art si.mn.nm lougos, 



glabros, so.iar.os vol geminos in nodulo posiios, pbyllotaxi %. Bractca para, suhnlato-triangularis, membra-acca, art basin floris. 



™ ,r " l,l " s ' lac,nm »vato-triangidaribns vix aculiusculis, i.ervo medio laliusculo, virirtulns. Pktala calvcc triple- majora, ovato-orhicu- 



ar.a, crccto-patcni.a, albido - vircnUa. Stamina longitndine corollac, quae pcialis opposiia vix ac ne vix quidem longiora. Asthekae 



linear.- oblongac, acutac, supra medium aflixac, omni longitudi.ic apcriundae. POU.BH in ciimulo album, cllipticum. Ovaiua tria , qvuljs 



ercct.s, ovata, extus villo scricco dctcrgibili, intua bifacialia. Sunt vcro bon.m alia foecunda, alia cassa; ilia crassiora sunt atquc in STYLOS 



pcrbrcves exlrorsum curvatos, stiomatk subcapital terminate, abeunt; bacc graciliora, in stvlos longiorcs, sligma.ihus orbatos attcnuantur 



atone una com ataminibna ct perianthio decidunt. In iis ante. Ooribus, qui in ftnetos tandem abeunt, post arosstficstionem mulattos 



aohtae locum habent: incraasatnr calyx ct granrtior Gt, n| tandem cnpulam formet ul.ra lincam allam, qua fructus continetiir. Sunt autcm 



I ores, qui p.st.llis cassis mstruuntur, multo numerosiorcs ct post anibesin .lcn..cntes fcrtilibus locum ccdunt, quo hi excrescant ct spadic. 



demum onercnt ... long.tudinem 4 ct quod execdit pedum cxpansos, nutantcs, raccnum supradecompositum consti.ucntcs. Hamuli ullimi huj. 



racenn c.rc.ter d.g.mm long., tcreliusculi, nonnil.il flexnosi , pro fruclibus in pediccllos pcrbrcves tument. Baccae intra nerieouium eranrti 



[ ices 

 liujus 

 petticcllos pcrbrcves tument. Baccae intra perigonium granrtc- 

 factum, rtuorum p,s..llonun abort.., solitariae, clliptieae, ol-varum forma, sert duplo minorcs, bine sulculo tcnui longilnrtinali cxaraiae, u.riu- 

 que oblusae, styli rurtimento brevi uinbilicatac. Epirtermis llavcsccns, squamulis parvulis siccis adspcrsa. Sarcocarpium coriaccum, 



TO scm.i.ncam crassnm, mtrorsum mollius et quasi grumosum, si.perficic interiorc lacvissima pulchrc reticulata, execpta ima basi, qua semen 

 adbacret. Semen crcctum, subdimidiato- 

 sionis sursum prortucta 



im, suudimidiato-ovatuni, alicro scilicet latere planius, ibiq.ic per medium rbapbe umbilicali hide a puncto adhae- 

 insculptum, altcro gibboso-convexum, magniiurtine scminis Coffeac arabfeac. Testa grisco- Tusca, tcnuissima , albu- 

 min, supcrfic.c mterna glutinoso- mucosa (ilum junior fructus iaxius) artbaerens. In ventrali latere, quort rbapbe exsculpium est, v 

 centn.ni substantia mollior testae iia introrsum prortucta est, ut scclio transversalis figuram corrtaiam aut Terri equini, tamqnam 

 horns pr.ncp.um, cxlubeat. Aldlmen semini conformc, cartih.ginco-corneum , in facie rtorsali paullo infra medium lectulo InscoJptU 



crsus 



rnmfna- 



Unco, profundo, ob.uso, ax.n scm.n.s Icre attingentc atquc lamina tencra , ex albuminis substantia facta, tccto, cui kubbvo incumbit albus, 

 trochlear.- comc.is, cxlrcm.tate rostcllari planiuscla, parum lati 



Crescit ill 



iS'omcn iieirarrciiae: T 



lore cxtrcmitatc cotylcdonca, quae centripcta ct obtusa. 

 contain Nepaltae magna, aUitudi'ne pedum 5000 supra occnuum. Floret Maio, fructus maturat Auguslo. 



or if ■■ 



Wallich. 



5. 



(ILDUmOPS MOCJXW: poli/gauio-dioeca; caudice elato; petiolis inermibus, lamlms pahnato-mulltpartKis, 

 subtus paUMoribu* ; tpadids ramosi spatlus subteruis; Jlorum androgyuorum sterilium calyclbus corollas obtusas sub- 

 aequantibus, fetalis Margate imbricatis , Jilamentts in tubum connatis. 



CUAMAEROPS BIOCINNl, Kunth. in Ilumb. Bonp. Kuntb. Nov. Gen. I. p. 300. Kuntb. Syn. I. p. 303. Rom. Scbi.lt. Syst. Vcg. 

 MI. 2. p. USD. No. 2. — Sprcngel Syst. Vcg. II. p. 137. cam perpcram ad CAamacropem Palmetto ducit. 



Cacdex fere S orgyas alius. Spatiur obovatae, cuncavac, uti virtclur in supcriore spadicis parte, art ejus ramificat Jones. Ramuli 

 dense florigcri, scsquipolliccm longi, tcreliusculi, paullo floxuosi. Bractca minima, subulata, membranacca florem fulclt ANDROGYXUM 

 sesqu.I.ncam long...... CALTX profunrto tripanitus, Inciniis lincari- oblongis, brcvitcr acutatis, longitudinalitcr nenosis. Corolli calvcc 



paullo longmr. I'eiai.a obovalo- oblonga, dorso camosula et longitudinaliter nervosa, marginc cxtcnuato membranaceo sibi imbri( ' 

 Stamina long.tud.uc corollac. Fii.amenta connata in tubulum basi carnosa cum corolla cohacrcntcm, apice truncatum atqi.e in dentihns 

 ins antiiebas fcrciilcm basilixas corrtatas, brevitcr ovato- oblongas, longitudinalitcr biril 



incata. 



ipicc truncatum atqne in dentihus sex 



imosas. I'istilla tria, lineam alia, disiincla, 

 aut basi lev.icr cobaercnt.a , ,n us , qnos examinavi, floribus verosimili.cr stcrilia. Ovabilm minimum globosum, dorso gibbosum. Stvlls 



ovano inplo long.or, u.tus longiludinaliler sulcatus. Stigma nonnil.il incrassatum. (Vidi ramnh.m floras androgyne* ftrentem, a d. KUNTHIO 



sty lorn m 



(as ad genc- 



parnm 



Crescit in imperio meccano propter Acapulco, secundum littora maris paci/ici; de/ecta ibidem a riris clarissimis 

 de Humboldt et lionp/.a/id. April,' Jlorvt. 



.»»u. iW in Vg r l imm, iongiiummu.i.T silicates. SHOMA noiinihil incrassatum. (Vidi ramnh.m (lores androgvnos ftrentem, a cl. K 

 commun.caium.) - Hacc species forsan a Chamaeropis chnraciere, qualcm nos constituimus, differ! acsiivaiionc corollac imbricata, 

 Iong.tud.ne atquc sexus per diversos florcs distribuUonc, ct Trithrtoact nos.ro pntius approximator; attamen, quum comph.rcs notas 

 ncum cl.aractcrem fac.entcs ignoremus earn malnimus Inter Chumacropes militarc , ne inccrta cum parum ccrlis misccamus. 



0. CUAMAEROPS BJHOO Siebold: caudice —; frondium Jibritlitio reticulata, petiolis triangulares 



superne cancans, margine armatis aculeis rectis et recurris , ex parte robustis; laminae pal mat o -multi jidac laciniis linea- 

 ribus acuminafis brcrifer aculvque bijidis, renis inter nerros transrersis conspicuis; spadice — , baccis — . 



Frondes, quas coram liabeo, bipcdalcs. Pctiolus ima basi carinato- triangularis, marginc aculeis fuscis compressis, 1—4 lincas 

 long.s armaius. L.gula transverse oblonga, obtusa. Rhacbis intra laminas in 2 pollicum longitu.linem promissa. Lamina circumscripiionc 

 transverse oblonga, ultra dimirtinn. rtivisa in lacinias 2S-30, pedem et quod execrtit longas, semnnciam laias acuminains , quae apice 

 U lac.nulas poll.ccm longas acuias rtivid.mtur. Laciniac nonnullae subimlc inter se sunt coaliiac. Substanlia, qua... in reliquis C/mmaerop.s 

 specicbus minus crassa et tcnuior. Forsan potius Liristonac gencri artjudicandii. 



Crescit in Japonia: Ph. F. de Siebold, qui frondis benerole communicarit. 



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