250 



minus strictas, quam in specie pracccdcntc. Nervi sccuadarii numcrosi, uttamcn pauciorcs, quam in Thrinace 

 multijlora (11 — 20), distantia, quam in ilia latiorc, dccurrcntes* Color frondis saturalc viridis, ligulae dilute viridis. 

 ludumeulum in pagina laminae inferiorc pnrcimi, c lloccis alhis dccumhcnlibus conslans, tandctit cvanidum, pagina iufcriore 

 tunc viridi, ncc glance scenic. Sr.inix 2 : \ pedum longus. Khachis tccta 8PATHIS compluribus (1U numcravi), angusto- 

 lubulosis, oblique apcrtis, acutis, striatic, Jcpidotis, tandem denudatis, in margine lestnceo-villosis. Kami akcrni, spi- 

 (hamaci ct pedales, pcdunciitu iutus piano cxtus convexo, margine acuto, basi intra spatham primariam vestito 8PATBA 

 secundaria. Hamuli, uti rami, glubri, spars! vel suhopposili, angulati, 3 — U pollices longi, e squama lanccolata acumi- 

 nata, trinervia, inembranacca, siibdiapliaua. PedODCOlf spursi, erccto-patcntes, duas lincas longi, braclca ininutis- 

 siuia, subulata. Calyx rotatus, sexdeutatus. FlLAMENTA subulata. Antjikkak diuiidiam lincaut tongue, lineares. OVARIUM 

 globosuui. Stylus brevissiinus, STIGMA iiifundibuliforme, ncqualc aut subdimidjatiini el voiiicriformo. BacCa magnitiitlinc 

 plslj globosa, epidcrmidc (in sicca) tuberculosa, atroviridi (?)• NoctBOS deprcsso-globosus, testa nitidc castanca, 

 sulcis nonuullis a basi ad vcriiccm decurrcntibus levissfnie impressa. In basi ct vciiicc parva imprc£sio observalur. Intra 

 liacc puncia testae radius albumen album cartilagincum perioral fere rhombeiis, verlice ailemiaUis. EMBBZO conicus, 

 dorsalis, vcrtici propior. 



Crescit in insula Jamaica, praeserfim oriental/, colics saxosos pracdi/igens , ncc tamen a locis depressis maritimis 

 exulans; ibidem Tliatcli -Palm, Palnieto Hoyal aut Palmcto-Thatch rocatur y testibus Pair. Browneo, hongio 

 et SteartZto; ncc non in insula Haitina prorcuit , not ante Strartzio. 



ft'O.V EXPh. Tub. 103. I il ; i ail siniitram exhibel partem -; ulicts Tlirtoncis [larvi florae, cujutf spaihac ramos cxscrunl binos floribus onustos. 

 Alii (lores jam dellomlt. alii, iiijue ramulorum cxiiitioroia, sub ipsa aulhcsi depinguniar. Magnitude* natural**. 



3. TIIRISAX ARGEXTEA: caudice mediocri, frondium basibus oralis dense reticulatis ex tola arete raginafo; 

 laminae petio/o breriora, Jere ad basin mutOJidae, lacinlis linvaribus acuminatis, subfus sericeo-argenteis; nerris secundariis 

 numerosis approximate, ligula orala superne concarai spa this paurioribus (subquinis) , panicula brcriore; vmbryone rerticali, 

 testae radio albumen pvrcurrcnte semilunaris — Confcras Tab. 103. Fig. 3. et Tab. Ifl:j. 



Patma argentata, Jacq. Fragm. p. 3S. So, 123. t. 43, f- L (frons pahnac cultac.) 3Iarlcr, in Horn plivsik. Arbcitcn elntrflcbt 

 Frounde, II. p. 7G. 



TIIRLXAX ARCESTE.U Locldigcs, ROm. SclmlL Syst. Vcg. VII. 2. p. 1300. 



Caudkx 12 — 15 pedes alius dicit»r t crassilie bi-tripollicari, cj'Iindricus, stirsnm attenuauis; ligno albido, cxtus spisso dtiro, intus fiIiroso t 

 epidcrmidc fusca nitiria. Totus caudcx arete vaginatus est basibtis frondium persistcntibus, pliyllotaxi %3 disposilis, tulmlosis, c Hbris tcnacibus de- 

 cussamibus OOntWCtii, parte ventral! altius productis quam dorsali, ideoque pctiuli abrupti cxtrcmitatem infcrioroni omnino obtcgentibus. Vagina 

 liacc partem dorsalcm prodit scmipcdalcm, depressant vix carinatam, fcimitcr lignesccntcm, c cujus utroquc margine librae cxscninttir oblique ad- 

 scendentes, cum aliis c ventre vaginae surgentibus decussantes atquc telam sal tlciisam ct tcnacem constitucntcs cincreo-rusccsccntcm, in latere ven- 

 trali, uli jam diximoSj squamae ovatac specie altius promissam. Tomcntum griscum, lepidotum, in ima parte dorsali vaginae, ct aliud florcosiim in 

 smi mini margine, tandem cvancsccns. Pctiolus 4 spithamas longus, ad orttini pollicem latiis, ibique inferne convexus, supcrnc planus, margine acu- 

 ins, aniicc comprcsso-anceps, levis, glabcr, striatus, flcxilis, apicc promissiis in ligulam primo callum triangularcm flavidum sistcntcm, 

 postca ovatam, supcrne coticavam, viresccutem (in bortensi palma saepc obliicralam). Lamina profundc divisa in lacinias 3G — 40 ct ultra, 

 lineares, acuminatas, breviter bindas, 2 — 3 spitbamas longas, pollicem latas, margine incrassatas, et, dum juuinrcs, scabriusculas. Ncrvus 

 primai i ; iufcrnc prominens, secundarit numerosi, commissurales inter lacinias latcralcs ungncm longi, inter intimas 2 pollices. 

 Color lactc viridis, subtus albidus ant argcntcus a tomento, e lloccis albis decumbentibus constanti% quod in juniore ct culta planta rarius 

 est, quam in adulta, Spadix pcdalis. Fcdunculiis comprcssus, spatiiis 3 — 4, lanccolatis, oblique apertis, vaginatus. Spatiia cxtima semi- 

 pedalis, latere dorsali in margincs acutos producta, iuteriorcs brcviorcs, comprcsso-terctiusculae; omnes membranaceac, tcstaceo- flavesccn- 

 tes. Kami primarii 4 — pollices, Horigeri sesquipolliccm longi, pubenti- tomentosi. FlORES non vidi. NDCLBU8 depresso-globosus, 

 cxtus nitidc spadicco-titscus, vasis impressis a basi sursum decurrcntibus insculplus. Testa fusca, forma semilunar! per maw >;i.s producta. 

 Emrkvo cxliudricus, in vcrticc seminis. 



Crescit in insu/is anti/lanis f e. g. in Jamaica et in J/ai/i sire »S. Domingos, saepe rasto agmine campos occupans. 

 In Jamaica dicifur Sil vcr-Tliatch, in insula haitina Guano* In insults bahamensihusy ubi sil vcr-lcavcd Palmetto 

 dicitur, earn obserrarcrunt Miirter et Bo08* Corbes, t/uibus folia hcrbae Mcotianae in Huropam mittenda conduntur, e 

 httjus pat/nae frondibus norettis, ralde Jtexibitibus , Jabricanfur. 



WQy. /CX PL. Tab, 1G3. e*hibet banc palmani, unacum Thrinace muliifiora et OrcoJoxa oleracoa, in regiono iasulno S. Domingo* diciac de- 

 l*ictara. — Tab. 103. fig. III. I, Nucleus a basi. 2. Nucleus a latere. 3. Nucleus verticaliier aperlus, ut ruiuinatio ct cmlrvonis situs a|j|iareant. O, n>. n. 4. Embryo, WL a- 



4. TIIRISAX PUMILIQ: caudice breri aut mediocri; raginarum Jibrillitio pannoso et irregutari/er re/icuiato 9 

 junior* albido-tomentoso, laminae digital o-multipartitae petiolos aequanlis laciniis ensijormibus acuminatis utrinque riridibus t 



nerro medio subtus ferrugineo-ramentaceOy secundariis 6 — 8 utrinque impressis, liguta triangular!; spqdice — ; spa this ,- 



Jloribus — ; nucteo parro, testae radio simptici conico perjbsso* 



Patma non spinosa humittima, Sloanc Catal* Jam- p. 177. Rai. Hist, III. Dendrol. p. 3- No. 13. Small Patmeto-Itoyaf, Sloanc Voy. Jam, 

 II. p, US. No. v. Long. Jam. III. p. 740. No. 3S. 



TI/RIXAX PVMILIOy Lodd., Uom. Sclmit. Syst. Vcg. VII. 2. p. 1301. No. 3. 



Crescit socia/iter in Jamaica, praesertim occidental^ locis maritimis saxosis* Lignum tardissimi incrementi, durum, 

 in aqua salsa optime perdurans, ad posies et trabes adhibetur. E frondibus norettis, adhucdum complicate, pilei, storeae el 

 alia hujus generis opera nectuntur. Incolis haec species Iron-Thatch, aut Bay-Thatch, ant Lcsser-Palmeto dicitur* 



ICOy. EX PL. la Tab. 103. Fig. IV. 1. nucleus a verttce, 2. idem a verlice, 3. nucleus dlmtfai. O. m. n. 4. Embryo, nu ft. 



