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APPEXD1K. 



Houfunt, & nuclcum liquorcmquccontincnt amariifimos. Ahitudinc paO 

 fiin ccntum pcdcs hsec palma cxccdit. Juniorcm adhuc & vix duodccim- 

 pcdalcin incifura longitudinali vulnerarc folcnt incola, ue in fafto foraminc 

 ova dcpouaac fua curculioncs palmaruin; cquibus nnfcancur crucx illic pin- 

 guiflnnx cx albo flavcfccnccs* qux aflacx iu dcliciis habcntur. Gallis dici- 

 tur Palmiftc articr fivc Palina aniara. 



Habitat copiofc in Martinicx fylvis dcnfis & moncolis. 



3. COCOS (ttitaw) trunco foliisquc acuIcatis.TAB. CLXIX. 



Arbor prxccdcntibus fimilis; frstiwo crafliori & nculcis paucis obfico; ah 

 Jfri utrinquc aculcaiis. Florcs 111 in Coco nucifcro. FrMus func fuhroiundi, 

 pomi parvi mngnitudinc, viridcs; corttcc fibrofo> craflb, paruin fucculcnco. 

 Nux cjusdcm tigunc. Incolis vocabulo Caribxo diciiur Grorgrou* 



Habicat in Martinico. 



ARECA. 



1. ARECA (otcracca) foliolis intcgcrrimis. TAB. CLXX. 



Htcc arbor, pnlmas inccr Americinas altiflima, cujus calyx ex fruclu vi- 

 dctur cflc monophyllus & fcmuriiidus, floris auccm charaftcr rcliqutis mihi 

 cfl ignotus, difliniHtfima cft ab Arcca Cathccu, ut cx leilionc authorum 

 apud Linnxuin laudacorum lacilc pcrlpcxi. Vagitix fotiorum inutuo amplc- 

 ttuncur ar&iflimc, & irunci conftituunt fuprcmcm partctn fcsquipcdalcm vi- 

 ridcmquc. Infra hanc CXcuntJ^tflhf ViridcS nitidxque, quc ad crupcioncin 

 fpcdtas ramofiflimi in tcrnjm delabun.ur. FruUus func bac&t oblonga», ob- 

 tufs* lcviccr mcurvft» c ccrulco purpurcx, fucculcnc*, vix librofe, inagni- 

 tudinc olivx mcdiocris* Pulpa in Iiuclu cxficcato pcrit, cvaditquc tunc 

 cortcx fragilis & rogofus- Nux plabriufcula, oblonga, bflfi fubacuta, mcm- 

 branaccij fragilis, tcmm, & c fufco lcucophia cum rubcdinc icvi farpc ini» 

 ta, nullis foraminibus notaiur. V&cfevi cartilagineus, oblon;rus, duriflimu*, 

 in mcdio lifllira cxigux cavitaccm hnbct. Solcnt incolx apiccm trunci viri- 

 dcm amputarc, cujuspartcm intcrnam duos trcsve poiliccs diamccro cquan- 

 ttfn, alljjcantcm, conitanccmquc foliis plicatis coinpailibquc, cximunt, & 

 in foro olcracco cxponuot. Vocatur tunc Cmx p^tmflc fcu Bralfica palma- 

 rum , liabctquc faporcm cynarx. Comcditur crutJa cum pipcrc & falc; vcl 

 ctiamfrixa cum bucyro; vcl patinnria. (lallts arbor audit MnujUfratc t id 

 cft» Palma fativa. 



Habitat vulgaris in Caribxis. 



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