PALMM. 517 



12. E. oleracea, Mm-/. Leaf- segments lanceolate-linear, acuminate, glabreseent : mid- 

 rib keeled above ; spadix-branches furfuraceous-tomentose, whitish : flowers approximate ; 

 leaflets of the interior $ perig one ovate, bluutish, twice as long as the exterior; berry 

 violet-black (6'" diam.).— Mart. Palm. t. 28-30.— Trunk 80'-120' high, or lower (Mart.): 

 leaf-segments H'-2' long, 1" broad; spathe glabrous, 2-2V, spadix-branches IV, c? peri- 

 gone IV" long. — IIab. Jamaica!, Wils. .,- Triuidad !, (Jr. ; [Guiana !, common along rivers, 

 to Pernambuco]. 



E. montana, Grah. (Bot. Mag. t. 3874, Areca, Lodd.), introduced from Grenada, is said 

 to be distinguished from E. oleracea by a glabrous spadix, with purplish spreading branches 

 and a small $ calyx : but the palm, sent as Areca montana, from Jamaica to the Kew 

 Museum, prove3 to be the true E. oleracea, and perhaps was introduced from the mainland 

 into that island as a cabbage-palm. 



8. OREODOXA, Mart. 



Perigone exterior and interior 3-phyllous, the latter valvate in $ . Stamens 6-9. Ovary 

 3-celled, surrounded by a 6-dentate cupule : stigmas 3, sessile, suprabasilar in fruit. Berry 

 drupaceous, 1 -seeded: putameu adnate to the testa. Albumen entire : embryo basilar. — 

 High, unarmed palms ; leaves pinnatisect .- pinnse 2-fld at the top, petiole long-sheathing ; 

 spadix at the base of the cylinder formed by the leaf -sheaths, thrice-twice divided, equal- 

 ling the inner lignescent spathe: flowers sessile, lanceolate; berries ovoid or oblique, 

 bluish. 



13. O. oleracea, Mart. " Trunk equal at the middle (100-120' high) ;" leaf-segments 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; spadix-branches furfuraceous-puberulous, glabrescent ; stamens 

 6 ; berry incurved, obovoid-oblong : fibres of the mesocarp in an oval area. — SI. t. 215 : 

 leaves and berries. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 255 {Desc. El. 4. t. 265) : the habit. Mart. 

 Palm. t. 156. 1. II. — Areca, Jacq. — Leaf-segments 3' long, IV' broad : spadix 3', 3 perigone 

 2"'-2V", " berry 8 ff '-9'" long."— Hab. Bahamas (Mart.) ; Jamaica !, Wils., common in 

 the mountains, to Barbadoes; Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Cuba! and other Antilles]. 



14. O. regia, Kth. " Trunk thickened at the middle (40'-60' high) ; leaf-segments 

 linear-acuminate ;" spadix-branches puberulous ; stamens " 9 "-6 ; berry ovoid : fibres of 

 the mesocarp in a round area. — Mart. Palm. t. 156. III.-V. — "Leaf-segments 2V long, 

 8"'-12'" broad;" <? perigone 3'", berry 6'" long.— Hab. Antigua!, IFullschl. ; [Cuba and 

 other Antilles]. 



9. GEONOMA, W. 



Flowers with their bracteoles sunk into the alveoles of the rhachis. Perigone exterior 

 3-phyllous, interior <J 3 phyllous, ? 3-fid (or closed, circumscissile). Stamens 6, monadel- 

 phous . anther-cells usually distinct, reflexed. Ovary 1-celled, surrounded by a 6-den- 

 tate cupule; style 3-fid, suprabasilar. Berry with- the albumen entire .- embryo at its base. — 

 Trunk unarmed, arundinaceous, rarely none ; leaves pinnatisect-bifid, usually unequally 

 divided : segments flatfish, with the base often broadly adnate ; spathes several-2 at the base 

 of the spadix, marcescent. 



15. G. vaga, Gr. and Wendl. "Trunk 8'-10' high" (Cr.) ; leaf -segments 6-10- 

 jugal, adnate, obliquely acuminate, very unequal, several broadly oblong, others linear, lowest 

 distant ; spadix-branches divided, usually 3 -partite, fastigiate, pilose or hispidulous : spathes 

 2-3 (3"-4" long) : flowers 4-5-seriate, lax : lip of the alveole rounded-subtruncate ; exterior 

 $ perigone two-thirds as long as the interior ; staminal tube equalling the latter, cam- 

 panulate-cylindrical ; berry globose, rounded or blunt at the top (3'" diam.). — Mart. Palm, 

 t.h : is perhaps this species, but its short staminal tube disagrees. G. multiflora, Mart. 

 (1. 6) has " 20-jugal, narrow leaf-segments, a very delicate down on the diverging spadix- 

 branches, two, at length 5" long spathes, and a snbemarginate alveolar lip," while in our 

 species the spadix-branches are fastigiate-erect and densely pilose. — Leaves about 3' long, 

 more than 1' broad : broadest segments 4"-3", narrowest 4'" broad ; spadix long-peduneled, 

 1V-1', secondary branches 5" long, the latter bearing flowers almost to their base. — Hab. 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., gregarious, at 3000' alt., Tamana mountains, 

 Tocuche; [Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



