522 PALMjE. 



Pict. t. 263. /. 89). — Acrocomia globosa, Lodd. (introduced from S. Vincent) is according 

 to Wendland also an Aiphanes, compared on account of its " linear, truncate leaf-segments," 

 though doubtfully, by v. Martius with Acroc. fusiformis, Mayc, FL Barbad. 



16*. EIuEIS, Jacq. 



Flowers monoecious, <? and ? in distinct spadices, sunk into alveoles. Perigone exterior 

 and interior of distinct leaflets. Stamens 6, monadelphous. Ovary 3-celled : stigmas 3. 

 Drupe 1 (~3)-seeded : putamen 3-porous near the summit. Albumen hollow in the centre. 

 — Arboreous palms; trunk unarmed, but covered with spiny, persistent petioles; spadix 

 simply branched ; branches conglobate, amentaceous. 



29*. E. gnineensis, L. Leaf-segments linear-lanceolate ; branches of the spadix pro- 

 duced beyond the flowers into subulate spines : spines long in the $ aments, shorter in <J , 

 <Jaments cylindrical; bracts of the superior ? flowers exceeding them, spinescent. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 257. Mart. Palm. I. 54.— Trunk " 20'-30' high;" leaf -segments B'-W 

 long: spadix ovoid, about 1' long : terminal spines in <? 8'", in ? 2"-l"; drupe ovoid, 1"- 

 2" long.— Hab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica !, Kew Mus., Antigua I, Wullschl., 

 Trinidad!, Cr. ; [Guiana! and Brazil, introduced from trop. Africa]. 



17*. COCOS, L. 



Perigone exterior and interior 3-leaved. Stamens 6, included. Ovary 3(-l)-celled: 

 stigmas 3. Fruit woody, 1-seeded : putamen 3-porous at the base, 3-cristate at the summit. 

 Albumen hollow. — High unarmed palms ; spadix simply branched. 



30*. C. nucifera, L. " Trunk (60'-80' high) flexuose, unequally annulate, thickened 

 at the base; leaves spreading: segments narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate;" ? flowers 

 subglobose ; nuts large, subtrigonal-ovate. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 253. Tuss. Ft. 4. t. 34. 

 Desc. Fl. 1. t. 21, 22.— Hab. Cultivated and naturalized in Jamaica (SI.), Antigua!, 

 Wullschl., and other islands, along the seashore, [and in most tropical countries : origin, 

 western coast of Panama]. 



18. ATTALEA, Kth. 



Character of Cocos, but nut 3 (2-5) -celled, 3(-5)-porous at the base : putamen rugose. 



31. A. Cohune, Mart. Nut ovoid, shortly beaked at the lop : putamen " 3-celled. ' 

 — Mart. Palm. t. 167. IV. : the fruit, the only as yet known organ. — Nut brown, roughish, 

 2i" long, li" broad: beak compressed-conical, 4"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Kew Museum; 

 [Honduras] . 



19. SYAGRUS, Mart. 



Character of Cocos, but inuer side of the putamen rugose, except in three smooth bands. 

 — "Pericarp somewhat pulpy." 



32. S. amara, Mart. " Trunk (50'-beyond 100' high) annulate ; leaf-segments linear, 

 acuminate ; interior leaflets of $ perigone linear-oblong; $ flowers ovate-globose ; fruit ovoid- 

 oblong, blunt at both ends (3" long). — Mart. Palm. I. 166. II. — Cocos, Jacq. — " Habit of 

 Cocos nucifera" (Jacq.) — Hab. Jamaica!, Kew Mus.'-. the spadix and a drawing of the 

 friut ; Caribbean islands (Jacq.), in mountain- woods. 



20. MAXIMILIANA, Mart. 



Character of Cocos, but fruit drupaceous, with a smooth, pointed putamen. — Flowers ap- 

 proximate, <J amentaceous, %few, below the former. 



33. M. caribsea, Gr. and Wendl. (n. sp.). Leaf-segments broadly linear, eroded- 

 bluntish, unequidistant, 4-5 in each special series ; superior spadix-branches <J , inferior an- 

 drogynous ; ? flowers ovate-oblong, about 6 below the <J ament, unilateral ; stamens much 

 longer than the perigone : anthers wholly exserted, long linear, curved ; $ perigone half as 



