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EuTeRPE: MONTANA. ~ MounTAIN EUTEerpPE. 
Class and Order. 
Monazcta Hexanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Paimz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores monoici in eodem spadice, spatha simplici, interi- 
ore minore cincto sessiles, bracteati, masculi plures in parte’ 
ramorum. superiore, v. bini juxta femineos singulos.— 
Mase. Calyx triphyllus, foliolis ovatis, carinato-concavis, 
estivatione imbricatis. Cor. tripetala, petalis ovatis v.lan- 
ceolatis, erectis, estivatione valvatis. Stamina 6,-e fando 
floris ; filamenta subulata, libera, v. basi confluentia; an- 
there \ineares, subsagittate, basifixe.—Fem. Calyx tri- 
phyllus et corolla tripetala, zestivatione convoluto-imbricata. 
Staminum rudimenta nulla. Ovarium triloculare, loculis 
duobus minimis. Stigmata 3, sessilia. Bacca unilocularis, 
monosperma, stigmatibus excentricis coronata, grumoso- 
fibrosa, endocarpio tenui membranaceo cum nucleo con- 
nato. “Albumen ruminatum. Embryo lateralis v. subbasi- 
laris.—Palma Brasilienses sylvicole, gregaria ; caudice 
elato, gracili, apice sepius flexuoso, annulato, levigato, in-— 
tus fibroso, molli, frondibus omnibus terminalibus, petiolis | 
basi longe vaginantibus, pectinato-pinnatis, pinnis acumina-— 
tis, spadicibus infra frondes simpliciter ramosis, ramis fruc- ; 
tiferis divaricato-patentibus, tomento granuloso aut Jurfu- pe 
raceo, fuscidulo v. albo inductis, spathis membranaceo-coria- : 
ceis, floribus imprimis inferioribus sive Semineis distincte, 
bracteatis bibracteolatisque, ochroleucis v. roseis, fructibus 
globosis, sordide violaceis. Endl. eek et 
| Specific Character and Synonym. po 
Evrerrr* montana; foliis elliptico-obovatis, pinnis integer- 
- rimis Janceolatis patulis apice attenuatis, 
Hk lal ‘ 4 
* So named from one of the Muses, who presided over wind instruments, 
YOR. xty. ae :  . 
petiolis iner- 
