Tap. 8457, 
CHAMAEDOREA GLAUCIFOLIA 
Colombia ? 
Paztmaxr. Tribe ARECEAE. 
Cuamagporga, Willd.; Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 910. 
Chamaedorea glaucifolia, H. Wendl., Ind. Palm. p. 64; Gard. and Forest, 
vol. viii. p. 504, fig. 70; species sectionis Luchamaedoreac distinctissima, 
foliolis longe lineari-lanceolatis distinguitur. 
Caulis erectus, ad 4°5 m. altus, remote annulatus, Folia erecto-patentia 
glaucescentia, breviter vaginantia; foliola utrinque usque ad 40, irregu- 
lariter disposita, lineari-lanceolata, longissime acuminata, circiter 35 em. 
longa, 12 mm. lata, basi incrassata, costa conspicua; rhachis supra acutan- 
gula, subtus convexa; petiolus supra canaliculatus, subtus convexus. 
Panicula dioica, mascula 4 dm. longa, ramis 2 dm. longis; spathae oblongae, 
acuminatae, 2°5 dm. longae, 2°5 em. latae, glabrae. Flores mascu/?: Calyx 
2mm. longus, cupularis, breviter obtnseque dentatus, brunneo-marginatus. 
Corolla sessilis, 5 mm. longa, fere ad basin tripartita ; lobi carnosi, acuti, 
concavi, valvati. Stamina 6, quam corolla paullo breviora; filamenta 
crassa, triangularia, antheris fere aequilonga. Ovarii rudimentum columnare, 
apice trifidum, staminibus superans. Flores Jeminet: Calyx corollaque iis 
florum masculorum similes. Staminodia nulla. Ovarium 3 mm. longum 
et latum, triangulare; stigmata 3, brevia, recurvata. Paniculae fructiyerue 
rami et calyces corallini. Fructus globosus, 7 mm. diametro, atro-nitidus, 
Semina globosa; raphe conspicua; testa reticulata.—C. H. Wrigar. 
The elegant Chamaedorea which is here figured is one 
that has been in cultivation in the Aroid House at Kew for 
some forty years. In this house it has thriven well, but has 
formed a very slender stem too thin to support unaided the 
fine crown of elegant foliage which it bears. It flowers and 
fruits frequently, and the opportunity which presented itself 
in 1912 of obtaining flowers of both sexes was taken to 
provide this illustration. The genus Chamaedorea includes 
a considerable number of species mainly met with in 
the mountains of Central America, though a few extend as 
far to the south as the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. But 
as to the precise locality of C. glaucifolia, which is perhaps 
the most graceful of them all, there is an element of doubt. 
It was first described in 1854 by H. Wendland from a 
solitary male plant cultivated in the Brussels Botanic 
Garden and believed to have been introduced from pine 
woods near Chiapas in New Grenada. More recently, 
however, it has been stated to be a native of Guatemala, 
OctosEr, 1912. 
