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Tas. 4837. 
CHAMAZDOREA Ernesti-Avueusti (MAs). 
Ernest-Augustus’ Chamedorea (male). 
Nat. Ord. Patmacr®.—Di@cra HexanpRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4831.) 
Cuammporea Lrnesti- Augusti (mas); caudice 3—4-pedali arundinaceo annulato 
erecto basi radicante apice dilatato folioso, foliis petiolatis circumscriptione 
obovatis basi cuneatis profunde bifidis margine seepissime grosse serratis raro 
subincisis, petiolis folio brevioribus basi insigniter dilatatis amplexantibus, 
pedunculis petiolum superantibus crassiusculis inferne sensim angustioribus 
erectis spathis vaginatis persistentibus, spadice 8—9-pollicari simpliciter 
ramoso, ramis plurimis 6-8-pollicaribus attenuatis gracilibus obtuse angu- 
latis, calyce albo primum immerso operculiformi, petalis coccineis. 
CHamMmporEA Ernesti-Augusti. Wendland in Allgemeine Gartenzeit. 1852, No. 
10. Hjusd. Index Palmar. p. 12. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4831 (foem.). 
We have already, under our Tab. 4831, alluded to the Palm 
now under our consideration, and given our reasons for believing 
it to be the male plant of Chamedorea Hrnesti-Augusti. It en- 
tirely agrees with the description above quoted, except that Mr. 
Wendland describes the lower portion of the spadix as com- 
poundly divided, whereas the branches of the spadix in our plant 
are always simple, as here represented. It is equally a native of 
New Granada, and was received from the Belgian Gardens under 
the name of “ Chamedoree sp.” 
Descr. Our description given at Tab. 4831, of the root, stem 
(or caudex), and fronds and spathas, are equally applicable to 
the present plant: the difference is in the spadiv: this, instead 
of being simple (unbranched), thick, and cylindrical, 1s, from 
where it emerges from the spatha, divided into many, long, slen- 
der, thickish, but almost filiform, patent, or below reflexed, flex- 
uose branches, tapering to a point, and clothed with numerous 
MARCH Ist, 1855. 
