| Tap. 8527. 
MORENIA CORALLINA. 
Colombia. 
PauMACEAE. Tribe ARECEAE. 
Morenita, Ruiz et Pav., Prodr. Flor. Peruv, et Chil. p. 150, t. 32; Drude in 
Hngler & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. vol. ii. pars iii. p. 68. 
Morenia corallina, Karst. in Linnaea, vol. xxviii. (1856), p. 274, et in Flor. 
Colomb. vol. ii. p. 135, t. 171 (1862-69); species M. Poeppigianae, Mart., 
affinis, foliolis lanceolatis rectis, filamentisque aequilongis differt. 
Palma inermis ; caulis 4—6-metralis, annulatus, viridis, Folia pauca, 2-metrales ; 
petio'us 4 dm. longus; foliola utrinsecus circiter 24,6 dm. longa, 5-6 cm. 
lata, lanceolata, recta, apice inaequalia. Jnflorescentia dioica; spathae 4, 
membranaceae, infima breviter tubulosa, ore oblique truncata, tres supe- 
riores fusiformes; flores in spadice leviter immersi, ebracteati, primum 
albi, demum citrini. o Calyx minutus, 3-dentatus. Petala 3, calyce multo 
longiora, coriacea, valvata. Stamina 6, filamenta brevia, basi connata; 
antherae oblongae. Ovarii rudimentum columnare. 9? Calyzx tripartitus, 
lobi triangulares, valvati. Corolla calyce triplo longior, tubus brevis, lobi 
triangulares, acuti, valvati. Ovariuwm globosum, stigmata 3, patentia, 
subcarnosa. Sacea globosa, 18 mm. diametiens, nitido-coccinea; spadix 
fructigera flavescens. Albumen aequabile, corneum; embryo supra basin 
dorsalis.—C. H. Wricut, : 
The graceful Palm of which a figure is here given is a 
native of Colombia and is most nearly allied to Morenia 
Poeppigiana, Mart., a native of Peru, which differs in 
having broader sigmoid leaflets and alternately longer and 
shorter filaments. The genus Morenia includes some six 
species, all Andine. It is very closely related to the genus 
Chamaedorea, Willd., but is readily distinguished in having 
a three-toothed in place of an annular or patelliform calyx 
in the male flower., One of the species, M. fragrans, 
Ruiz & Pav., has already been figured at t. 5492 of this 
work ; this species, owing to its specific name, has at times 
been confused with the very different Chamaedorea fragrans, 
Mart., a palm with bilobate leaves. Two other species of 
Morenia, M. corallocarpa, Hort., and M. Lindeniana, Wendl., 
have also been in cultivation ; a sixth species, M. integrifolia, 
Trail, distinguished from the others by its simply forked 
leaves, is not yet known in collections. ‘The Kew plant of 
M. corallina, which has been in cultivation for many years 
DEcEMBER, 19138. 
