PRINCIPES. LXXV. PALMAE. 



ininusve intcr se in tnbi v. urceoli speciem 

 coalila, aestivatione erecta. Antherae ir>- 

 troisae, biloculares, lineares, dorso affixae, 

 loculis appositis v. suboppositis, longitudi 

 naliter dehiscentibus. P ollcn ellipticum v. 

 ellipsoideo- sphacricnm, longitudinaliter rima- 

 tum, interdum cchintilatiim. 



OvAtticni libernra, e carpidiis tribus, ra- 

 riusve binis aut unico compositmn, c a rp i d i i s 

 adaxim inter se coalitis v. primitus subdistinc- 

 tis, serius concrescentibus subglobosum v. 

 trilobum, uni-triloculare, loculis duobt.s in 

 ovario triloculari saepius etoetis , in iloribus 

 masculis plerumqlie rndimcntariiim. Ovula 

 in loculis rarissime bina, collateralia, plerum- 

 que uniciim , axi paullo supra basim affixum, 

 erectum, orthotropum micropjle supcra, v. 

 plus minus complete anatropum micropjle 

 ovarii parietem spectante, v. pone ovuli inser- 

 tionem infera. Stjli loculorum numcro, bre- 

 vissimi, in unicum coaliti v.rarius subdistincti. 

 Stigmata simplicia, indivisa. 



Frcctus perigoniopersistentc, saepius co- 

 riaceo-indurato ima basi stipatus, baccatus v. 

 driipaceus, aut solitarius trilocularis, interdum 

 trilobus, rarius bi-v. unilocularis, trispermus 

 v. rarissimo disperinus, aiit loculorum abortu 

 unilocularis, monospermus, v. tres in florc di- 

 stincti. Sarcocarpium carnosum v. fibro- 

 snm. Endocarpium cliartaccum , fibrosum, li 

 gnoso-osseum v. lapideum, pntamine ii 

 drupaceis mono -tripyreno. 



Semfn loculum replens, ovatum v. spliac- 

 ricum, erectum v. Iateraliter subappensum 

 Testa cum endocarpii superficie interna 

 plcrumq.ie plus minusvc coalita, ejusque vasis 

 adhaerentibus venosa, rliaphe ad mediiim v. 



apicem pertingente sacpius notata. 



Almjmen densum, nuileiimreplens, aequa- 

 bile v. fibroso radiatum, cartilagineum, corneum 

 v. subligneum, lacleum, siccum v. oleosum, so- 

 Hdum v. cavitate ventrali aut centrali exsculp- 



tum, saepius plicis testae et vasis endocarpii 



ei adnexis riiminatum. 



Embkyo indivisus, conicus v. cjlindricus, 



infoveolapropria alburainis juxta seminis peri- 



pheriam, varia a puncto insertionis distantia 



locatus, albuininisque strato tenui tamquam 



operculo tectus ; extremitate radicnlari 



seminis peripheriam speitante, juxta basim, pe- 



ripheriam v. apicem fructus directa. 



Palmae plantarum principcs, sub totius 



orbis coelo fervido regali dccore superU. n'.'i 



aliarum stirpium catervam eminentcs, in n » vi ^j""; 1 ;/'™"' ""' B °'" 



continentis solo, fecundi Phoebi irruptis " M w „«..».i.» M tHT n, lr „„ 



exosculato radiis frequentissime gignuntur , i.i I ^.J T**-,™^?^** jJ^M * ^™ 



hemisphaera orientali impnmis e v.r- | tcri „; e i n< ,„, n plcta , ebracteati, masculi plcrmnqi, 



gineo insularum pulliilanles gremio, in veteri uin j a ,| basim cujusvis feminci. Maac. Caly 



Asiae et Africae tellure multo rariores. |cupulari«, trifidai. Corolla tripeiala ; pciali 



Limes borealis stirpium, quas nobis no- 

 vercum invidet sidus , in America 36°, in 

 Europa44°, in Asia 34" L. B. In hemis- 

 phaera australi iisquc 3S° L. A. diffun- 

 duntur. Spccies plurimae adhucdum Iatent, 

 plures , protogaeae decora, exstinctae. 



Usus in generis liiiinani oeconomia multi- 

 plex, utilitas ingcns. 



Gcnera l.oc loco en.imerantur ex illius, 

 qui sempcr cum Palmis nominabitur Mabtii 

 sententia, eorum characteres partim ex editis 

 iri amicissimi voluminibiis, partim e manu- 

 scriptis ejus schedis , pro eo, quo est in nos 

 animo communicatis, exponuntur. 



XRIBITS I. ARECIiVAE Mart. Palm.i57. 

 Ovarium e carpidiis tribus, rariusveduobus, 

 primitus connatis, tri - v. biloculare, rarissime 

 carpidio unico uniloculare. Ovula in loculis 

 solitaria, rarissime bina, erecta v. lateraliter 

 appensa, sacpius in uno alterove loculo omnino 

 dcficientia. Fructus trilocularis, profunde tri- 

 Iobus, vel saepius loculorum abortu uni - bilo- 

 cularis, baccatus v. tenuiter drupaceus, endo- 

 carpio cujusvis carpidii distincto , aut aborti- 

 vorum a fertilis formatione excluso. Slaraina 

 hjpogjna. — Frondes pinnatae v. pinnato- 

 ftssae, rarius bipinnatae, pinnae reduplicatae. 

 Flores in rhachi laeviyata v. scrobiculata ses- 

 siles. Spathae plures, rarius unica, rarissimc 

 nulla. 



191».Cliaiiiaedorea WILLD. Florea 



diofctj in spadicc ramoso sessilcs , cbracteati, 



pathis pluribns membranaceis eoinpressis, per- 



istcntibus. M a s c. Calyx cupularis, trilobus. Co- 



olla tripclala ; petalis rotundatis, erecto-con- 



nncntibus, aestivaliiine valvatis. Stamina 6, c 



lnnilo calycia ; filamenta teretia, brcvia, a n- 



ae lincari - oblongac. O v ar i i ruilimentum. 



C a lyx cupularis, tripartitus. Cor o 1 1 a tripe 



l.iln , iil in marc. S t a m i n u m rudimcnta nulla. O v a 



u ni trilociilare. Stigmata 3, sessilia. rtacca 



onosperma. Albumen aequabile, corneum. Em- 



bryo lateralis. Palnuic minores, in Amcricuc 



cntc intcr octavum utriusque tatiludinis 

 jrradum sytvas umbrosus mffocataB invvtentcs ; cuudi- 

 cc arundinueco, annulato, frondibus lerminalibus v. 

 lateralibus, pinnalo -fissis v. pinnatis , pinnis rhachi 

 subvcrticatiter adnatis , ptaniusculis , spadieibus 

 parce et va<rc ramoxis, infra frondium vaginas lon 

 giusculas sessilibus , fructifcris corultino - rubenti- 

 bus , spathis mcmbranuccis, spadice increscentc api- 

 ce pcrfossis, in cjus pedunculo plus minus persistcn- 

 tibus, floribus flavcsccntibus v. vircsccnlibus, baccis 

 linusculis. 



Clianiaedorea Wil.d in /tci. Academ.Berolin. 1804. p. 



>.Sp. pl. iy. 639. Martius Palm. 3. t. 3.157. t. 126. 138. et 



dr. 1«. t. 31. N u n- 



