PALMA. 409 
12. Geonoma membranacea, Wendl. in De Kerch. les Palmiers, p. 245 (nomen 
nudum). 
GuaremaLa, Volcan de Fuego (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
13. Geonoma mexicana, Liebm.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. p. 316; Walp. 
Ann. iii. p. 467. 
South Mexico, Lobani, Oaxaca (Liebmann), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 
721). Hb. Kew. 
14. Geonoma microspadix, Wendl. in De Kerch. les Palmiers, p. 245 (nomen 
nudum). 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 259, 425); Costa Rica, Rio Sarapiqui (Wendland). 
Hb. Kew. 
15. Geonoma obovata, Wendl. in De Kerch. les Palmiers, p. 245 (nomen 
nudum). 
Costa Rica, on the Rio Sarapiqui (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
16. Geonoma procumbens, Wendl. in De Kerch. les Palmiers, p. 246 (nomen 
nudum). 
Costa Rica, on the Rio Sarapiqui (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
17. Geonoma trifurcata, CErst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 34. 
NICARAGUA, in the virgin forests on the San Juan (sted). 
18. Geonoma versiformis, Wendl. in De Kerch. les Palmiers, p. 246 (nomen 
nudum). 
Costa Rica, near Turrialba (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
10. ASTEROGYNE. 
Asterogyne, Wendl. in litt. ex Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 914. 
‘Species paucee Americe centralis incole, quarum una tantum floribus delapsis nobis 
nota est.” 
1. Asterogyne martiana, Wendl. 
Geonoma martiana, Wendl. in Linnza, xxviii. p. 8342; Walp. Ann. v. p. 841. 
NicaraGua, Chontales (Seemann, 163; Lévy, 905). Also cultivated specimens from 
Herrenhausen. Hb. Kew. 
It is possible that some of the undescribed species formerly referred to Geonoma by 
Wendland belong to this genus and the next. 
11. CALYPTROGYNE. 
Calyptrogyne, Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1859, p. 72; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 914. 
About six or eight species are known; they inhabit Tropical America, including the 
West Indies. 
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