414 PALMA. 
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2. Desmoncus oxyacanthos, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iu. p. 88; Kunth, Enum. 
Pl. iii. p. 260 ; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 203. | 
PaNnaMA, on the outskirts of woods, climbing over trees and shrubs (Seemann).— 
BRaziL. | 
3. Desmoncus, sp.? 
Sour Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 876). Hb. Kew. 
There is only one leaf of this, but it is apparently an undescribed species. 
4. Desmoncus, sp. 
Souta Mexico, Jocotepec, Lacoba (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
21. ASTROCARYUM. 
Astrocaryum, G. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. p. 265 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 942. 
About thirty species are referred to the genus, which is restricted to Tropical America, 
the species being most numerous in Brazil. 
1. Astrocaryum mexicanum, Liebm.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. p. 323; 
Walp. Ann. iii. p. 472. 
South Mexico, Tepinapa and Chinantla, Oaxaca (Liebmann), Sierra San Pedro 
Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen). Hb. Kew. 
2. Astrocaryum polystachyum, Wendl. ined. ? 
Costa Rica, on the Rio Sarapiqui (Wendland). Hb. Kew. 
3. Astrocaryum, sp.? 
PanaMaA, in the dark forests; native name “ Pacuai ” (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
22. ACROCOMIA. 
Acrocomia, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. p. 66, tt. 56, 57, iii. pp. 285, 322; Benth. et Hook. Gen. 
Plant. i. p. 9438. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus, of which eight species have been described. 
1. Acrocomia mexicana, Karw.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. p. 285, t. 138. 
Souta Mexico, Teoxomulco (Karwinski). 
2. Acrocomia sclerocarpa, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. p. 66, tt. 56,57; Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. iii. p. 271; Seemann, Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 203. 
Pana, Isle of Taboga (Hinds), in open places, never in dark woods (Seemann).— 
VENEZUELA to GuIANA and Brazit, and in the West Inpizs, from Jamatca to TRINIDAD. 
Hb. Kew. 
8. Acrocomia vinifera, GErst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1858, p. 47. 
NicaraGua and Costa Rica, on the west side and especially abundant in the volcanic 
district (Cirsted). 
