898 .OLXXXVII. PALMAE. [Arecec. 
floriferi interfoliacei, fructiferi infrafoliacei, rhachi brevi, ramis elongatis ; spath:e 2, fusi- 
formes, interiore multo longiore ventre fissa. . Flores mediocres. Fructus fere GZhocarpi. 
Species 3, Americze australis eisequatoriensis incole. Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. ii, 472, 7. 109. 
' Grisch. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 516. Engelin Linnea, xxxii. 6091. Genus ut videtur (Enocarpo aretis- 
' sime affine, differt spadicibus dum floriferi maxent interfoliaceis. Speciei Trinitensis eujus fructus 
ignotus, plum valde imperf tantum vidimus (Enocarpu omnino referens. 
32. Acanthophonix, JT. Wendl. in Fl. des Serres, t. 181.—Flores in eodem spadice 
infrafoliaceo laxe ramoso monoici, spiraliter dense conferti, inferiores 3-ni intermedio 9, 
"superiores solitarii v. .2-ni d', bracteati et bracteolati. Fl. d asy trii, trig 
pressi. Sepala parva, orbieularia, carinata, imbricata. Petala SERITUU ovata v. ovato- 
-Janceolata, acuminata, valvata.. Stamina 6 v. plura, exse fil iberis el ti 
eytindraceis apicibus zs segun anthere lincati-oblonjs v. globos, dórsifize, 
Ovarii rudi i v.2-3-fidum. Fl. 9 masculis minores, 
late ovoidei, perianthio post duthiéetH NOU Sepala ovato-orbieularia, coneava, late 
*imbricata. Petala sepalis quil , Striato-nervosa, lutivo-imbricat 
'apicibus acutatis il Staminodia obscura. Ovarium obovoideo-oblongum, 
"rectum v. eurvum, 1- (v. 2-3-) loeulare ; stigmata subapicalia ; ovulum parietale, pendu- 
lum. Hieron Eso dius, globosus v. lohan teres v. compressus, stigmatibus laterali- 
bus v. il pio levi lo et tenuiter fibroso, endocarpio suberustaceo. 
fd oblongum, ascendens, hilo elliptico infra medium sito, testa brunnea, rapheos 
ramis paucis ab hilo radiatis et dentibus dein d tibus et laxe reticulatis, albu- 
mine sequabili ; embryo bosilaris. —PPalmie elatse, armate, caudice robusto annulato. 
Folia ta, spinis elongatis gracilibus plus minusve armata, 
segmentis anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis subtus paleaceis costa nervisque validis 
marginibus incrassatis basi recurvis, rhachi subtrigona, hsc Vidi sesela inermi v. spinosa. 
Spadix duplicato-ramosus, p dulus, breviter ius, glaber v. tomentosus, 
levis v. spinosus, ramis gracilibus v. crassis tortuosis ; ; spathz 2, compressze, deciduse ; 
bracteze prominule margini areol: adnatee, crasse, rigide ; braeteolie inconspieus. Flores 
rubri v. flavi. Fructus nune grano Tritici vix longior, niger. 
Species 3 v. 4, insularum Mascarensium ineolie. Balf. f. in Baker, Fl. Maurit. 384. Mart. Hist. 
Nat. Palm. ii. 174, &. 104, 165, f. l (Atreca crinita) et 176, t. 154, 150, f. 2 (A. rubra excl. 
descript. et ic. fructus). Ovarium ex Martio 2-3-loculare, loculis 2 abortivis, quod non vidimus. 
Dsckzxm, x Wendl. in Barat Fl. Maurit. 385, certe est Acanthophenicis species, fructibus 
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33. xmyospathe, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 1, t. 1, 2.—Flores minuti, in eodem 
spadice infrafoliaceo simpliciter ramoso coge laxe spiraliter dispositi, 9i intermedio 
uü boólat, Fl 
9 , v. superiores 2-ni xe solitarii, ebract d 
Sepala parva, sul to-rotundata, basi connata. Petala oblongo-lanceolata, 
acute valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis subulatis; antherw lineari-oblongse, basi longe 
bifidze, dorsifixce, til Ovarii rudimentum turbinatum v. colummare, obsolete 3- 
lobum. Fl. 9 masculis minores, ovoidei, perianthio post anthesin vix aucto. Sepala 
parva; membranacea, evatas acuta, imbricata. Petala membr&naoon, paullo longiora, 
orl subacuta, i ta, apicibus acutatis iventil inodia 6. Ovarium 
ovoideum, 3-loculare, loeulis 2 effoetis ; stigmata, sessilin, acuta, Teetrvh j ovulum EE 
basilare, erectum. Fructus parvulus, lt psoideus v. 
pericarpio tenuiter grumoso, d i b Semen llipsoid erectum, 
testa fusca, rapheos ramis obscuris, albumine :equabili ; embryo basilaris,—Palma arundi- 
nacea, inermis, caudice annulato radicibus epigmis sustentat ii pauca, terminalio, 
i lari innatisect tis late oblique 1 lati: 
non i iis basi recurvis, rhachi acuta ; bifacial dorso convexa, 
petiolo subtereti fac facie canaliculata, vagina elongata. Spadices 2 v. 3, breviter peduncu- 
ati, primum erecti ramis gracilibus erectis rigidis basi inerassatis, demum penduli ; spathee 
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