910 OLXXXVII. PALMAE. [Avrecea, 
Íragili, intus rapheos ramis notato. Semen globosum, erectum, liberum, testa brunnea, 
hil epis. 
o basilari, rapheos ramis ab hilo ad verticem seminis dentibus dein d 
ramosis et reticulatis, albumine :equabili ; mood basilaris.—Palms humiles, inermes, 
caudice brevi annulato. Folia terminali to-obl , profunde bifida, 
plicato-nervosa, loborum apicibus crenatis, rhachi ius convexa facie Won petiolo elongato 
furfuraceo dorso convexo facie SOneaY9 xoarginibus acutis, : vagina Aperin enespinibus 
fibrosis.  Spadix longe graciliterque p tus, ramis 
furfuraceis ; spath:e plete 2, b inferiore e tübulosa, superiore sub 
ramis inserta 2-partita, lacera ; SESS breves, spadiei adnats, bracteolwe squamiformes, 
in eupulam brevem dispositz. Flores d exacte spherici. Fructus piso majores, pallidi. 
Species 2, Papuanz. Fructus pericarpium Manicariam simulat. 
59. Chameedorea, JWilld. Sp. Pl. iv. 638.  (Nunnezharia, Ruiz et Pav. Prod. Fl. Per. et 
Chil. 147,1. 31. Nunnezia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 1154. )—Flores dioiei hiemacceiegee 
diversis monoici), in spadicibus simplicibus v. ramis spadicis paniculatim TBITOSI inter- v 
infra-foliacei sessiles v. subimmersi, parvi v. minuti, ebracteati .bract li 
Fl. d : Calyx pateriformis v. cupularis, integer 3-lobus v. rarius 3-partitus. Petala 3, libera 
v. in eupulam v. urceolum connata, v. basi in stipitem solidum contracta, lobis seg ti 
valvatis. Stamina 6, basi coroll inserta, filamentis brevibus latiusculis v. subulatis ; 
anthere dorsifixe, incluse, didyms v. oblongs.  Ovarii rudimentum colummare v. 
Obsoletum. Fl 9: Calyx maris, Petala sepius in corollam gamopetalam connata, 
valvata v. imbricata, Staminodia 6, minuta v. 0. Ovarium obovoideum, globosum v. 
depressum, 3-loculare ; stigmata minuta, recurva; ovula in loculis solitaria, basilaria, 
erecta. Fructus parvus, e carpellis 1-3 globosis v. oblongis obtusis, stigmatum residuis 
basilaribus, pericarpio eoriaceo v. carnoso intus levi vix fibroso. Semen erectum, globosum 
v. ellipsoideum, hilo parvo basilari, raphe exsculpta ramis obscuris, albumine cartilagineo 
sequabili ; ; embryo basilaris v. dorsalis. —Palm:e inermes, erectie NS procumbentes, rarius 
ope pinnarum scandentes, caudicibus solitariis v. p ilibus v. 
arundinaceis. Folia simplicia et apice 2-fida v. varie sequaliter pinnatisecta, ; laciniis latis 
v. angustis rectis v. obliquis acuminatis plicato-nervosis, basi sspe callosis, marginibus 
basi reduplicatis v. recurvis, petiolo sepe quies vagina tubulosa brevi v. elongata, 
ore obliquo. Spadices inter- v. infra-foli. $8 ieulatim ramosi, erecti v. 
patentes, pedunculo brevi v. elongato, ramis léxi: v. densifloris. Spath:e 3 v. plures, ssepius 
alterne, pedunculum vaginantes, elongatze, apice fisse, membranacezs v. coriaces, plus 
minusve persistentes. Flores 9 non raro minutissimi. 
Species ad 60, sylvis montium Americze tropiez occidentalis a Mexico ad Panama incole, Mart. 
Nat. Hist. Palin. ii. 3, t. 3, iii. 157, 307, t. 126 ad 188; Palm. Orbign. 4, t. 6, f. 1 (Hyospathe) et 
5.16 A, B. KuntA, Enum. Pl. ii. 170. ZI. Wendl. Ind. Palin. 91; et ín Bot. Zeit. 1859, 29, 102; in 
Bonpland. 1862, 37 ; et in. Gartenf. 1880, 101. Drude in Mart. Fl, Bras. iii. ii. 527, t. 126. Jacq. 
Hort. Schenb, ii, t. 247, 248 (Borassus). — Otto, Gartenzeit. 1834, 145, 183, 1. 6. Bot. Mag. t. 4831, 
4837, 4815, 6030 e£ 6088 (Nunnezharia), 5492 (Morenia). Genera et subgenera sequentia a Lieb- 
mannio in Overs. K. Dansk. Selsk. Forhandl. 1858, et ab CErstedio in Vid, Meddel, Nat. Foren. 
Kjobenh. 1845, aliisque proposita, omnia pro seetionibus Chamedorere habenda. 
1. Collinia, Liebm. l.e.; (Erst. l. e. Fl. d: Calyx eupularis, 3-fidus. Corolla multo major, 
stipitata, globosa, 3-fida. Fl. 9: Calyx maris. Corolla ovoidea. Folia pinnata. Spadices inter- 
foliaeei, peduneulo longissimo ramis gracilibus, floribus distichis remotis. ^ C. elegans, Mart. 
C. elatior, Liebm. 
2. Eleutheropetalum, H. Wendl. Ind. Palm. 58, subgenus ; CErst. 1. c. 6,t. 3. Fl. d: Calyx membra- 
naceus, patelliformis, 3-fidus. Corolla globosa, stipitata, 3-partita. Fl. 9: Calyx 3-partit 
segmentis orbieularibus membranaceis, Petala 3, oblonga, valvata. Staminodia 6. Carpella basi 
libera. Folia subsimplicia v. pinnata. Spadices interfoliacei, d ramosissimi, 9 simplices v. parce 
ramosi; fl. d ramis sessilibus.— C. Ernesti- Augusti, H. Wendl. C. Sartori, Liebm. 
3. Stachyophorbe, Liebm. mss.; (Erst. lc. 9, t. 4. Fl. d: Calyx eupularis, membranaceus, 
3dobus. Corolla multo major, obovoidea, 3-partita, stipitata, earnosa, Fl.9: Calyx maris. Corolla 
ovoidea, substipitata, 3-partita, segmentis carnosis marginibus membranaceis. Carpella matura 1-3 
