914 OLXXXVII. PALME. [Arecee 
rhachi supra acuta dorso convexa, petiolo teretiusculo basi antice concavo, vagina tubulosa 
brevi v. elongata. | Spadices suberecti v. decurvi, simplices furcati v. paniculatim ramosi, 
graciles v. robusti, interdum colorati ; spathze 2, sepius ante "ixi caducze v. obliteratz, 
inferiore incompleta truncata concava, sup p iformi. Flores cavis 
spadicis enati, demum semi-exserti, si 3-ni 9 superi u loculi torti. 
Fructus parvus, sepius niger. 
Species ad 100, Americze tropic incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 6, t. 4 ad. 20 excl. 13, iii. 316. 
Palm. Orbign. 21, 1, 11, 12, 22, 23. — Kunth, Enum. Pl.ii.228. JDict. Se. Nat. t. 2T (Ggnestum). 
Griseb, FI. t. W. Ind. 517. Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palin. Nov. 9 et Protest. App. 40, t. 1. Trail in 
T'rim. Jow: . 1876, 323, 4. 183, f. 1, 1877, 129. — (Erst. Palm. Centr. Amer, (in Vid. Meddel. 
Nat. Foren. TXystenà. 1858), 32. Karst. in Linnea, xxviii. 409. .H. Wendl. in Linnea, xxviii. 333 
(excl. G. Ghiesbreghtiano). Wallace, Palm. Amaz. 62, t. 28 ad 25. — Stigmata in iconibus omnibus 
(G. Schottiano et elegante exceptis) a Martio false terminalia depicta sunt. 
65. Asterogyne, H. Wendl. in litt.—Flores parvuli, glumacei, dioici? v. in diversis 
spadicibus interfoliaceis simpliciter v. duplicatim ramosis monos in cavis spiraliter idu 
sitis solitarii immersi, bracteati et bracteolati, perianthio gl FL4é 
Sepala obovato-oblonga, carinata, imbricata. Petala concava, valvata. Siamina 6, fila- 
mentis connatis, apicibus liberis recurvis; antherarum loculi disereti, penduli. Fl. 9 
compressi, perianthio post anthesin immutato. Sepala oblonga, carinata, imbricata, in- 
teriore planiusculo. Corolla trifida, lobis stellatim recurvis imbricatis, tubo disco adnato et 
cum eo supra basin ci in discum urceolarem connata. Ovarium 
3-loculare, loculis 2 effcetis ; stylus apicalis, elongatus, stigmatibus exsertis; ovulum . . . 
Fructus Passes rectus v. decurvus, , utrinque ait tu 
l-spermus, styli cicatrice basilari, pericarpio tenui succoso intus fibroso fibris tenuibus 
endocarpio adhsrentibus. Semen oblongum, erectum, testa levi brunmea, hilo basilari, 
raphe verticem attingente et semen circumambiente ramis 0, albumine zequabili ; embryo 
basilaris.—Palmse inermes, lieibus gracilib dense latis. Folia simplicia, ob- 
longa, 2-fida, integra fissa v. fenestrat; inatis plicato-nervosis, petiolo 
superne concavo. Spadix longiuscule pedunculatus, ramis sumtus rigidis ; ; spathze 24, 
subpersistentes ; ; bractez cum ore alveoli ti bract qi Flores 
in cavis profundis enati, apicibus emersis. Fructus Patras 
Species pauece, Americze centralis ineolz, quarum una tantum (Chontales, Seemann, n. 163) floribus 
delapsis nobis nota est. 
66. Calyptrogyne, H. JVendl. im Bot. Zeit. .1859, 72. (Calyptronoma, Griseb. .Fl. 
Brit. W, Ind. 518.)—Flores in alveolis prof iti ejusdem spadiecis 
interfoliacei simplicis v. simpliciter vitàoni monoici, S-ni intermedio 9 , rarius solitarii v. 
superiores 2-ni d', perianthio gl FL 4 i. Sepala 3, 
oblonga v. lanceolata, concava, 2 v. omnia dorso carinata v. alata. Petala basi in stipitem 
solidum subeylindraceum connata, ovata v. spathulata, concava, valvata. Stamina 6, fila- 
mentis in tubum stipiti impositum connatis, apicibus liberis ; anther: basifixce, sagittate, 
connectivo lato apice mucronato, primum introflexc kismoni erecte v. reflex; Ovarii 
rudimentum parvum. Fl. 9 maseulos subtequantés; late ovoidei, valde compressi, perianthio 
post anthesin i Sepala ovato-l , 2-lateralia cymbiformia dorso acuta v. 
alata, dorsali angustiore, imbricata. Petala late ovata, brevia, dorso carinata v. subalata, 
basi in tubum cylind demum ei: i connata, stricte .valvata. Staminodia 
in b id 6-dentatam ovarium sup id connata. 
Ovarium conicum, 3-loculare, loculis 2 effoetis ; stylus dentrális; elongatus v. brevis, stig- 
matibus recurvis; ovulum . . . Fructus blond v. obovoideus 1-spermus, styli cicatrice - 
basilari, pericarpio earnoso " fibroso, fibris endocarpio tenui adhsrentibus. Semen 
v. subglob , lente hilo basilari, raphe semen cingens ramis 
indonspicuis; albumine sequabili ; embryo basilaris.— Palme i inernies, intérdum stolonifere, 
caudice brevi v. elongato inferne lato. Folia termi t 
segmentis paucijugis angustis v. latis falcatis longissime acuminatis plicatis. marginibus 
