Arecec.] CLXXXVIIL PALME. 915 
basi recurvis, nervis is, petiolo brevissimo, vagina brevi aperta. Spadices simplices 
v. & basi ramosi, longe pedunculati. . Spathze 3, anguste, inferiore pedunculo multo 
breviore apice fissa, superiore decidua elongata per totam longitudinem fissa; bracteze 
labium inferius alveolze marginantes, connatz; bracteolee minute. Fructus parvus. 
Species 6 v.8, Americze tropicz incole. | Griseb, Cat. Pl. Cub. 222, (Calyptronoma). | Traill in Trim. 
Journ. Bot. 1876, 330, t. 112, . 3. Mart. Hist. Nat. Pal. ii. 187, t. 18 (Geonoma synantherum). 
. . Pmormosracnvs, H. Wendl. in litt. à Calyptroygne differt spadice infrafoliaceo breviter peduneu- 
lato, stylo 0, fructu oblique oblongo-turbinato, pericarpio fibris crassissimis reticulatis basi liberis 
percurso, et raphe apice dilatata. Species 1, Costaricensis (Geonoma pulchrum, "Wege Folio- 
rum segmenta eaudato-acuminata. Spadix crassus. 
07. Wrelüa, H. Wendl. nomen.—Flores cavis profundis hexastiche dispositis ejusdem 
spadieis interfoliacei simpliciter ramosi monoici, ni intermedio 9, bracteati et brac- 
teolati, perianthio glumaceo. Fl. 4 t; Sepala 1 lata, concava, acute 
carinata, imbricata. Petala late OVES obtuss, denm in vadis cylindraceam connata, 
valvata. Stamina , inclusa, fi connatis, apici- 
bus subulatis liberis ; antheris elongsto-sibulata, acuminatze, basi breviter 2-lobo insertze. 
Ovarii rudi 0, 9-fidum. Fl. 9 masculos sübeéquantes; tompressi; 
perianthio post vite immutato. Sepala libera, cy 
imbricata. Petala mülto majora, 2 lateralia cymbiformia alato-carinata, dorsali angus- 
tiore planiuseulo, imbricata. Staminodia in urceolum conicum compressum apice den- 
keit dentibus Obtusis valvatis demum patulis ovarium eingentem connata. Ovarium 
i 3-loculare ; stigmata sessilia, erecta, conniventia; ovulum basilare, 
orm elongatum. Fructus oblongus, compressus, apicem versus acutum complanatus 
et anceps, stigmate basilari, pericarpio crasse eoriaceo levi castaneo intus fibroso, endo- 
carpio crustaceo intus levi. Semen :eylindraceo-oblongum, hilo laterali elongato, raphe 
semen cingens ramis paucis descendentibus, albumine zquabili ; embryo] baailaris; —Palm:e 
inermes, caudice elato erasse- ar Folia t 
coriaceis basi valde angustatis apice integris v. acuminatis fissis plurinerviis plicatis, mar- 
ginibus basi recurvis, petiolo brevi planiusculo, vagina brevi fissa. » Spadices crassi, pen- 
duli, cavis magnis hiantibus ; spathze 2, decidus . . .; bractes labio superiore adnatze, 
linguiformes, Wess coriaces, primum cavum Sauddnios; demum protruse. Flores 
j , pallide leuci. Fructus 2-pollicaris, atro-violaceus. 
Species 2, Americe centralis incole. Spath:e a nobis non viste. 
68. Podococcus, Mann ct H. Wendl. an dirais. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 426, t. A, 40 B, 
43 A.—Flores in cavis orthosti v. itis ejusdem spadicis i rfoliscet 
simplicis longissimi 597 3-ni intermedio Sv: 2-ni d', bracteati et bracteolati, peri- 
anthio FL 4 sy trici. Sepala elliptico-oblongà, 'sub- 
falcata, ssepe 2-fida, duin imbricata. Petala infra medium in tubum infundibularem 
connata, ovata, acuta, valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis filiformibus alternis paullo longi- 
oribus; antherz breves, subdidym:e, dorsifixee. Ovarii rudimentum 3-lobum. Fl. 9 
masculis qual » ObIOngL, perianthio post anthesin immutato. Sepala lineari-oblonga, 
; late i Petala infra medium in tubum infundibularem connata, 
ovata, acuta, marginibus tenuiter imbricatis. Staminodia 6, minima. Ovarium fusiforme, 
, apice att 3-loculare, loculis 1-2 effoctis ; stigmata sessilia, iovis; 
recurya ; ovulum parietale, pendulum, Fructus oblongo-cylindraceus, rectus v. lente 
us, infra stipitem brevem genieulatim deflexus, 1- rarius 2-3-spermus, stigmatibus 
ilaribus, pericarpio baccato. Semen erectum, elongato-ellipsoideum, hilo basilari, 
rapheos ramis ab hilo ascendentibus ramosis superne reticulatis, albütiine tequabili ; 
embryo dorsalis.—Palma humilis, inermis, rufo-furft 
annulatis, Folia alterna, i t is 8-10 remotis membranaceis 
rhombeo-lanceolatis acutis sni a basi: lata m modium Integertimis dein lobulatis 
et eroso-dentatis, marginibus basi recurvis, t tibus, petiolo teretius- 
