920. CLXXXVII. PALMAE. [Arecece, 
dorso acuto facie canaliculato, vagina. fissa. marginibus fibrosis. Spadices plures, erecto- 
patentes, tomentosi, ramis strictis crassiusculis foveolatis, fructiferi nutantes; spathse 2, 
superior fusiformis, tereti la, ia, fibrosa, tarde rupta; braetes subulate; 
bracteole obscurs, Flores maj li, ro: hroleuci, gravissime odori, Fructus dia- 
metro pomi minoris. 
Species 2 v. 3, Americe tropiex a Brasilia boreali ad Novam Grenadam incole, Mart. Hist. 
Nat. Palm. ii. 139, t. 98, 99, iii. 230. — Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 234. Lam. Illustr. t. TT4. Griseb. FI. 
Brit, W. Ind. 518. Wallace, Palin. Amaz. 68, t. 2, f. 2, 3,4. 26. Traill in. Trim. Journ. Bot. 
1876, 332. : . 
Tf. Xeopoldinia, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 58, t. 52, 59, 100, f. 1, 2, iii. 165.— Flores 
in eodem v. diversis sp p ramosis monoici, sparsi, d in 
ramos superiores, v. dioici, bracteati et bracteolati. Fl. d symmetrici. Sepala 3, sub- 
'bieularia v. oblata, b ciliata, imbricata. . Petala. brevia, ovata, coriacea, 
valvata. Stamina 6, filamentis brevissimis basi connatis complanatis ; antherze late ovatse 
v. didyms, erectz, dorsifix:e, basi 2-lobe, ovarii rudimentum ovoideum, v. 3, minuta. 
Fl. 2 masculis paullo majores, subglobosi, perianthio post anthesin modice aucto. Sepala 
reniformia, imbricata. . Petala longiora, late ovata, imbricata. | Staminodia 0, v. minuta. 
Ovarium turbinatum, subtrigonum, 3-loculare, loculis 2 minimis effoetis; stigmata .3, 
sessilia, excentrica; ovulum parietale. Fructus subglobosus, y. ovoideus, paullo com- 
pressus, ima basi gibbus, stigmatibus basilaribus, periearpio carnoso, endocarpio crasso 
dense fibroso, fibris latis ltiseriatis ramosis lig til Semen. glob , sub- 
erectum, testa tenui, hilo basilari, rapheos ramis latis obscuris, albumine- corneo :equabili 
cavo; embryo suprabasilaris.—Palm:e inermes, caudicibus solitariis v. ceespitosis, 
fibrillis reticulatis petiol iustorum tectis. Folia terminalia, longe petiolata, zqua- 
liter pinnatisecta; segmentis angustis longe acuminatis integris v. apice insequaliter 2-fidis 
plicato-nervosis, costa superne prominula, marginibus basi recurvis, petiolo dorso convexo 
facie concavo superne semitereti marginibus acutis, vagina fissa marginibus fibris reticu- 
latis longe barbata. |Spadices arcuato-penduli, pluries divisi, tomentosi, pedunculo basi 
p , ramis lisq bpinnatis. divaricatis, ultimis. brevibus ; spathze 2, trun- 
cato-lacerw, caducze ; braeteze iriangulares ad basin ramorum. Flores inter minimos. 
Fructus mediocris. 
Species 4, Brasilize boreulis;incolz. : Kinth, Enum. Pl, iii. 176. Wallace, Palin. Amaz. 12, t. 2, f. 6, 
1.4, 0,6. Spruce in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. 58... Fl. 9 a nobis non visi. 
78. :Nipa, Wurmb. in. Verhandl, Batav. Genootsh. 1779, i. 349, ex Blume, Rumph. ii. 72. 
— Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo divaricatim ramoso monoici, d in ramulis amenti- 
formibus ramos laterales terminantibus dense congesti, 9 in capitulum spadicem ter- 
minans agglomerati, bracteati et bracteolati; perianthi 1 Fl. 4 parvi, 
bracteolis setiformibus interspersi Sepala lineari-cuneata, apicibus truncatis inflexis, 
leviter imbricata. Petala imilia sed paullo minora, leviter imbricata. Stamina 3, 
in columnam cylindraceam connata ; antherc lineari-elongatze, basifixce, loculis adnatis ; 
pollen subglob , hispidul Ovarii rudimentum 0, Fl. 9 masculis multo majores, 
perianthii foliolis 6. rudi lis dissitis. Staminodia 0. Ovarii carpella 3, cuneato- 
Obovoidea, pressione. mutua angulata, vertice libero, curvo-pyramidata, infra apicem 
obliquum rima stigmatosa exarata ; ovulum erectum; Synearpii globosi carpella magna, 
Ibovoidea, p , obtuse h , Vertice pyramidata, 1-locularia, stigmate infra- 
apicali, pericarpio crasse carnoso densissime fibroso, endocarpio spongioso et farinoso | 
venoso, uno latere longitudinaliter carinato. | Semen erectum, hine ob endocarpii carinam | 
intrusam sulcatum, hilo basilari lato, testa coriacea intus viscosa end pio arcte adli D 
raphe lata semi-completa ramis semen circumdantibus, albumine corneo sequabili cavo ; 
embryo basilaris, obeonicus.—Palma humilis, inermis, caudicibus horizontalibus elon- 
gatis robustis radicantibus vaginis vetustis tectis, apicibus breviter ramosis, Folia ter- 
minalia, pinnatisecta, segmentis lanceolati inatis plicato-nervosis subtus glaucis 
