Arecem.] OLXXXVH. PALMZE. 921 
paleaceis, marginibus basi recurvis, petiolo plano-convexo, vagina brevi. .Spadices inter 
folia summa terminales, primum .erectze, demum nutantes, ramulis floriferis basi bracteatis; 
spathz plurimze, vaginantes, supremis cucullatis rostratis, —Syncarpium magnitudine 
capitis humani. 
Species 1, wstuariis fluviorum Asie tropiew a Zeylania et Ostia Ganges ad ins. Philippinas 
Nov. Guineam et Australiam.tropieam extensa. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii; 300, t. 108. Kunt, 
Enumn. Pl; ii. 110, 6589. Lam. Illustr.1.897.: lume, Rumph. ii. 72, iii. 2. 164, 160... Labill.. in 
Mém. Mus. Par. v. t. 21, 22. | Gaud.. Voy. Bonite, t. 67... Griff. Notul, 3i, 168 ; Jc. Pl. Asiat. 244 ad 
247. Genus polline hispidulo ab omnibus inter Palmas diversum. . Carpella suadente Griffithio et 
Blumeo obseure ternatim disposita, ovarium tri-carpellare indieantia. Flores d iis Borassi con- 
formes, petalis fide Griffithii leviter. imbricatis, a Blumeo. contra, valvatis descriptis. Spadix ex 
Blumeo terminalis. 
T9. Phytelephas, Ruiz et Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Per. 299... (Elephantusia, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 
1158.)—Flores dioici, in spadicibus interfoliaceis densissime compacti ; spadices d amen- 
tiformes, simpli elongati, cylindracei v. capitati, 9 capitati. Fl. d minute bracteati. 
Perianthium obsoletum, v. minutum patelliforme dentatum dentibus is ineequali 
bus acutis. Stamina numerosa, toro inserta, filamentis filiformibus liberis ; antherce 
S H 
lineari gat iw, basifix;.  Ovarii rudimenta 0. Fl. 9 przmagni, masculis 
multo majores, bractea magna elongato-l lata stipati, perianthio post anthesin 
aucto. Sepala 3, chart iangulari: inata, imbricata. Petala 5—10, carno- 
sula, elongato-lineari-oblonga, acuminata, imbricata. Staminodia perplurima, antheris 
cassis. Ovarium subglol 4-9-suleatum et-loculare ; stylus terminalis, elongatus, 
colummaris, crassus, stigmatibus 4-9 filiformibus intus papillosis; ovula basi anguli 
interioris loculorum ad dentià. Sy pium pond glob e fructibus 4-6- 
spermis obpyramidati dunatis constans, stylis terminalibus, pericarpio corticato 
intus carnoso, cortice llatim tuberculat I lis sursum i itis fibrosis, endo- 
di ^h E 
carpio crustaceo fragili extus farinaceo albo, intus nitido. Semina in loculis solitaria, 
b ovoidea v. subglob obtuse angulata, hilo magno, rapheos ramis 
impressis, albumine duro sequabili solido ; embryo subbasilaris.—Palm:e humiles, inermes, 
caudice robusto erecto v. p ei radicante.. Folia terminalia, elongata, pinnati 
gmenti is superioribus oppositis inferioribus alternis v. fasciculatis lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, costa valida, marginibus basin recurvis. Spadices  peduncu- 
lati, pedunculo squamoso, d penduli, 9 erecti; spathe 2 complete, elongate, ventre 
fisss, crasse coriacem v. lignosw. Flores 9 inter Palmas longe maximi, petalis 2-3- 
pollicaribus; d parvuli. Synearpium magnitudine fere capitis humani, 
Speeies 3 v. plures, Peruviw.et Nov: Grenad:e incole. ..Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 306.. Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. ii. 109. Gaud. Voy. Bonite, i. 14 ad 16, 29, 30. .Karst, in. Linnea, xxviii. 275; Fl. 
Oclomb. i. 165,1. 82. Hook. Kew Journ. i. 204, 1. 6, 7. (in. Fl. des. Serres, t. 496, 497. iterata). 
Seemann. in. Hook. Kew. Journ. ii. 303 ; Bot, Her. 205, t. 45 ad 47 ; Bonpland. 1855, 270, 7. 1, 2. 
Spruce i Journ, Linn. Soc.iv. 1806. Bot. Mag. t. 4913, 4914. P. «equatorialis, Spruce mss. a con- 
generibus insigniter differt caudice mediocri erecto, foliorum segmentis fastigiatis, et fl. d pedunculo 
elongato raeemoso. In P. microcarpo perianthium eupulare fide Karstenii adest, quod in P. macro- 
carpo et cequatoriali frustra quiesivimus. 
dide 
Tarsvs IL. | PucNICEX. 
80. Phoenix, Linn. Gen. n. 1924. (Elate, Linn. Mus. Cliff. 12. Fulchironia, Lesch. 
in Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 1829, 29. Phoniphora, Neck. Elem. iii. 302.)—Flores dioici, 
in ramis spadicis interfoliacei fastigiatim ramosi sessiles, minute bracteati, ebracteolati, 
perianthio coriaceo. Fl. d oblongi v. ovoidei. Calyx cupularis, 3-dentatus. Petala 3, 
oblique oblonga v. ovata, basi subconnata, valvata. Stamina 6, rarissime 3 v. 9, basi 
coroll inserta, filamentis subulatis basi connatis ; antherz lineari-oblongse, erectze, dorso 
affixe.. Ovarii rudimenta minuta v. 0. . Fl. 9 masculis subequales, globosi, perianthio post 
anthesin aucto. Calyx maris. Petala 3, rotundata, concava, late imbricata, Staminodia 
6, squamieformia v. in cupulam connata, Ovarii carpella 3, distincta, ovoidea v. globosa, 
