Coryphec.] OLXXXVII. PALME. : 923 
basilaria, erecta. Fructus e carpellis 1, rarius 2-3, globosis 1-spermis, stylo basilari, peri- 
carpio carnoso ab epicarpio membranaceo soluto. Semina depresso-globosa, erecta, 
libera, hilo parvo basilari, testa atro-brunnea nitida, rapheos ramis obsoletis, albumine 
dure corneo zequabili umbilico intruso, fossa intus spongiosa marginibus rugosis ; embryo 
dorsalis.—Palm:e inermes, humiles elate? v. subacaules, caudice sspe robusto annulato 
basi oblique ascendente superne vestigiis vaginarum onusto. Folia terminalia, orbicu- 
laria v. basi cuneata, flabellatim multifida, tis linearibus 2-fidis filis szepissime- 
interjectis, vernatione induplicatis, rhachi brevi v. elongata, ligula brevi rhachi adnata, 
petiolo antice concavo marginibus acutis inermibus, vagina breviuscula. Spadices magni, 
elongati, decompolirt, primum gue ramis ramulisque decurvis v. pendulis gracilibus ; 
spathz ped tes, tubulose, ore obliquo; bractem et 
bracteole minute. Flores parvi, labii, albi v. virides. Fructus parvus v. mediocris, 
niger. 
Species 6, Americe tropicze et subtropicze a Florida et insulis Bermudianis ad Venezuelam et 
insulam Trinitatis extensm. . Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 245 (excl. sp.), t. 103, 130. Kunth, Enum. 
PL. ii. 245 (excl. sp. 4). Karst. FI: Colomb. ii. 137, t. 172. (Trithrinaz). — Chap. FI. S. U. States 
438 (excl. sp. 2).  Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 014.  Guersent in. Bull. Soc. Philom. iii. 206, t. 25. 
Jacq. Hort. Vindob. iii. t. 8. Bot. Mag. t. 1434. 
83. Washingtonia, H. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1879, 68. — Flores HermBDRFOdi, dp ramis 
spadicis interfoliacei paniculatim ramosi sparsi, sessiles, scar ; peri- 
anthium post anthesin i Calyx tubul basi solidus, ore lente dilatato Peer 
3-lobo, lobis scariosis erosis retusis imbricatis. Corolla infundibularis, tubo carnoso calyce 
incluso ; lobi lanceolati, acuminati, striati, patuli, basi intus callo 2-lobo aucti. Stamina 
6, fauci coroll; inserta, filamentis magnis crassis elongato-fusiformibus exsertis, apicibus 
attenuatis; antheree magns, lineares, utrinque 2-fidwe, dorsifixze, versatiles. Ovarium 
disco parvo insertum, depresso-obovoideum, S-lobum, 3-loculare; stylus filiformis, 
flexuosus, longe exsertus, rigidus, persistens, stigmatibus minutis ; ovula basilaria, erecta. 
Fructus parvus, ellipsoideus, 1- locularis, l-spermus, reliquiis minutis Keeper abor- 
tientium styloque coronatus, periearpio carnoso. Semen oblong 
dorso convexum, ventre planiusculum, testa brunnea nitida tenui, hilo parvo Mi rain] 
raphe i i ramis 0, albumine corneo squabili; embryo basin versus seminis 
dorsalis. —Palma elata, caudice robusto vaginarum et petiolorum vestigiis superne tecto. 
Folia terminalia, ampla, patentia, orbicularia, flabellatim plicata, ad medium fere fissa, 
laciniis induplicatis margine filiferis, rhachi brevi, ligula magna appressa, petiolo elongato 
robusto plano-convexo marginibus valide spinosis. Spadices elongati, copiose paniculatim 
ramosi, glabri, ramis gracilibus flexuosis ; spaths» elongate, membranace:, fissz, glabre. 
Flores albi. Fructus niger. 
Species 1 v. 2, Californiz australis et Arizonw ineole. S. Was. in Bot. Calif. i. 211, 488. Fenzl 
in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. i. 116, cum ic (Pritchardia). 
84. aaunorhops,.H. Wendl. in. Bot. Zeit. 1879, 147.— Flores in spadice interfoliaceo 
latim ramoso noiei, per paria  spàthella membranacea inclusi, altero 
sessili bracteato, altero "breviter pedicellat to, perianthi post anthesin fere 
immutatum. Calyx breviter tubul i liter 3- lobus, b Corolla 
3-partita, tubo brevi, segmentis ovatis acuti valvatis. Stamina in fl. 6, filamentis tubo 
corollz insertis, in fl. d ad 9 filamentis basi lata fauci corollze insertis ; antheree oblonge 
v. oblongo-sagittate, intruse. ^ Ovarium ovoideum, 3-gonum, in PUES brevem sub- 
ulatum attenuatum, stigmate 3-denticulato ; ovula Veron incen erecta. Wrüctus globosus 
allipsoideus v. oblongus, DSpessuss stylo best pericarp pio tenuiter 
Semen p liberum, hilo parvo Mb ventre ad axin ex- 
cayatum; fossa materia spongiosa farcta, testa tenuiter membranacea, raphe brevi ramis 
tis laxe corneo :equabili ; embryo medio dorso situs ys sub- 
basilaris.—Palma inermis, gregaria, humilis, pallida, ib p p 
