| Coryphec..] COLXXXVII. PALMAE. 927 
92. Colpothrinaz, Griseb. et H. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 1879, 147.—Flores hermaphroditi, 
ramis spadicis interfoliacei subduplicato-ramosi sparsi, solitarii, sessiles, minute bracteati ; 
perianthium post anthesin i tat Calyx tubul , basi intrusa, ore 
d l Corolle tubus cylindraceus, .Goriapeus, persistens, lobis 
ovatis subacutis coriaceis valvatis deciduis. Stamina 6, filamentis brevibus triangulari- 
subulatis basi in coronam 6-lobam tubo corollm impositam connatis; antherw lineari- 
oblongze, dorsifixze, utrinque profunde 2-lobze. Ovarium  trapezio-obovoideum, e carpellis 
3 liberis vertice exsculptis in stylos erectos crassos 
punctiformibus ; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus globosus, l-locularis, stylo terminali, 
pericarpio carnoso intus parce fibroso, endocarpio crustaceo. Semen globosum, liberum, 
erectum, hilo basilari, raphe ab hilo ad verticem extensa incrassata lobulata nitida ramis 
0, albumine Seduabili solido ; embryo Eget — Palma inermis. Folia terminalia, 
ddsi coriacea, orbicularia, flabellatim plicat: ltifida,. laciniis numerosissimis rigidis 
longe inatis 2-fidis induplicatis, costa valida, nervis perplurimis, rhachi elongata, 
ligula semicirculari libera. Spadices breviusculi, decurvi, rhachi valida, ramis laxifloris 
validis patentibus elongatis, inferioribus basi ramosis; spathz plures, crasse coriacezm, 
castanege, furfuraces, inferiore magna ad basin ii superiores tubuloss superne fisse ; 
bracie:e minutze, setif. Flores maj lis ramorum spadicis sessiles. 
Fructus diametro cerasi. ! 
Species 1, Cubze incola. - 
93. Erythea, S. Was. Bot. Calif. i ii. 211, 485.—Flores hermaphroditi, in ramis spadicis 
interfoliacei paniculatim ramosi sessiles, solitarii v. fasciculati, bracteati et 2-bracteolati ; 
perianthium coriaceum, post anthesin immutatum. Calyx cupularis, 3-lobus. Corolla 
brevis, late campanulata, 3-loba, lobis late ovatis acutis valvatis. Stamina 6, fauci 
corollz inserta, filamentis brevibus subulatis basi in annulum connatis ; antherze parvze, 
ovato-cordatze, CRM cum obovoideum, trigonum, e carpellis 3 I enirg connatis ; 
stylus brevis, subulatus, aliculatus, pügmsre. ,5, dentato ; ovula basilaria, erecta. 
Fructus globosus, l-sp , stigmatibus ter A io carnoso intus molli. 
Semen erectum, liberum v. i i dt , glob v. subpl um, 
ventre ad axin suleatum, sulco testa "apongiósa farcto, hilo basilari, SEjho valde incon- 
'spieua ramis obsoletis, albuminé corneo sequabili ; embryo subbasilaris.— Palme inermes, 
sobbs robusto solitario basi annulsto, superne vestigiis vaginarum foliorum tecto. "Folia 
inalia, juniora t flabellatim multifida, laciniis apice laceris filis 
interjectis induplicatis, rhachi brevi, ligula elongata, petiolo valido marginibus levibus 
v. Spinosis. fSpadices elongati, albo-tomentosi, ramis robustis ; JRpatuue sud pedun- 
culum vaginantes, crasse coriacez, dense t i ractem b 
Flores pallidi. Fructus parvus. 
3 
Species 2, austro-Californiee, Genus Copernicie proximum, an distinetum ? Semen in Z. eduli 
periearpio adhzrens, in E. armata liberum. 
94. Copernicta, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. b6, t. 49, 50 (Corypha), 50: A, 51, f. 5, iii. 
242, 319 ; Palm. Orbign. 41, t. 1, f. 3, et t. 94. ::drlored hermaphroditi, in ramis spadicis 
Aiitéotaosi paniculatim ramosi sessiles, gubsolitarii v. conferti, bracteati et 2-bracteolati ; 
perianthium coriaceum, post anthesin i Calyx laris v. breviter cylin- 
draceus, truneatus, 3-fidus v. 3-dentatus. Corolla late campanulata, lobis.late ovatis 
acutis intus suleatis valvatis. Stamina 6, fauci corollie inserta, filamentis brevibus subu- 
latis basi in annulum connatis; antherm parvs, dorsifixw, ovato-cordata, inclusse. 
Ovarium 9-gono-obovoideum, e carpellis 3 basi distinetis vertice lptis constans ; 
stylus brevis, 3-suleatus, stigmate 3-denticulato ; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus o 
bosus v. ellipsoideus, 1 ——— "styli cicatrice apicali, pericarpio coriaceo non flbroso. 
Semen erectum, glob , hilo lato subbasilari, raphe elongata ramis 
laxis d dentibus, albumi laxe inato ; embryo subbasilaris,—Palmze inermes, 
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