Corypheie.] OLXXXVIL PALME, | .981 
teati et. ebracteolati ; perianthi 'bsolet; ad stipitem , brevissi basi t t 
setulis 6 minutissimi: t duct Antherse 6, sessiles, breves, latze, in annulum 
Ov&tium cingentem dispositze, medio dorso affixce, reversse, loculis discretis ellipsoideis extus 
i ibus, connecti n drato sicco rugoso.: Ovarium ovoideum, 1- rarius 
2-3-loculare, in stylum crassum curvum antheras superantem attenuatum, stigmate subin- 
fundibulari flabellatim expanso obscure 3-lobo ; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus pisiformis, 
breviter stipitatus, stylo apicali, pericarpio tenuiter erustaceo. Semen depresso-globosum, 
erectum, liberum, ad hilum late et profunde TISPUEUIE 2g Pues testa suberosa farctam, 
iesta atra, hilo parvo basilari, raphe subl lbumi gue yas ; 
embryo fere apicalis, —Palma ... Foliaterminalia, coriacea, orbiculari t 1tifi 
subtus glauca, laciniis latis mane induplicatis breviter 2. nem pum valida, nervis 
utrinque ad 8. Spadices breves, rhachi evag , ramulis jusculis. curvis pubes- 
centibus ; spathz plures, papyraceo-coriaceze, Bhospust EPRTRUP, longe fisse, Flores 
diametro ramulis minores. Fructus pallidus. t 
Species 1, Cubensis, Griseb. Cat. Pl, Cub. 221 (Trüthrinaz compacta). 
"Tnmus IV. LEPIDOCARYEJE. 
102. Calamus, Linn. Gen. n. 436.— Flores polygamo-monoici v. dioici, in ramis spadicis 
interfoliacei paroulatifi rámosl des bifariam inserti, solitarii 2-ni v. rarissime 
glomerati, bracteati et braet Fl. d: Calyx cupularis, 
9-dentatus v. 3-fidus. Petala 3, liber v. basi connata, oblonga v. lanceolata, acuta, 
valvata. Stamina 6, rarissime pauciora, fundo v. fauci corollre inserta, filamentis brevibus 
v. subulatis basi liberis v. connatis, apicibus rectis v. infractis interdum incrassatis ; 
anther: lineares sagittatz v. oblongse, diment 
dorsifi Ovarii r minutum vy. 0. 
Fl $9 masculos subsquantes ; perianthio post anthesin paullo aucto. Calyx maris. 
Corolla basi tubulosa, 3-fida, laciniis ovatis acutis valvatis. |Staminodia 6, in cupulam 
liberani: v. tubo corolle adnatam connata. Ovarium ovoideum v. globosum, retrorsus 
3-loeulare ; stylus brevis v. elongatus, stigmatibus brevibus y. 
elongatis ; ovula 3, / basilazia, erecta. Fructus globosus v. ellipsoideus, 1- rarissime 2-3- 
spermus, stylo terminali, — tenui squamis deorsum imbricatis tessellatim loricato. 
Semen g| v. deforme, live v. sinuato-sulcatum, sub- 
erectum, extus molliter cienodoltm; chalaza laterali, rapheos ramis a chalaza ad situm 
embryonis decurrentibus, albumine sequabili v. leviter ruminato ; embryo subbasilaris y. 
ventralis. —Palme armate, ssepissime debiles, dentes, rarius erectes, caudicibus crnpi- 
tosis longissimis remote lati. sFolis'alterna; cede qualit 
:equidistantibus interruptis v. fasci ti iformibus v, ellipticis, apicibus 
integris, costa nervis marginibusque basi recurvis spe setosis, rhachi dorso convexa facie 
acuta sepe in funem aeuleatum efoliolatum producta, petiolo brevi v. elongato obtuse 
3-gono,(vagina aculeata sspe in ligulam concavam rarissime in ocream brevem producto, 
non raro flagello elongato aculeato uno latere instructa. Spadices breves v. elongati, 
dense v. laxe paniculatim ramosi, ramis scepius gracillimis, floriferis brevibus v. elongatis 
rectis v. scorpioideis interdum crassis et complanatis, bracteis dense imbricatis quasi 
articulatis, rhachi non raro in funem producta, pedunculo gracili Y, robusto libero v. 
vaginse folii er ced longe gcn J spathie que vagi- 
nantes, t v. majores et completas, coriaces inermes v. 
aculeatz, Flores parvi, pissi iw i intra bracteas spathaceas 
solitarii v. bini, altero spe abortivo iut sexu distincto ; bracteole libere v. connatte, 
Fructus parvus v. mediocris. 
Species ad 200, omnes tropic v. plerseque to-Asiatiee paucz Australi et 
Africce tropieze incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. ? pain. iij. 207, 331, 7. 112, 113, 116, 128, 160, 175, 176. 
Gaertn. Fruet. ii. €. 1399. Lam. Illustr. t. 110. Blume, Rumph. iii. 28, t. 146 ad 154, 163, 163 B. 
Griff. in. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 26, cum ic. ; Palm. Brit. Ind. 33, 1. 185 a2 216 C et 2316 B. 
(Damonorops), Append, xx... Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. iii. 103 749; Suppl. 90, 256, 594; Palm. Archip. 
