938 OLXXXVIIL PALME. [Lepidocaryece. 
elato v. mediocri obseure annulato, annulis v. internodiis interdum spinis conicis armatis 
Folia terminalia, lamina pinnatim flbelliformi semicirculari v. circulari, v. cuneata 
multifida, segmentis 1 lati: inatis, costis ginibusque inermibus v. spinulosis, 
rhachi brevi v. elongata, petiolo gracili v. robusto teretiusculo, vagina brevi v. elongata 
in una specie in fibras densissime contextas soluta. Spadices magni, pedunculo elongato, 
ramis crassis distichis flexuosis spathis incompletis vaginatis, ramulis amentiformibus 
numerosis basi spatha brevi cochleato-infundibulari crasse coriacea stipatis ; bracteze et 
bisitooli ; t H 
t "m 
; late, 36, crasse coriaces, marginibus incrassatis rugulosis. 
Flores parvi v. majusculi, inferiores in ramulis Spe 9 pauci Fructus mediocris. 
Nat. Palm. ii. 41, t. 88 ad 44, iii. 344; Pal. Orbign. 19, &. 18, f. 1,14, f. 1, 21 A, B. Kunth, 
Enum. Pl.ii.217. Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii. 287, t. 61 ad 65, 67. Wallace, Palm. Amaz. 
46, 1. 2, f. 2, e£ t. 17 ad 21. Griseb, Fl, Brit. W. Ind. 518. Barb. Rodr. Enwm, Palm. Nov. 18; 
Spruce in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 167. . Traill in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1877, 129. ! 
Genus a Drudeo in Mart. Fl. Bras. 1. c. in sectiones sequentes divisum :— 
1. Moriche. Caudex estolonifer, Levis, Folia radiatim flabellata, levia. Spadices breviter 
pedunculati, pedunculo valido quam rami pluries breviore. Includit 1. M. flexuosa, Linn.; Mart. Hist. 
Nat. Palm. t, 40; Wallace, Palm. Amaz. t. 2; f.2 e&.17..- 2, M. vinifera, Mart, l.c. t. 38, 39; 
Palm. Orbign. t. 13, 21. 
2. Diplorhipis. Caudex stolonifer, basi armatus, Folia plerumque mediane bisecta, aeuleata v. 
inermia. Spadices longius peduneulati, peduneulo gracili ramos subzquante. 1. M. aculeata, 
H. B. K.; Wallace, Palm Amaz, t. 20 (M. gracilis. 2. M. Martiana, Spruce ; Wallace, l.c. t. 19 
(M. aculeata) ; Mart. l.c. t. 39, 44 (M. aculeata). 3. M. armata, Mart. l.c. t. 41 ad 43; Palm. 
Orbign. t. 14, 21. 4. M. pumila, Wallace l.c. t. 21. Lxrrpococcus, H. Wendl. et Drude in Kerch. de 
Dentergh. Palm. 219. 
Onornowa, Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 294, t. 66 (Mauritie subgen. Orophoma, Spruce 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi, 171. M. carana, Wallace, Palm. Amaz. t. 18) differt caudice solitario robusto, 
superne reliquiis vetustis vaginarum onusto, et corollee fl. d basi elongata, Fl. 9 ignoti. 
115. Lepidocaryum, Mart. Gen. ct Sp. Palm. ii. 49, 1. A7, f. 1-3, iii. 344.— Flores 
dioici, in ramulis brevibus compressis spadicis interfoliacei secundi v. distiche conferti, 
bracteati et bracteolati ; perianthium coriaceum. Fl. d : Calyx campanulatus v. cupularis, 
subtrigonus, 3-denticulatus. Petala 3, ima basi connata, erecta, lanceolata, valvata. 
Stamina 6, basi petal inserta, fil tis subelavatis, 3 petalis oppositis longioribus ; 
antherze lineari-oblongse, dorsifixze, basi longe 2-fid;». . Ovarii rudimentum minimum v. 0. 
Fl. 9 masculis majores. Calyx maris. Corolla 3-fida, basi ventricosa, segmentis 3 ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis valvatis, post anthesin auctis. Staminodia in annulum fauci corollie 
insertum connata, brevia, antheris 0 v. cassis. Ovarium ovoideum,. 3-loculare, squamis 
reversis opertum ; stigmata 3, erecta, lineari-subulata ; ovula erecta, basilaria. Fructus 
obovoideus, rostratus, 1-locularis, l-spermus, pericarpio tenui squamis retrorsum imbricatis 
exsculptum, chalaza apicali, rapheos ramis subtiliter reticulatis, albumine sequabili solido ; 
embryo infra apicem ventralis.—Palm:e inermes, mediocres, caudice gracili erecto v. 
r DUANE. 4 
brevibus, basi spathellis late infundibularil involucratis ; bractew late ovato ; bracteolse 
in eupulam obliquam 2-fidam dorso 9-carinatam v. 9-alatam connatze, Flores rosei. 
Fructus inter minores, squamis parvis. 
Species 5, Brasiliz borealis et Guianze ineole. Kunth, Enum. Pl.iii.220. Drudein Mart, Fl. Bras. 
iii. 11.296, 7. 62, 67, 68. Spruce in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 172 (Mauritia sect. Lepidocaryum), — Trail 
r; Trim. Journ. Bot. 1877, 129. Barb, Rod. Enum. Palm. Nov, 19. Wallace, Palm, Amae. 60, t, 2, 
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