 Borassea.] OLXXXVIL PALMAE. 941 
Species 9 enumeratze, Africie tropic, Arabice et ins. Madagaseariw incole. Mart, Hist. Nat, Palm. 
iii. 925,7. 191 ad 133. Kunth, Enum. Pl.ii. 226. Dict Sc. Nat. t. 28, 29 (Doumo). Kirk in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 234. Jacq. Fragm. t. 133 (Palma Thebaica)... H. Wendl, in Bot. Zeit, 1881, 91. 
Tarsus VI. CocorxEx. 
120. mactris, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 256.—Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo sim- 
plici v. simpliciter ramoso monoici, sparsi, sessiles, inferiores in ramulis 3-ni intermedio 9 , 
bracteati. Fl. d: Calyx annularis urceolaris v. 3-partitus, segmentis lanceolatis v. 
subulatis basi connatis carinatis. Petala multo majora, ovata v. lanceolata, planiuscula, 
ima basi connata, valvata. Stamina 6, 9, v. 12, basi perianthii toro parvo v. basi peta- 
lorum affixa, inclusa, filamentis subulatis; anthere lineares, basi bifida affixze, erectze. 
Ovarii rudimentum 0, v. minutum. Fl. 9 in parte inferiore ramorum maseulis immixti, 
iis minores, perianthio post anthesin immutato v. aucto. Calyx varius, cylindraceus 
laris v. rarius laris v. tripartitus, ore truncato integerrimo v.;dentato. Corolla 
calyce longior v. zequilong laris v. cylind ore truncato 3-denticulato. Discus 
dari ! v. obsolet Ovarium id y. prismatico-tri. 
3-loculare, loculis 2 effcetis v. obsoletis ; stigmata 3, sessilia, brevia, pyramidata, demum 
recurva; ovulum loculum implens. Fructus ovoideus v. globosus, 1-locularis, 
"l-spermus, stigmatib inalib pericarpio carnoso, endocarpio osseo verticem 
versus v. supra medium 3-poroso. Semen infra apicem loculi pendulum, raphe reti- 
culata, albumine zquabili corneo ; embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palm:e ssepius humiles, 
rarissime omnino inermes, caudicibus solitariis v. fasciculatis annulatis aculeatis v. iner- 
uibus, radicibus soboliferis. Folia terminalia v. sparsa, squaliter v. insqualiter pin- 
natisecta, glabra v. pul ti gmentis sparsis v. aggregatis v. in laminam bifidam 
plus minusve imperfecte confluentibus, apicibus acutis rarius obtusis, marginibus ciliatis 
basi recurvis, petiolo brevi v. elongato, vagina elongata aculeata. Spadices sessiles v. 
peduneulati, vaginas foliorum perforantes ; spathz 2, inferiore brevi apice pervia, 
superiore coriacea v. lignosa spadi dente cymbiformi v. fusiformi ventre dehis- 
cente, inermis setosa v. aculeata; bractes persistentes. Flores parvi v. mediocres, 
ochroleuci v. virescentes. Fructus parvus, colore varius. 
Species enumeratze ad 100, Americee tropie incole. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 92, 4. 60, 70, 72 ad 
74, iii, 279, 321; Pal. Orbign. 53, t. 6, f. 2, 7, 14, f. 2, 26 B, 27, 98 A, B. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. 
961. Guerin. Fruct. i. 0.9. Lam. Illustr. t. 895. Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii, ii. 916, t. 73 ad, 80. 
. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 519. Karst. in Linnea, xxviii. 405, et 397 (Gulielma) ; Fl. Colomb. ii. 
139, 4. 173, et 127, 1. 63 (Gulielma). Wallace, Palin. Amaz. 76, t. 28 ad 35, et 45 (Bactris). — irat. 
Pal. Centro-Amer. (in. Vid. Meddel. Nat. Foren. Kjobenh. 1858) 40, t, 8, 9, f. 32 ad 35, 50 ad 52. 
JJarb. Rodrig. Enum. Palm. Nov. 26, t. 1; f. 3 ad 7, 2, t. 4 ad 6, et Protest. Append. 19,42, . Spruce 
in Journ. Linn. Soc.xi, 143, ubi auctor species 17 Amazonieas enumerat, Ib seetionik ib 
1. Jsochlamys. Fl. Q: Calyx et corolla subsequil i, glabri, ovoid. lati, ore 3-dentato, in 
fructu 3-fidi v. 3-partiti, Palme humiles, tenues, plerumque inermes, foliis sepissime simplicibus, 
dicibus simplicibus, spathis i y 
2. Anisochlamys. Fl 9: Calyx tenuis, brevis, 3-partitus. Corolla coriacea, ovoideo-urceolata, 3- 
loba, fruetu aucta. Palm: humiles, tenues, inermes, foliis sepe interrupte pinnatisectis, spadicibus 
simplicibus, spathis inermibus. : 
3. Cyathochlamys. Fl. 9: Calyx annularis, ore 3-gono v. 3-fido. Corolla cupularis, coriacea v. 
lignosa, villosa, in fructu aucta, Palmw humiles v. mediocres, foliorum segmentis aggregatis (in 
B. bifida confluentibus) spadicibus (2. bifida excepta) ramosis, spatha superiore armata. 
4. Endochlamys. Tl. 9: Calyx globoso-ureeolaris, Corolla brevior, lanata. Palme subhumiles, 
aculeatee, foliis equaliter pinnatisectis, spadieib impliceibus, spatha superiore armata. 
Traill in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1876, 354; 1877, 1, 40, 15, 182, &. 184, species 27 Amazonicas de- 
scripsit in sectiones duas a Martio stabilitatas, nempe SpAerocarpe fructu globoso, et Oocarpe fructu 
ellipsoideo, Denique Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. species omnes brasilianas in sectiones 8 distribuit, 
ad habitum, folia, ramitieationem spadicis pro maxima parte constitutas. 
' Axausnza, Karsi, in Linnea, xxviii, 390 (Prnzxoeryrmr, Karst, Fl, Qolomb, ii, 141, t, 174, 
