942 CLXXXVIL PALMAE, [Cocoinec. 
Erst. Palm. Amer. Cent. l. c. 97), est. B. major, Jaeq. Stirp. Sel. t, 263, nullo charactere a speciebus 
cseteris disco instructis differt; ad sectionem Oocarpearum, Mart., pertinet. 
Gvrmrwa, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3i. 81, t. 66, 67, iij. 283, 322; Palm. Orbign. 71, t. 10, f. 8, 
29 A (non Karst.), est .Bactridis species elata, per regiones tropieas Americze australis culta, a 
Spruceo ad sectionem suam Cyathochlam;s velata. Kunth, Enum. Pl.iii. 268. (Erst. Palm. Centr. 
Amer. l.c. 45, t. 9,f. 40 ad 49. Wallace, Palin. Amaz. 92, (, 3, f. 4, 36. Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palin. 
Nov. 23. 
' 121. Desmoncus, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 84, t. 68, 69, iii. 32, 977, 321, t. 10 ; 
Palm. Orbign. 47, t. 14, f. 3, 26 A.—Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo simpliciter 
ramoso monoici, bracteati et bracteolati; d' in ramis superiores numerosi, inferiores 
9 solitarii v. utrinque floribus d stipati. Fl. 4: Calyx minutus, membranaceus, 
3-fidus v. 3-gonus, lobis acutis carinatis. Petala 3, crassiora, oblique ovata, acuta v. 
acuminata, valvata. Stamina 6, in fundo perianthii toro parvo inserta, inclusa, filamentis 
subulatis v. filiformibus ; anthers lineares, basi 2-fida inserts, erectz. ^ Ovarii rudi- 
mentum minutum v. 0. Fl. 9 masculis multo minores, coriacei, perianthio post anthesin 
paullo aucto. Calyx cupularis, ore 3-5-denticulato. Corolla urceolaris, ore truncato 
3-fido. v. 3-dentato. Discus 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 3-loculare, loculis 2 sepissime 
effostis ; stylus brevis, stigmatibus 3 acutis revolutis ; ovulum lata basi affixum. Fructus 
parvus, ovoideus. .bovoideus v. subglol , l-locularis, 1-spermus, pericarpio tenui car- 
nosulo, end it v. OBse0 ticulatim venoso nig medium v. vertice 3-poroso, 
poris circumcirca stellatim fibrosis. Semen endocarpio conforme, testa tenera, albumine 
cartilagineo :quabili; opibryo poro uni pposit »—Palmre gariez, ubique aculeatze, 
aculeis rectis v. hamatis, V. si dicibus fascieulatis flexuosis 
annulatis. Folia sparsa, ssepe refracta, subsessili. tisect; tis oppositis et 
alternis v. sparsis acuminatis, basi in petiolum angustatis, marginibus haud ciliatis basi 
recurvis, rhachi in cirrhum validum segmentis deformatis deflexis armatum producta, 
petiolo brevi, vagina elongata superne in ocream producta. Spadices solitarii, parvi, 
ramis fastigiatis gracilibus flexuosis; spath: 2, inferiore brevi coriacea apice aperta, 
superiore sublignosa, cylindracea, ventre fissa; bractes breves. Flores virescentes, peri- 
anthio basi pervio. Fructus pisiformis, ruber. 
Species ad 25. Americze tropicze incole. Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. 258. DDrude in. Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii. 
301,7. 69 ad 72.  Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 519... Spruce in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 166... Traill. in 
Trim. Journ. Bot. 1876, 353,t. 183, f. 4. Wallace, Palm. Amaz. 72, t. 97. Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palm. 
Nov, 24... 
Genus a Drudeo in sectiones 2 divisum :— 
1. Eudesmoncus.  Spadicis rhachis gracilis, elongata, ramos graciles pauciores distichos (v. in 
majoribus tristichos) intermediis longis separatos exserens; spatha interior fusiformis. Petala fl. d 
euspidata. Fructus minores, endocarpio tenui. 
2. Bactridopsis. Spadicis rhachis crassa, ramos rigidos multos v. plurimos undique patentes dense 
exserens ; spatha interior ovato-ventricosa. Petala fl. d aeuta, Fructus majores, endocarpio firmo. 
Seetio Bactridi proxima. 
122. Astrocaryum, G. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 265. —Flores in eodem spadice inter- 
foliaceo simpliciter ramoso monoici, bracteati et bracteolati, 4 numerosi minuti apicibus 
. elongatis amentiformibus ramorum immersi (rarius emersi), ebracteati ; 9 pauci, magni, ad 
basin ramorum sessiles. Fl. d': Sepala parva, triangularia, libera v. connata, acuta, haud 
imbricata. Petala ovata obovata v. lanceolata, basi connata, yalvata. Stamina 6, raro 
plura, inclusa, filamentis crassis v. filiformibus; antherw lineares, basi 2-fida v. dorso 
affixe, versatiles v. erecte  Ovarii rudimentom. minutum v. 0. P. [- masculis punito 
miAjoree,: ovoidei, perianthio post anthesin aucto. Calyx l 
v9 t Corolla laris, carnosa, ore contracto Piridia. d demnm irregulariter 
fisso. Discus annularis, membranaceus, coroll tubo adnatus v. obsoletus. Ovarium 
. ovoideum, 3-loculare, loculis 2 effotis v. obsoletis ; stylus conicus, stigmatibus confluenti- 
