Cocoinec.] CLXXXVII PALMAE. 943 
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bus; ovulum . . . Fructus ovoideus v. subglobosus, rostratus, levis v. aculeatus, 
l-spermus, stylo terminali, pericarpio carnoso intus fibroso, endocarpio osseo vertice 
3- -poroso, poris circumcirca stellatim fibrosis. Semen ovoideum, testa brunnea, rapheos 
ramis reticulatis, albumine szquabili corneo cavo; embryo poro uni oppositus.— Palme 
armate, acaules v. caudice humili v. elato AOT srnnlis spinosis. Folia terminalia, 
pinnatisecta, segmentis approximatis :equidistantibus v. iculati lati. inati: 
v. apice attenuato oblique truncato plieatis subtus albicantibus, terminalibus liberis v. 
confluentibus, marginibus aculeatis basi recurvis, petiolo breviusculo, vagina brevi aperta. 
Spadices breves v. elongati, ramis effusis pendulis basi incrassatis dein (A. rostrato excepto) 
gracillimis longe nudis, parte amentiformi basi nuda quasi pedunculata ; spath:e 2, infe- 
riore b decidua, sup fusiformi v. ; scaphoidea coriacea v. lignosa ventre 
aperta persistente ; bractew fl. 9 lats, imbricat: Fl9 d 
utrinque flore masculo stipati. Fructus majusculus, ruber v. croceus. 
Species enumerat, ad 30 (an omnes congeneres), Amerie tropieze precipue Brasiliw incole. 
"?Mart. Hist. Nat. Palin, ii, 69, t. 62, 58, 59, 05, iii. 287, 323 ; Palm. Orbign. 84, t. 4, f. 1, 2, 13, f. 3, 
29 C,30 A. Kunth, Enwn. Pl. ii. 271. Drude in. Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii. 364, t. 81 ad 83. Griseb, 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 521. Karst. in Linnea, xxviii. 245; FL. Colomb. ii. 167, 1. 83. Barb. Hodr. 
Enuin. Palm. Nov. 20 et Protest. Append. 27. — Spruce in Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 157. — Traill in Trim, 
Journ, Bot. 1877, 77. Wallace, Palin. Amaz. 100, t. 2, f. 5, 38 ad 44, 
"Typus generis, 4. TORHINIS Meyer (Bot. Mag. t. 4773)a congeneribus differt parte superiore 
ramorum spadiis non nec quasi p i floribus d' majoribus foveolis rhacheos 
vix immersis et disco in fl, 9 0. Pericarpium earnosum in 4. Munbaca, Mart., 4. gymnacantho, 
Mart., aliisque paucis ab apice ad basin in lacinias 6 stellatim patentes dehiseit. 
Toxornaix, Schott, Nachr. K.K. QGsterr, Naturf. in Brasil. ii. App. (ex Martio), est fide Drudei 
4. Ayri, Mart, 
123. Aerocomia, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 66, t. 56, 57; iii. 285, 322; Palm. 
Orbign. 48, t. 9, f. 1 (Cocos) et 29 B.—Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo kinplicitor 
ramoso monoici; d' numerosi, parvi, in apicibus elongatis 
immersi densissime conferti; 9 pauci, magni, ad basin ramorum sessiles, bracteati. 
FL. dé Sepala minuta, scariosa, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, ginibus integris v. laceris, vix 
icatis. Corolla subcylind basi | carnosa, obtuse 3-gona, Vernis et oblongis val- 
vatis. . Stamina 6, fil tis filif gmentorum basibus &dnstis compressis ; 
antherm exsertz, lineari-oblongs, dorsifi il Ovarii rudi 0 v. mini- 
mum. Fl. 9 masculis multo majores, ovoidei, drafts post anthesin paullo aucto. 
Sepala minuta, ovato-orbicularia v. reniformia, imbricata. Petala longiora, crasse coriacea, 
libera v. basi connata et ovarii basi adnata, luti Discus 
. liber v. corollee adnatus, 3-fidus v. 6-dentatus. Ovarium ovoideum, 3-loculare, loculis 2 
effoctis ; stigmata 3, sessilia, subulato-lanceolata, revoluta ; dens iiie — Fructus 
globosus v. oblongus, glaber v. setulosus, 1-spermus, sti; 
mucilaginoso intus fibroso, endocarpio crasso medio 3-poroso. Semen globosüm - v. 
3-lobum, lateri loculi affixum, testa rapheos ramis reticulata, albumine duro :equabili ; 
embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palm:se armate, caudice elato SOHURFIO sepius iiedib ven- 
tricoso annulato, dense aculeato. Folia termi anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis longe oblique acuminatis, marginibus nudis basi recurvis, costa petiolo 
et rhachi longe spinosis, vagina breviuscula aperta.  Spadices pedunculati, aculeati, 
ramis crassiusculis effusis, parte 9 flexuosa floribus remotis, d elongata cylindracea ; 
spathe 2, interiore » apice aperta, superiore fusiformi lignosa aculeata; bractes fl. 4 in 
opus fi in fl. 9 t Flores inter minores, ochroleuci, 
9 interdum utrinque flore viiadio stipati. Fructus niger v. fuscus. 
Species enumerat? ad 8, Americe tropic incole, inter se quam maxime affines et, forsan 
pro varietatibus unius habendz. —Kunth, Enum.Pl.ii.270. JDrude in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 
388, 1.84. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W, Ind. 521. gest, Palm. Centro- Amer, (in Vid, Meddel. Nat. Foren. 
KjobenA.) 47. 
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