944 OLXXXVII. PALMAE. [Cocoinece. 
£4 
124, Mrartinezia, Ruiz eb Pav. Fl. Per. ct Chil. Prod. 148, t. 32. . (Aiphanes, Willd. 
in Mem. Acad. Berl. 1804, 32.) —Flores in eodem spadice interfoliaceo simpliciter ramoso 
monoici, bracteati, d in parte superiore precipue ramorum sparsi, sessiles, 9 in parte 
inferiore solitarii v. fl. masculis 2 stipati. Fl. d: Sepala parva, iriangulari-ovata, imbricata. 
Petala ovato- v. oblongo-l lata, planiuseula, basi connata, valvata. Stamina 06, 
inclusa, fil &is brevissimis subulatis ; antherze lineares v. oblongs, basi bifida affixze, 
erecte. Ovarii rudimentum minutum. Fl. 9 ovoidei, masculis majores, perianthio post 
anthesin paullo aucto. Sepala membranacea, reniformia, concava, late imbricata. Petala 
paullo longiora, ovata, acuta, valvata v. | Discus li 
v. 6-dentatus, liber v. petalis adh Ovarium ovoideum, 93-loculare, loculis 2 effcetis ; 
stigmata 3, trigona, iia; ovulum ad d Fructus globosus, 1-spermus, stig- 
matibus terminalibus, pericarpio carnoso, endocarpio osseo glabro extus et intus ruguloso 
medio 3-poroso poris radiatim fibrosis. Semen globosum, rugulosum, ad hilum basilare 
intrusum, testa brunnea rapheos rami sparum ramosis percursa, albumine zequabili solido; 
embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palm:e armate, humiles v. elatze, caudicibus solitariis v. 
cwspitosis annulatis aculeatis, Folia terminalia, pinnatisecta, segmentis alternis v. fasci- 
culatis cuneatis late p is 3-multifidis plicato-nervosis ginibus nudis v. ciliolatis 
basi planis v. recurvis, petiolo rhachiq tiusculis obtuse angulatis aculeatis, vagina 
brevi aperta. Spadices pedunculati, aculeati, ramis gracilibus erectis ; spathce 2, infe- 
riore incompleta apice fissa, superiore fusiformi aculeata ventre fissa ; bracteze membra- 
naces, Flores inter minores, pallidi. Fructus croceus coccineus v. roseus. 
Species enumeratze 7, Americee tropiese ineolee. — Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 283, 322, 7. 161, f. 1; 
Pali. Orbign. 14, 1, 9,98 C. Kunth, Enum. Pli. 269 et 275 (Aiphanes). Geertn. Fruct. ii. t. 139, 
JR/5 (Bactris). | Griscb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 521 (Aiphames) H. Wendl. im Linmea, xxvii. 349. 
Karst. in Linnea, xxviii. 397. Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. . 992, 7. 85; in Bot. Zeit, 1877, 636, 
1, 5. f. 10 (Aiphanes). 
Manana, Karst. in. Linncea, xxviii. 3895 FI. Colomb. ii. 133, (. 170, e£ 143, £4. 175, ad. Aiphanem 
a Wendlandio relata ex deseriptione et iconibus auctoris a Martínezia differt petalis fl, 9 valvatis 
(charaetere in tribu anomalo). 
195. xüeeis, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 280, t. 172.  (Alfonsia, H. JB. et K. Nov. Gen. et, Sp. i. 
306.)— Flores in diversis spadicibus interfoliaceis ramosis monoici, bracteati et bracteolati, 
d. solitarii v. 2-ni, alveolis racheos immersi tandem emersi, 9 ad basin ramulorum d' v. in 
diversis spadicibus sessiles, bracteis lanceolatis involuti. Fl. 4: Perianthium glumaceum. 
Sepala oblonga v. l lata, concava, imbricata. Petala sepalis inclusa, tenuiora, ob- 
longa, marginibus tenuibus valvatis. Stamina 6, fil lis in tubum cylind crassum 
carnosum connatis apicibus liberis demum. reflexo-patentibus; antherz lineari-oblongse, 
exsertze, basi 2-loba i ipe. Ovarii rudimentum minutum. Fl.9 masculis multo majores, 
ovoidei, perianthio coriaceo v. chartaceo post anthesin accrescente. Sepala ovata v. ovato- 
lanceolata, basi imbricata. | Petala consimilia, paullo longiora, erecta, convolutivo-imbri- 
cata, apice integra v. fissa.  Diseus annularis. Ovarium ovoid v. subcylind 
3-loculare, loculis 1 v. 2 ssepius effcetis ; stylus i lus, pyramidat tigmatib 
magnis linearibus revolutis; ovula loculos explentia, micropyle subapieali. Fructus 
ovoideus v. obovoideus, 1-3-spermus, basi intrusus, apice umbilicatus, stigmatibus iermi- 
nalibus, pericarpio fungoso et oleoso intus fibroso, endocarpio crasso osseo angulato extus 
fibroso vertice v. supra medium 3-poroso. Semen infra verticem loculi adnatum,. testa 
ienui, rapheos ramis reticulatis, albumine cartilagineo :quabili cavo, embryo poro uni 
oppositus.—Palmze humiles v. elato, inermes, caudice solitario erecto v. decumbente 
annulato, petiolorum basibus onusto. Folia terminali , ampla, pinnatisect: 
segmenti iformil inatis basi recurvis, petiolo brevi crasso marginibus spinosis 
v. inermibus, vagina brevi aperta. Spadices breves, crassi, pedunculo brevi bracteis 
acutis laxe induto; rami densi, d' apice spi tes, 9 robusti ; spathe 2 com- 
plete, demum in fibras solutz; bractewe fl. d densissime jimbricatee, connatz, inter. se 
foveolos racheos efformantes, bracteole squamseformes; fl. 9 bractece magno lanceolatz 
