946 ! CLXXXVII. . PALMAE. [Cocoinec- 
Fructus ovoideus v. ellipsoideus, teres v. obtuse 9-gonus, vertice rostrato rotundato v. 
intruso, 1-spermus, stylo terminali, periearpio crasso fibroso, endocarpio osseo extus fibroso 
basin versus 3-poroso. Semen loculo conforme, iesta fusca rapheos ramis reticulata, 
albumine sequabili cavo v. solido radiatim fibroso ; embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palmze 
humiles v. elatze, inermes, caudice gracili v. robusto annulato s:epe basibus foliorum tecto. 
Folia inalia, pinnatisect gmentis ensiformibus v. latis squidistantibus v. 
aggregatis l-plurinerviis apice integris v. uno latere dentatis v. plus minus profunde 
laciniatis, marginibus levibus basi recurvis, rhachi subtrigona superne acuta, dorso 
convexa, petiolo antice concavo marginibus levibus v. spinosis, vagina brevi aperta 
fibrosa. Spadices erecti, demum cernui, ramis erectis v. cernuis ; spatha inferior brevior 
apice fissa, superior fusiformis v. clavata, lignosa, dorso suleata ; bractes varie. Flores 
albi v. flavidi. Fructus magnus v. mediocris. 
Species enumerate ad 30, Americee tropiez et subtropiem australis incole, una in tropieis 
amphigea. Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3i. 113 (excl. sp.), t. 62, 64, 15, 18 ad. 82, 84 fig. dext. ad 86, 
87,1, 88, f. 3, ad 7 ; iii. 289, 323 ; Palm. Orbign. 92 (excl. sp. 4), t. , f. 1,2, 8, f. 2, 9, f. 2, 30 B, C. 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii, 281. La. Illustr. t. 894. Gerín, Fruct, t. 4, 5. Spach, Suites Buff. t. 100. 
Journ. Linn. Soc, xi. 1601. .Hook. Kew Journ. ii. £. 1, 2. Trim. Journ. Bot. 1819, t. 202. 
Syaanvs, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. ii. 129, t. 89, 90 et t. 13 D, 83, 83 (/ig. sinist.) 88, f. 1, 2 (Cocos), 
iii. 290, 324, £. 166 ; Palm. Orbign. 131, t. 4, Jf. 4, et 30 D (Cocos). Kunth, Enwn. Pl.ii.288. Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 522. Barb. Rodrig. Enwm. Palm. Nov. 40 (Cyagrus), Protest. App. 33,45. Hook. 
Bot. Mag. t. 5180 (Cocos). LANGSDORFFIA, Raddi in. Mem. Soc. Ital. Mod. xvii. 349, £. 1; egre a 
Coco distinctà est floribus 9 sepissime masculis minoribus, disco ureeolari bene evoluto, endo- 
carpio intus faseiis bevibus cum totidem fibrosis alternantibus a poris ad verticem ducentibus 
iüstrueto, et albumine interdum ubi faseiis opposito suleato. S. Sancoana, Karst. in Linnza, xxviii, 
247; Fl. Colomb. ii. 147, t. 177 ex icono et deseriptione auctoris a congeneribus differt floribus 
ebracteatis solitariis v. rarius binis. 
PrarENn, Karsi. in Linnea, xxviii. 250, a Syagro differt defectu disei urceolaris et spathz 
inferioris. 
Graziova, Mart. mss. ez Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii ii. 395, 7, 83, 86, includit species 2 brasilianas 
(Cocos Weddelliana, et G. insignis, Hort.) humiles, gracillimas, floribus d' longius pedicellatis et, 
endocarpio tenuiore. 
LrrgocagPus, Targ. Tozett, in Steud. Nom. Bot. i 170, ii. 60, nomen, est Cocos lapidea, Gwertn, 
Fruct. t. 6. 
128. Maximiliana, Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. i. 191, sp. 1, t. 91 ad 99, iii. 295, excl. sp. 1 
e 9; Palm. Orbign. 109, sp. 1, t. 15 f. 2, 31 A.— Flores dioici v. in eodem spadice crasso 
l ovoideo d p que ramoso monoici, sessiles, bracteati et 
bracteolati, ramis brevissimis dense imbricatis aliis d aliis androgynis floribus masculis 
ibus confertis, foemi superioribus masculis 2 ssepe stipatis. Fl.d: Sepala 
minima, tri: i-ovata.. Petala parvula, subcoriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, plana, erecta, 
valvata. Stamina 6, basi perianthii inserta, exserta, fil tis filiformi-subulatis petala 
q y. Sup ; antherz perianthio longiores, lineares, graciles, curve, basi 
2-fida affixz, pendule. Ovarii rudimentum minutum. Fl. 9 masculis multo majores, 
ovoidei, perianthio post anthesin valde aucto. Sepala 3, ovato-orbicularia, coriacea, late 
imbricata. Petala paullo longiora, imili lutivo-imbricata, apicibus abrupte 
tracti. iventi-valvatis. Discus eupularis, ovarii basin cingens.. Ovarium ovoideum, 
3-loeulare, loculis 2 effootis ; stylus brevis, stigmatibus demum revolutis ; ovulum basilare, 
erectum. . Fructus ovoideus, 1-spermus, stylo inali, pericarpio fibroso et sul 
docarpio osseo inato basin versus 3-poroso. Semen ovoideum, testa helvola rapheos 
lateralis ramis reticulata, albumine zequabili solido ; embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palmze 
Meo caudice erecto mediocri v. elato annulato, superne vaginarum vestigiis onusto. 
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