Cocoinze;] GLXXXVIL PALMJE. 3 947 
apicibus erosis, costa distincta venis t i picuis, marginibus levibus basi 
recurvis, rhachi bifaciali a latere valde comp petiolo plano xo, vagina aperta 
fibrosa.  Spadices magni, breves, claviformes, crasse peduneulati, ramis innumeris 
densissime imbricatis et densifloris ; spathre 2, inferiore bicarinata apice aperta, superiore 
cymbiformi crasse lignosa longe rostrata persistente; bractes parve, membranacese ; 
bracteole minutsz. Flores mediocres. Fructus flavescens v. fulvus. 
Species 3, fluminis Amazonum et Maranon et ins. St. Kitts et Trinidad incole. Drude in Mart. Fl. 
ras. iii, ii. 460 (excl. sect. Scheelea), t. 104. — Kunth, Emum. Pl.ii.291,5p.1.  Karst. in Linnea, 
xxviii. 271. Griseb. FI. Brit. W. Ind. 522. Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palm. Nov. 4l. Spruce in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xi. 162. — Wallace, Palm. Amaz. 120, t. 3, f. 2, 3, et t. AT. 
129. Seheelea, Karst. i» Lima, xxviii. 264; Fl. Colomb. i. 195, t. 07, ii. 145, 
1. 176.—Flores dioici v. in eodem spadice interfoliaceo simpliciter ramoso monoici, 
bracteati, d numerosissimi in parte superiore ramorum sessiles, conferti, 9 in parte 
"XP E pauci solitarii v. fl. masculo utrinque stipati, sessiles v. valide pedunculati. 
: Sepala minuta, triangularia, acuta. Petala sepalis multo longiora, elongato- 
dénikenin  cylindracea, acute; carnosula, valvata. Stamina 6, petalis multo breviora, 
" is; antherw lineares, basi 2-fida aflixw, erecto. 
Ovarii rudiment 0 v. mimi Fl. 9 masculis multo majores, ovoidei, peri- 
anthio post anthesin valde aucto. Sepala magna, coriacea, ovata, nervosa, imbricata. 
Petala consimilia sed paullo majora, convolutivo-imbricata. Discus cupularis, ovarii basin 
cingens. Ovarium ovoideum, 3-loculare, loculis 1-2 interdum effcetis ; stylus breves, teres, 
stigmatibus majuseulis patulis; ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus oblongus v. ovoideus, 
1l-3-spermus, stylo terminali, pericarpio fibroso, endocarpio crasso osseo extus fibroso 
Supra basin 3-poroso. Semina ellipsoidea, testa rapheos ramis venosa, albumine corneo 
:equabili solido ; embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palm:e inermes, humiles v. elatze, caudice 
solitario inermi. Folia terminalia, pinnatisecta, segmentis seriatis v. aggregatis linearibus 
in plantis junioribus apice obtuse inszqualiter 2-fidis lobis incurvis in adultis integris ? 
1-nerviis marginibus basi recurvis, rhachi dorso CURVES. facio: Sut. petiolo antice Donbavo; 
vagina brevi aperta. Spadices longe v. brevi ramis brevi 
suberectis; spathsz 2, superiore fusiformi lignosa acuminata ; bractes minimze, Flores 
ochroleuci. Fructus majusculus. 
Species enumerate ad 7, Ameries tropic ineolze.. Mat. Hist. Nat. Palin. 131, t. 94 (Mazimiliana, 
sp. 2) et iii. 296 (Maaimiliana, sp. 1 et 3), et t. 169, f. 2 (Attalea) ; Palin. Orbign. 31 B (AAttalea), 
t. 4, f. 3 (Mazimiliana). | Genus inter Cocon et Mazimilianam quasi medium, ab utroque diversum 
petalis fl. d, sed medius pro subgenere Cocois habendum. A Drude in Mart. Fl. Bras., Scheelee 
species inter Mazimilü et Attaleam distril sunt, ut nobis videtur infauste. 
130. Attalea, H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. i. 309, t. 95, 96. —Flores dioici v. in eodem 
spadice v. in diversis spadicibus interfoliaceis simpliciter ramosis monoici, bracteati, ramis 
omnibus androgynis v. aliis d aliis ? floribus masculis superioribus. Fl.d : Sepala parva, 
libera, v. basi connata. Petala oblongo- v. lineari-lanceolata, erecta, valvata. Stamina 6-24, 
ad basin corollz in toro parvo conferta, inclusa, filamentis subulatis ; antherce lineares, Vati 
2-fida affix:e, erectze.  Ovarii rudi 0 v. Fl.9 masculis multo majores, 
ovoidei v. subglobosi, "perianthio post anthesin valde aucto. Sepala coriacea, ovata, imbri- 
cata. . Petala basi Ibricata, apicibus acutatis conniventi-valvatis. 
Diseus eupularis v. urceolaris. Ovarium 3- rarius 2- v. 4-6-loculare, loculis aliis ssepissime 
effo'tis; stylus brevis v. stigmata sessilia idet ovula basilaria, erecta. Fructus 
orcidbnd v. ellipsoideus, apice rotundat ius v. rostratus, 2-5-spermus, stylo ter- 
minali, pericarpio fibroso v.lignoso, endocarpio osseo v. lapideo, extus undique dioi 
basin versus 2-6-poroso. Semina elongata, raphe lati la, ramis 
requabili ssepius solido ; embryo poro uni oppositus.—Palm:e inermes, humiles v. elatze, 
eaudice solitario crassiusculo annulato v. cicatricato. Folia terminalia, pinnatisecta, seg- 
mentis idistantil ibus v. lineari lati basi 
recurvis, rhachi bifaciali a latere valde compressa, petiolo facie concavo marginibus acutis, 
