500 MR. SPENCER LE M. MOORE—PHANEROGAMIC BOTANY 
0:13 cm. long., basi incrassata, omnino libera. Florum fem. sepala et petala 0:5 em. 
long., late ovata, hæc leviter triloba. Sepala florum utrisuque sexús margine papulis 
albis, more Diplothemii leucocalycis, Drude, aliquatenus munita. 
Sine dubio ad D. leucocalycem, Drude, spectat, plantam tantummodo icone et descrip- 
tione optimá auctoris laudati mihi cognitam ; stirps nostra vero gaudet foliorum 
segmentis multo longioribus, longe acuminatis, et comparative angustioribus, florum 
masc. ll-androrum sepalis late linearibus vel lineari-spathulatis (nec rotundato-acutis), 
ad marginem brevius papulosis, eorundem florum germinodio subnullo, etc. |Bras. Or. | 
Fruits of the following Palms were also obtained and brought down :— 
I. The Boriti or Buruty Palm, in all probability Mauritia vinifera, Mart. A useful 
Palm for building purposes. The nut yields a good oil. 
II. The Guacory Palm, Attalea sp., near A. Princeps, Mart., but differing somewhat in 
shape and size of its drupes, which are nearly 8 em. long. by 4 broad. The fruit 
differs from all described by Drude, and belongs in all probability to a new species. 
The nut is edible and contains a good oil. The species placed next to 4. Princeps 
by Drude, viz. 4. phalerata, Mart., is said by Weddell to have a wide distribution in 
Matto Grosso, and one of its names, according to the same authority, is 4cur%, 
evidently the same word as Guacory; but the fruits of A. phalerata are different 
from those of the present plant. 
III. The Bocaúba, Bocatva, or Mocaúva Palm. Probably Acrocomia sclerocarpa, Mart., 
but with some very slight differences in the fruit. Edible sarcocarp and nut, the latter 
tasting like a Brazil nut and with much oil. One of the native names for A. sclero- 
carpa is Macaúba, evidently the same word as the above. 
IV. The Zocúm Palm. Probably Astrocaryum Tucuma, Mart., but with slightly different 
drupe. Drupes edible and pleasant when quite ripe, though the flesh is stringy. 
All the above fruit in November and December. 
V. Euterpe precatoria, Mart. (N. 427 a.) 
AROIDEA. 
CALADIUM (§ nova, CALAMANDRA) HETEROTYPICUM (sp. nov.) (Tab. XXXV. fig. 13); 
foliorum petiolo folia subzequante, elongato, incrassato; laminá e basi truncatá vel 
truncato-rotundatá, lanceolatá vel lineari-lanceolatá, longe ac sensim acuminata; 
eostis secundariis utrinque 4-6, erecto-ascendentibus, juxta marginem aperte 
arcuatis et intra marginem arcte approximatis ; nervis collectivis 2-3 e basi 
nascentibus ; pedunculo petiolum subsequante ; spathe dilute viridis tubo amplo 
sursum attenuato, laminà oblongá, obtusiusculá ; spadice spathze «equilongá vel 
sub:zequilongáà, breviter stipitatá, inferne dorso spath:ze adnatá, prorsus lacteá, ad 
+ totius longitudinis florum fem. gerente parte masculá parti sterili subeequilonga ; 
ovario biloculari, ovulis quovis in loculo 3, fere e medio dissepimento ortis, omnibus 
arrectis. 
Hab. Reperi ad Santa Cruz mens. Nov. florescentem. (N. 691.) 
Tuber parvum, circa 2:0 cm. diam. Petioli 16:0-45'0 cm. long., basi longe vaginantes, 
lamina usque ad 36:0 em. long., 3°5-10°0 em. lat. (modica 6:0-7:0 em.). Pedunculus 
