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Maximiliana: Radicula infera. Calyx Q corollam subaequans imbricatus; 

 androeceum sterile cupuliforme; Stylus emersus stigmatibus radialis. Floris 

 (^ antherae lineares. 



(Sect. Eu— Maximiliana: Stamina longe exserta), 

 (Sect. Scheelea: Petala (-^ crasse subulata; stamina inclusa.) 

 Floris Q calyx corollam paulo superans aeque atque haec triphyllus imbricato- 

 convolutivus. Floris (-^ petala calyce vix longiora late valvata androeceum 

 monadelphum turbinato-campanulatum in stamina 6 excurrens includentia. 

 Radicula supera prope verticem putamiuis mouospermi e carpellis 3 connati. 

 JElaeis: Androecei q^ tubus campanulatus. Floris Q Stylus brovis. Putamiuis 



foramina subapicalia. 

 Bareella: Androecei q^ tubus brevior. Floris Q Stylus longe exsertus. Puta- 

 miuis foramina horizontalia in medio sita. 

 Flores Q et ^-^ uti antecedentes. Drupa 1— 3-cocca e carpellis 1 — 3 apocarpis 

 1— 3 pyreua, pyrena infera foramen supra radiculam inferam evolvente; peri- 

 carpium gibberosum: Manicaria. ^ 



Germen subglobosum sessile stigmatibus 3 brevibus apiculatum vel rarius stylo 

 elongato stigmatifero instructum, triloculare triovulatum, ovulis loculos parvos 

 supra basin germinis ortos vix expleutibus axi insideutibus in funiculo crasso 

 erectis bemiauatropis vel horizoutaliter patentibus bemitropis. Bacca apocarpa 

 monosperma solitaria, rarius 2 — 3 in fructum excrescentes apocarpae; seminis 

 testa laevis vel rhapbe ejusque ramis reticulatim notata. 



Floris ^ calyx et corolla imbricata subaequilonga; staminodiorum urceolus in- 

 flatus; Stylus elongatus trisulcatus; Ovula erecta bemianatropa. Floris pf calyx 

 et corolla subaequilonga imbricata ; androecei tubus magnus stamina 6 evolvens : 

 Calyptronoma. 

 Floris Q calyx quam corolla aeque imbricata vel imbricato-convolutiva multo 

 brevior; Stylus brevissimus vel 0, Stigmata 3 sessilia; ovula horizoutaliter pa- 

 tentia vel erecta. Floris (-f calyx imbricatus brevis annuliformis ; corolla tri- 

 petala valvata calycem excedens. 



Leopoldinia: Monoeca; floris (-f germinodium crasse columnare obtusum inter 

 stamina 6 distincta; sepala q^ late cor data; bacca lignescens resupinata 

 mesocarpio incrassato lignoso-fibroso; embryo basilaris. 

 Hyospathe : Monoeca ; germinodium floris (-f minutum quam stamina 6 distincta 

 multo minus; calyx ^-f cupularis trifidus; bacca cylindracea acuta resupinata 

 moUis; embryo lateraliter basilaris. 

 Morenia: Dioeca; germinodium columnare stamina 6 infra conjuncta aequans; 

 calyx f-^ cupularis tridentatus, petala libera, expansa; bacca ellipsoidea 

 mollis semiresupinata ; embryo dorsalis. 

 Chamaedorea: Dioeca; floris (-^ germinodium columnare magnum staminibus 

 6 distinctis aequilongum ; calyx ^^ cupularis, petala apice cohaerentia ; bacca 

 globosa vel ovoidea mollis resupinata; embryo lateralis vel basilaris. 

 Kunthia: Monoeca in distinctis spadicibus; germinodium fl. ^ columnare 



stamina 6 aequans; bacca globosa mollis; embrj'o basilaris. 

 Iriartea: Monoeca; floris (-f germinodium inter stamina 6- c» obsoletum; calyx 

 Q^ brevissimus triphyllus; bacca globosa vel ellipsoidea mollis paulum excen- 

 trica vel resupinata; embryonis situs varians. 

 Germen ovariorum 2 abortu ex ovario solitario formatum, saepe cum rudimentis 

 duobus prope basin insidentibus, uniovulatum ovulo in fundo lateraliter erecto 

 funiculo insidente hemianatropo. Bacca apocarpa monosperma seminis testa' laevi 

 rhaphe sola aut etiam rhapheos ramis notata. 



Geonoma: Floris (~f androeceum monadelphum tubulosum; fl. Q staminodia 

 urceolum magnum formantia; Stylus longus; albumen aequabile. 



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