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patentibus erectis liiieari-oblique acuniinatis secus margines 

 setigeris et supra nervo médio aculeis longis armatis. 

 Spadix erectus longi pedunculatus pedúnculo inermis, albo- 

 pulverulento quam rachis aculeatis minora spadia fusiforme 

 acuta laevi albo-pulverulenta, rarissime ad basin pauci 

 aculeata ad apicem dorsaliter bicarinata, ramis plurimis 

 erectis albo-pulverulentis laevis in porte inferiore pedicelli- 

 formi recta vel parum tlexuosa, flores fem., 2-3 inter se 

 distanti. Drupa ex induviis brevis oljlonga in vértice 

 rostellata, endocarpio utrinque acuto. 



Tab. XIX. 



Caudex 2 — 4'"Xo'"'8c» — o"',go lg., ad apicem internodiis aculeis 

 nigris o"',i — o"\i 2 lg., horridus. Foiia 5 — 7 contemporânea, 

 2" — 2'",5o lg., cinereo-ferrugineo pulverulenta, aculeis nigris 

 compressis divaricatis o'",o50 — o", 15 lg., hórrida, pedúnculo 

 sub-cylindraceo aculeatissimo ; foliolis gregis irregulariter 

 aproximatis, supra nervo médio aculeis nigris o'",02 — o"',o6 

 lg., armatis, inferiora o", 40 X o'",20 lg., superiora 

 o'",io — o'", i5Xo'".o'o lg., aculeis marginibus fere o'",o[ lg. 

 Spatha exteriora lineari-lanceolata, acuta, o'",5oXo"'i04 Ig-j 

 utrinque setis nigro-ferrugineis minibus densissime vestita, 

 hiterici-ii i", 10 — i"',3oXo"'>' 3 — o"'?' 5 Ig- erecta, albo pulve- 

 rulenta, inermi vel aculeis minimis ad basin armata ; 

 spadix i'",30 — 1'",40 lg., pedúnculo o"',40 — o'",50 lg.. inermi. 

 rachi ad basin sparsi aculeata, ramis o"", 20 — o'",3') lg., 

 sursum decrescentibus. Flores masc. non vidi ; feiu. calyce 

 corolla triplo minora, edentato, corolla tridentata, androcei 

 annuliformi vi.x ad demidio corolla adnato ; ovário obovoideo. 

 Dl upa o"',04 — o'",02 5 lg., lutea. 



Hab. in Cachoeirinha, ad ripas Rio Cuyabá, et in silvis Imniidis 



ripas Rio Sumidouro, Rio Cabral, in Bocaina, Serra da 



Chapada. Tucum açu in vernacide aiidit et incolis utilíssima 



ut propter fila ex foliis adolescentibus prceparajida in usum 



funium, etc. Friict. yunio-yul. Herb. ti. 206. 



