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Cocos QUiNQUEFARiA Barb. Rodr. 



Caiidex procerus foliis regulariter dextrosis in spiram pentas- 

 ticham dispositis erecto-recurvatis, foliolis per acervos 3-4- 

 oriím aggregatis divaricatis. Spadix longe pedunculatus 

 ramos plurimos dense exserente, spatliâ interiore longe lan- 

 ceolatâ mucronatâextiis arguté striatâ fiisco-tomentosâ; flores 

 fem. quam masc. minores ad basin ramorum 20 — 30 contem- 

 poranei ; drupa viridi-tlava ellipsoidea endocarpio univittato. 



Caiidex 3 — 5™ X 0.20 lg.. Folia 25 contemporânea, 4, ""50 lg., 

 erecto-arciiata, vagiria sub-triangularia in fibras dissoluta, 

 petiohis i.^so lg., ad marginam dentatus, intus ad basin 

 concavus, rachis 3."' lg., hvíaciaW, foliolis per acervos, erectis, 

 patentibus, pendulis, inferiore o, "'60 — o,'"65 X o,""©! Ig-. 

 médio o,'"6o X o,'"65 X o,"'04 lg. superiore o,"! 5 X o,'"oo6 

 lg., acutis, supra nitentibus, subtus pallidioribus. Spadix 

 recurvatus, longe pedunculatus ; pedunculus i,"'5oX ©^"'o^s 

 lg., rachis o,"'40 — Oj^so lg., ramis dense in.sertis, o,'"45 lg.; 

 spatha exteriora lanceolata ad apicem bipartita, o,"'50 X o^\ 

 lg., interiora lineari-lanceolata, extus arguté lineata, brunneo- 

 tomenfosa, longe mucronata. Flores, masc. o^oi'^ — Oj^oao 

 lg., pallide ochroleuci, calyce corollae '/^ aequante, petalis 

 irregulariter lanceolatis, acutis, concavis, filanienlis corollae 

 minoribus, antherae ad basin sagittatae, ad apicem acutae, 

 germinodiutii minimum, tripartitum ; fem. subconici, sepalis 

 petalisque majoribus, convolutis lato-ovatis, acutis, petalis 

 paulo minoribus, lato-subcordatis, acuminatis, androecei síerili 

 annulari, sexdentati, ad basin ovarium cingente ; ovariuvt 

 subglobosum ad apicem attenuatum stigmatibus stylo brevi 

 insidentibus acuminatum. Drupa oblonga v. ellipsoidea, 

 viridi-flava, ad apicem brunneo-lepidota, o,'"35 — o,"'28 lg., 

 mezocarpio fibroso, pulposo-mucilaginoso, ochroleuco, endo- 

 carpio atro-ferrugineo, ósseo, intus monovittato; albuniine 

 cavo. 



