^ Zi2 — 



talidia o lib. v. coalita; stamina hypo- v. perigyna, lil)era v, 

 monadelplia, 6, raro plma (20-GO) v. 3, sepalidiis opposita ; 



antlierae dorsifixae, inlrorsae. Ovaria 3, 9, 1-6, -\ coalita, 



nnico v. plurib. ferlilibus, ovulis solitariis erectis, ortbo-cam- 

 pylo-anatropis, raro geminis. Bacca v. drupa (rite distinguen- 

 da) 1-5-sperma ; semen erectum v. lateraliter appensum, c. 



endocarpio -i connatum, albumine magno, duro, cavo 



passim cenliali et embryone parvo, conico v. cylindrico, oper- 

 culato, apicali, basilari v. dorsali. — C. F. Ph. a Martius splen- 

 didum Opus de Palmis consulentes. Palmas ad tribus 4 (fa- 

 milias?) sic disponere tentamus. 



A. Lepidocaryinae M a r t. s. Calamacece. Palmae 

 saepius arundinacese, caespitosae, scand. et aculealse, caudice 

 culmiformi, longissimo (ad orgyas 60 et -»-), remote-foliato, 

 rarius normali — elato v. demisso, medulla plerumque rubente- 

 Folia pinnata (paucis flabellata), pinnis angustis, reduplicatis, 

 raro trapezoideis, rachi passim in cirrhum aculeatum pro- 

 ducta. Spadix ramosus, ramis ramulisque articulatis, spathis 

 et spathellis varii ordinis, lib. V. adnatis ( Ceratoloho spatha 

 solitaria completa et panicula bracteolata). Flores plerumque 

 dioeci, in raniulis ultimis quasi amentacei, calyce campanu- 

 lato, corolla 3-partita, androeceo monadelpho, corollae adnato, 

 antheris 6-12, ovario triloculari -<, ovulis erectis. Bacca&c\mi' 

 mis retrorsis lesselalo-corticata, parce carnosa, 1-sperma, raro 

 2-3-sperma, albumen corn. sequabile v. ruminat. ; embryo 

 basilar. v. dorsalis. 



a. Calamece s. Pinnatce^ (spec. (SQ}): — CeraiolohuSy 

 Demonorops, Plectocojnid^ Zalacca, Cala/nus^ Sagus, Raphia. 



h. Mauriliece s. Flabellatce., (spec. 6.): — Lcpidocarjum^ 

 Mauritia. 



B. CoRYPHiNAE noh. Palmae normales, rarius arundinac. 

 V. acaulae, foliis flabellatis, raro pinnalis , lobis induplicatis. 

 Spadix H arliculatus et dccomposilus (quibusdam 3-or- 



