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gyalis), spalhis plurib. subbasilarib. v. vagis, raro una com- 

 pleta. Flores mono-diclini , calyce campan. v. trifido, coroUa 



3-9-partita, stam. G-56, ovaria 5 v. 1-2-4, h connata. 



Bacca 1 - sperma , solitaria v. duplex et triplex , v. drupa 

 1-4-pyi'ena; albumen corn. v. cartilag^., aequab. v. ruminalum» 

 embr. dorsalis, rarius verlical. v. basilaris: 



a. Corypheae: flor. plerumque monoclini, ovaria 5 (2-1) 



sublibera ; baccae 5 - 2 , h connatae , rarius solitariae — 



(.spec. 50) : — Rhapis, Thrmax ^ Trithrinax^ Chamaerops^ 

 Sabal^ Copernicia^ Brahca, Licuala^ Livistona, Coiypha. 



b. Borassece: flor. dioeci, primitus immersi spadici ro- 

 busto; ovaria 5 (2-4) primitus connata ; drupa? lobata v. 

 indivisa, 1-4-pyrena, Lodoicese maxima (spec. 10): — Bo7'assus, 

 Lodoicea, Latania., HjphcBne. 



c. Phoenicece: fl. dioeci, spatha simpl. completa; ovaria 

 5; bacca monosperma; foha pinnata: — Phoenix (sp. 9). 



C. Arecinae noh. Pahnse graciles v. robustae, procerae \. 

 acaulae, raro aculealae, foliis pinnatilob., rarius simpl. v. bi- 

 pinnatis, lobis reduplicatis, lanceol. v. sigmoid. et rhomboideo- 

 laceris. Spathas basilares 2-1, passim completa v. vagae el O. 

 Spadix continuus, ramosus, raro simplex : flores plerumque 

 androgyni, c3* superi, numcrosi, § inferos v. interspersos ge- 

 minatim stipantes : petala nov. saepius valvala, stam. 6-od -5; 



ovaria 5 connata <J. Bacca -i carnosa , l-sjierma, raro 



drupacea v. 2-5-sperma. Spec. 132? 



Suhtjihus 4: Mnnicarieae, Geonomea?, Arcce;ie et Caryoteae?: — 

 ManicaTia^Ccdyptj^occdjXj — Jgucinura., Geonoma^ BenlincJda; 

 — Chamcedorca ., Hjospathe., Kunthia , LeopoJdijiia ., Euterpe., 

 Oenocarpus, Oreodoxa, Jreca, Pinanga., Seoforthia^ Arenga ; — 

 Orania^ Harina., Iriartea, Carjota 



D. CocoiNAE Mart. PalmDc gracil. v. robustoe , saepc 

 aculeatae et proceriie, rarius dccumb., aruudinac, scand. v. a 

 caube, foliis piniiatilobis, rarius integr. v. bilobis, lobis rcdu- 



