— im — 



plicat, lanceolat., ellipticis, sigmoid.v.cuneato-laceris. Spatha ple- 

 mmque solitaria , completa, fusiformis, saepe lignesc. et sulcata. 

 Spadix continuus, ramosus, raro simplex: flor. plerumque andro- 

 gyni, ochroleuci v. virentes, cf i" ramis scrobiculatis, sub- 

 nudis superioo, Q interspersi v. inferi, major. et paucioi^es: 

 stam. 6-50; ovar. 3-IocuI., raro 2-6-loculare. Drupa 1-sper- 

 ma, loculis abortivis intra putamen reclusis, raro 2-5-sperma; 

 testa semin. per vasorum reticulum c. endocarpio cohse- 

 rens; albumen corn. v. amygdalino - oleosum, embr. verlical. 

 V. basilar. ■<. 



a. -Aculeatce (spec. 46): — Desjnoncus, Bactris , Guilliehna, 

 Martinezia^ Acrocojnia., Astrocaryum., Aiphanes. 



b. Inermes (sp. 36.): — Attalea, Elceis^ Cocos, Syagrus^ 

 Diplothemium., Maximilicma^ Juhcea ., Orhignya... 



Ciassis VI. Liriophyta. 



Caulescentes v. bulbosse et tuberiferae; phyllodia vaginantia 

 r. folia perfectiora , aliis spatha v. perigonium praevalent. 

 Fructus saepius polispermi ; semina plerumque albuminosa; 

 embryo quibusd, dicotylis et sacculo, amniotico inclusus. 



Orclo I. Scitamineae. 



Ilbae perennes , quaedam palmiformes , caudice passim 

 tuberifero, fol. integerrim. vaginatis, nervosis v. costulatis; 

 flores epigyni Uliacei, perigonio v. androeceo defiguratis: hoc 

 plerumque monanlherum et stylo v. petalis -*~ — adnatum. 



FAM. 55. LI MODO R A CE.*; s. ORCHIDEiE. 



Caudex h notabilis, passim tuberifer, scapum, caulem 



bulbiformem v. elongatum, quibusdam suffruticosum prodens; 

 folia ima V. alterna, basi vaginantia, passim carnosula, integerrima, 

 nervis longitudinalibus. Flores monoclini <j, epig;yni, irregulares, 

 spicati V. solitarii: sepalidia 5 subaequaUa, antica v. torsione 



