PALMAE juss. (Mauritia.) 217 



Bacca linearl-clliptica, utrinque depressa; carne fungosa, auiara, 

 oleosa, flava. (Mart.) 



2. R. vinifera Beauv. in Desv. Joum. bot.2. 1809. jp.87. 

 Beauv. Flor. 1. 76. t. 44. /. 1 et t. 45. 46. Mart. Palm. 217. 

 Caudicc mediocri; baccis lineari - oblongis, acutiusculis, mucro- 

 natis, 9-sulcis; squamis convexiusculis, sulco latiusculo, pallide 

 castaneis, ad marginem inferiorem subpatulum (imbriatum late 

 fuscis; nucleo oblongo, utrinque aut vertice acuto. Mart. Fruc- 

 tus peregrinus squamosus primus Clus. Exot, 24. Palma coni- 

 fera ex Guinea C Bauh. Pin. 511. Johnsl. Dendrol. ed. 1768. 1. 

 158. t. 46-48. Plukn. Almag. 278. Rai. Hist. 2. 1674. Sagus 

 Palma-Pinus Gaertn. Fruct. 1. 27. t. 10. /. 1. Giseke, Linn. 

 Prael. in ord. nat. 93. Sagus vinifera Poiret. Encycl. suppl. 5. 

 13. Ej. Jll. t. 771./. 1. Pers. Synops. 2. 562. Sagus Raphia 

 Poir, Encycl. 6. 393. Sagus Ruffia var. § Willd. Spec. 4. 404. 

 Metroxylon viniferum Spreng. Syst. 2. 139. — Guinea, locis de- 

 pressis, udiusculis, Sierra Leone, Oware et Benin, ad fluviorum 

 maritimorum ripas, ad fluvium Zaire sive Congo. — Hacc species 

 vinum largitur, quod incolae Bourdon vocant. 



3. R. Ruffia Mart. Palm. 217. Caudice proceriore; bac- 

 cis obovatis aut pyriformibus, vertice depressiusculo mucrona- 

 tis, 12- (rarius 13-15-) sulcisj squamis valde convexis, profunde 

 sulcatis, nitidissimis, obscure castaneis aut spadiceis, margine 

 obscuriore appresso ciliatis ; nucleo lato-ovato, hinc acuto. 

 Mart. Fructus peregrinus squamosus tertius Ctus. Exot. L. 2. 

 c. 3. p. 24. /. 3. C. Bauh. Pin. 510. J. Bauh. Hist. I. 3. c. 

 207. p. 400. Johnst. Dendrol. ed. 1768. 1. p. 160. Palma pi- 

 nus feregrina Pluk. Alm. 278. Raphia lvciosa et polymita 

 Commers. mss. R. pedunculata Palis. de Beauv. in Journ. hot. 

 2. 87. Ej. Flore d'Oware 1. 78- t. 44./ 2. /.46./. 2. Sagus 

 Ruffia Jacq. Fragm. 7. /. 4./. 2. Willd. Spec. 4. 403. Cexcl. §) 

 Pers. Syn. 2. 562. Rufia JSory de St. Yinc. Voy. aux Iles 

 d'Afrique 1. 178. (Canna textoria Petit-Thouars, Prod. phytol.2.?) 

 Sagus farinifera Gaerln. Fruct. 2. 186. /.120./. 3. Poir. Encycl. 

 5. 394. Turp. Atlas du Dict. des scienc. nat. bot. 2. Sagus pedun- 

 culata Poiret Encycl, suppl. 5. p. 13. Ej. Ill, t, 771. /. 2. 

 Metroxylon Ruffia Spreng. Syst. 2. 139. — Colitur in Insulis 

 Mascarenis. (Madagascar Willd.)*: — Palma altissima. Frondes 

 pinnatae, 50-60-pedales. (Bory.) 



B. FLABELLIFRONDES. 

 MAURITIA Lrxx. fil., juss., mart., endl. 



Flores polygamo-dioeci, in spadice distiche ramoso intra 

 squamas amentorum teretium spathellati, coriaceo-membrana- 

 cei. Spatha universalis nulla; partiales plures, incompletae. 

 Flores masculi in amentis cylindricis, solitarii intra bracteam 



