220 PALMAE juss. (Lepidocaryum.) 



conicis rectis armatus. Frondes 6-8-pedales. Spadices primum 

 erecto-patentes, dein penduli, 3-4-pedales. Bacca magnitndine 

 glandis, ovato-globosa, acnta ; tesselis cervinis, intra margincm 

 subciliatum albidum linea fusca notatis. Diflfert a praecedente: 

 caudice crassiore, altiore totoque habitu robustiorc , firmiore, 

 omnibus reliquis partibus majoribus, caet. (Mart.) 



LEPIDOCARYUM mart., exdl. 



Flores polygamo-dioeci in spadice distiche ramoso, inter 

 squamas amentorum compressorum spathellati, distichi, co- 

 riaceo-membranacei. Spatha universalis nulla; partiales plu- 

 res, incompletae. Flores masculi in amentis compressis inter 

 bracteam (spathellam) cyathiformem (perfoliatam) gemini, al- 

 tero bracteola (spathella) c) athiformi cincto : Calyx exterior 

 campanulatus , subtrigonus, ore truncato, orbiter 3-denticu- 

 lato; interior 3-sepalus; sepalis lanceolatis, acutis, erectis. 

 Stamina 6, inclusa; filamenta crassiuscula ; arrtherae sub- 

 oblongae, dorso adnatae. Ovarii rudimentum nullnm. Flores 

 hermaphroditi (rectius feminei cum staminibus rudimentariis) 

 in amentis brevioribus, singuli vaginati bracteis (spathellis) 

 cyathiformibus perfoliatis cinctique bracteola (spathellula) 

 campanulata : Calyx exterior campanulatus, subtrigonus, ore 

 truncato, obiter 3-dentato; interior basi campanulatus, 3-par- 

 titus; laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, erectis. Stamina 6; fiia- 

 menta compresso-plana; antherae parvae, ovato-bilobae (ob- 

 longae Endl.), dorso adnatae. Ovarium tessellatum, trilocu- 

 lare; loculis 2 rudimentariis. Stigmata 3, sessilia, linearia, 

 erecta, basi connata. Bacca 1-sperma, squamis retrorsis im- 

 bricatis loricata. Semen rhaphe semicirculari. Albumcn ae- 

 quabile, corneum. Embryo lateralis (supra basim dorsalis, in 

 fine rhapheos situs Mart.) ; extremitate radiculari (peripherica 

 Mart.) a rhaphe aversa. Palmae humiles, in uliginosis de- 

 gentes. Caudex tenuis, striclus vel fiexuosus, intus durius- 

 culusy rubelluS) petiolorum basibus persistentibus vaginan- 

 tibns vestitus, obiter annulatus. Frondes flabelliformcs^ 

 irregulariter fissae (pinnis tandem fissis Mart.), margine 

 spinulosae. Spadices inter frondcs patentes, graciles, ar- 

 ticulato -vaginati, Flores roseo-rubclli. Fructus rubro- 

 fiusci) parce carnosi. 



1. L. GRACILE Mart. Palm. 50. t. 45. 46. Frondibus fla- 

 belliformi-fissis, bipartitis; pinnis lineari-lanceolatis; spadicibus 

 tomentosis; spathis laxiusculis, lauceolatis; baccis obovatis; 



