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LODOICEA LARILL., MART., ESDL. 



Flores dioeci in spadice spathis nonnullis incompletis 

 vaginato. Masc. : Amenta cylindrica, e coalitione squamarum 

 arcte imbricatarum ; floribus bracteatis, biseriatim et disticlie 

 in foveis amenti agirregatis (pluribus), sensim emergentibus. 

 Calyx uterque profunde 3-partitus vel 3-sepaIus. Stamina 

 24-36; filamenta basi coalita; antlierae lineares, truncatae, 

 utrinque subbilobae (obtusae Endl.). Rudimentum pistilli 

 nullum. Fem. intra amenti squamas perfoliatas subsolitarii: 

 Calyx uterque 3-sepalus; sepalis convoluto-imbricatis. Sta- 

 minum rudimenta nulla. Ovarium 3-, rarius 2-4-loculare. 

 Stigmata tot quot loculi, sessilia, pyramidato-conniventia. 

 Drupa ingens, fibrosa, plerumque 1-, rarius 2-3-, rarissime 4- 

 pyrena; sarcocarpio crasso, fibroso; pyrena ossea, fibris 

 sarcocarpii adhaerentibus capillata, didymo-biloba vel pyre- 

 narum coalitione et loborum abortu triloba. Albumen aequa- 

 bile, cartilagineum. Embryo in conjugatione loborum basi- 

 laris. Caudex crassus^ procerus^ a?i?iulatus; ligno nigri- 

 cante. Fro?ides ter?ni?iales, amplae, palmato^flabelliformes\ 

 laci?iiis bifldis. Spadices inter fro?ides emerge?ites, ?na- 

 xi?ni , fusci) pere?i?ia?ites. Flores masculi subflavido-ru- 

 belli. Drupa olivaceo-viridis ; nuce nigra. 



1. L. SECHELLARUM Lahill. in Annal. du Mus. cVhist. nat. 

 de Paris 9. 140. t. 13. Sprem-. Syst. 2. 622. Ilook. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2734-2738. Mart. Palm. 233. t. 109. 122 et t. X. Coccus 

 de Maldiva Garc. Ah Horlo Arom. L. I. c. 26. ed. 1579. p. 106. 

 Dalech. Ilist. 2. app. 9. Clus. Exot. 190. Coccus inaldivicus s. 

 Calappa Laut Rumph. Amh. 6. 210. t. 81. Palma mahlivensis 

 Jonst. Dendrol. ed. 1768. I. 153. II. Coco de mer Sonnerat, 

 Voy. a la JYouv. Guin. 1. 3-10. t. 3-7. Cocos maldivica Gmel. 

 Syst. nat. 2. 569. Willd. Spec. 4. 402. Borassus Sonnerati 

 Giseke, Linn. Prael. in ord. nat. 86. L. Callipyge Commers. 

 mss. L. maldivica Pers. Syn. 2. 630. — In Archipelago Sechel- 

 larum vel Mahe, et quidem in duabus solummodo parvis insu- 

 lis quae Curiosa aut Praslin et Rotunda appellantur, spontanea 

 provenit. — Caudex 30-50-, rarius 100-pedalis. Fructus in 

 oceanum delapsi, inde regulari fluctuum motu versus orientem 

 agitati, ad Insulas Maldivas deferentur, sed vix, nisi humana 

 industria fota, germinant. 



LATANIA COMMERS.^ LAM., mart., endl. 

 Cleophora Gaertn. 

 Flores dioeci in spadice spathis incompletis vaginato. 

 Masc. : Amenta cylindrica, e coalitione squamarum imbrica 

 Kcxth. Synops. III. [ 15 ] 



