260 PALMAE juss. (Desmoncus.) 



savanc Auhl. Guian. suppl. p. 98. Palma surinamcnsis sagiffa- 

 ria, folio Polygonati longiore, validissimis spinis et longissimis 

 horrido Breyn. Prod. 2. 82? — In svlvis, nec non inter vir- 

 gulta Provinciae Paraensis atque Cajennae frequens. — Caudex 

 erectus, 4-6-pedalis, super vicinas herbas arboresque reclinatus 

 vel frondium aculeis inter illas scandens, nonnihil flexuosus. 

 Spadix spithamaeus. Spatha duplex; exterior dorso bicarinata, 

 glabra; interior pilis setosis sursum spectantibus fuscis hirta. 

 Drupa pisiformis, aurantiaca. (Mart.) 



3. D. orthacanthos Mart. Palm. 87. t. 69 et 98. Va- 

 ginis petiolaribus rhachibusque postice aculeis rcctis compressis ; 

 his antice inermibus; cirris uncinatis; pinnis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 utrinque acuminatis ; spatha interiore inermi; drupis pisiformi- 

 bus. Mart. — In sylvis maritimis prope Mucuri fluvium atque 

 similibus locis passim , in Provincia Paraensi. — Caudex in- 

 ferne flexuosus atque quasi aliis plantis circumvolutus vel sub- 

 scandens. Spadices subpedales. Spafha ufraque inermis et 

 ferrugineo-tomentosa. Fructus ignotus. (Mart.) 



4. D. OXYACANTHOS Mart. Palm. 88. Vaginarum petiola- 

 rium aculeis e basi incrassata rectiusculis, rhachium aduncis; 

 cirris uncinatis; pinnis lato- vel suboblongo-lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis ; spatha inferiore aculeatissima ; aculeis e basi incrassata; 

 drupis obovatis. Mart. — In locis umbrosis, in sepibus et in- 

 ter virgulfa Provinciarum Rio Janeiro et Bahiensis. — Caudex 

 erectus vel in superiore parte vagus. Frondes 3-pedales. Spa- 

 dices 14,-2-pedales. Spatha exterior transverse striata, glabrius- 

 cula ; interior tomenf oso-fusco-pulverulenfa, aculeis c basi crassa 

 tenuiter subulatis, anticc nigricantibus, refrorsum spectantibus 

 horrida. Drupa obovata, brcviter mucronata, 5-6 lincas longa, 

 coccinea vel miniata. (Mart.) 



5. D. PYCNACANTHOS Mart. Palm. 89. Vaginis petiolari- 

 bus spathisque densissime sefoso-aculeatis; aculeolis e basi 

 incrassata rectis, erectis ; rhacheos aculeis rectinsculis ; cirris 

 uncinatis; pinnis oblongo-lanceolatis, acnminatis, in costa postice 

 aculeatis. Mart. — Inter frutices Provinciae Goyazanae. — 

 Spadix sesquipollicaris. Spatha utraque aculeata ; intcrior acu- 

 leis minoribus subsetaceis obsita. (Mart.) 



6. D. SETOSUS MarU Paim. 89. Vaginis dense setosis; 

 setis e basi incrassata rectis; rhachibus parce sctosis: setis 

 rectis vel spinulosis, aduncis ; cirris subinermibus ; pinnis linea- 

 ribus, acuminatis. Mart» — In sylvis aboriginibus , ad fluvios 

 Solimoes et Japura. — Caudex plerumque declinatus et supra 

 frutices vicinos scandens, crassitie pennac anserinae. Frondes 

 l-l{-pedales. Flores fructusque ignoti. 



7. D. MITIS Mart. Palm. 90. Vaginis subinermibus; rha- 

 chi parce aculeata; aculeis aduncis; cirris uncinatis; piunis Jan- 

 ceolatis, acuminatis, basi setoso-barbatis ; spafhis inermibus ; 

 drupis globoso-obovatis. Mart. — In sylvis udis, ad ripas fluvii 



