264 PALMAE juss. (Bactris.) 



pollicaris. Florcs feminci virides. Drupa subglobosa vel ob- 

 ovato-globosa, coccinea, glabra. (Mart.) 



9. B. concinna Mart. Palm. 99. t. 72. /. 4. 5. 6. Cau- 

 dice tenui, mediocri, aculeato ; rhachi postice aculeata, antice 

 mermi, pilis destituta; pinnis pectinatis, concinnis, lineari-sub- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis , ciliatis; spatha aculeata; spadice sini- 

 plici; drupis oblongo-obovatis. Mart. — In sylvis aboriginibus 

 propter fluvios Amazonum ct Solimoes. — Caudices plerumque 

 plures consociati, 10-15-pedales, aculeis subulatis compressisnigris 

 armati. Frondes 4-6-pedales. Spatha interior striata, parce to- 

 mentosa, inermis. Flores masculi ochroleuco - pallidi. Drupae 

 in rhachi incrassata oblongo-obovatae, pressione mutua basim 

 versus angulatae, nigro-violaccae, nitidae, glabrae. (Mart.) 



10. B. TOMENTOSA MarL Palm. 100. t. 73. a. f. 3. 4. 

 Caudice humili rhachibusque aculeatis, tomentosis; aculeis com- 

 pressis, expallescentibus ; pinnis sparsis, subtus pubescentibus, 

 oblongis , ialcato-cuspidatis , cxtimis subcohaerentibus ; spatha 

 densissime setoso-aculeata ; spadicis simplicis pedunculo flori- 

 busque femineis ferrugineo-hirtis. Mart. — ln sylvis udis ct 

 inundatis prope fluvium Solimoes. — Caudex 4-pedalis, interdum 

 altior, tomento ferrugineo praesertim superne obscssus. Fron- 

 des 3-4-pedales ; pinnis in quovis latere 3-10. Spadix spitha- 

 maeus. Drupa ignofa. (Mart.) 



11. B. CUSPIOATA Mart. Palm. 101. /. 73. h. f. 1. 2. 

 Caudice arundinaceo, humili, tomentoso; petiolis in basi vagi- 

 nante infraque pinnas aculeafis ; rhachibus inermibus ; pinnis 

 sparsis , oblongo-lanceolatis, falcatis, longe cuspidatis, glabris, 

 ciliatis ; spatha longe setosa ; spadice 2-3-fido. Mart. — In syl- 

 vis primaevis, ad flumina Japura et Solimoes (Provincia do 

 Rio Negro.). — Caudex 4-6-pedalis, flexuosus, supcrne fusco- 

 tomentosus. Frondcs subtripedales ; pinnis in quovis latcre 

 circiter octo. Spadix infra frondes, vix tripoliicaris, basi vagina 

 tectus, erecfus. Flores ochrolcuci. Fructus ignoti. (Mart.) 



12. B. MITIS Mart. Palm. 102. Inermis ; caudice arundi- 

 nacco, humiii; pinnis sparsis, oblongo-lanceolatis, cuspidato-fal- 

 catis, giabris, ciliafis ; spatha antice adpresso-setosa; spadice 

 2-3-fido. Mart. — In sylvis aboriginibus Provinciae do Rio 

 Negro, ad fluvium Japura. — Caudex 3-4-pedalis, laevigatus, 

 glaberrimus , crassitie calami scriptorii. Frondes bipedales ; 

 pinnis in quovis latere 6-10. Spadix arcuato-deflexus, sesqui- 

 pollicaris. Spatha exterior ungucm longa, apice bifida, fandem 

 in fibras dehiscens; interior fusiformis, coriacea, antice setis 

 fuscis adpressis munita. Fructus ignoti. Praecedenti valde af- 

 finis, praesertim armorum defcctu recedens. (Mart.) 



13. B. fissifrons Mart. Palm. 103. t. 73. 6. /.3.4. Cau- 

 dice humiii; petioiis in basi vaginante infraque pinnas supernc 

 aculeatis ; pinnis irregularibus, lanceoiatis vel oblongo-connexis, 

 cuspidatis, spinuloso-ciliatis ; spatha aculcis compressis ; spadicc 



