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bifido. Mart. — In ripa fluvii Japura, prope pagum Miranha- 

 rum. — Caudex rectus, 6-8-pedalis, digitum crassus. Frondcs 

 3-pedales et longiores ; pinnis in quovis latere. 2-4, non omni- 

 bus a se invicem liberis, inde figura variis. Spadix infra in- 

 fimas frondes emissus, spithamaeus, deorsum curvatus. Spatha 

 exterior adpresso-pilosa, tandem apice fissa; interior basi pilis 

 raris erectis hirta , antice aculeis compressis castaneis nitidis 

 erectis armata. Fructus desunt. (Mart.) 



14. B. simplicifrons Mart. Palm. 103. t. 73. c. f. 1. 2. 

 Inermis ; caudice humili, arundinaceo ; frondibus indivisis (pinuis 

 connexis), furcato - bipartitis ; laciniis divergentibus, lineari-ob- 

 longis, subfalcatis, acutis, eostatis. subciliatis, tandem pinnati- 

 fissis; spatha nuda; spadice simplici; drupis globosis, laevibus. 

 Mart, — In sylvis aboriginibus, prope urbem Para. — Caudex 

 erectus, humanae altitudinis, vix crassitie pennae cycneae, iner- 

 mis, versus summitatem tomento subvelutino fusco-griseo ve- 

 stitus. Frondes uni- vel sesquipedales. Spadix nutans, immo 

 refractus, 1^-2-poIlicaris, simplex. Spatha interior viridis, gla- 

 bra, nisi in prima aetate tenuiter tomentosa. Flores masculi 

 ochroleuci. I)rupa acuta, magnitudine pisi, rubra. (Mart.) 



15. B. HIRTA Mart. Palm. 104. t. 60. 74. /. 1. 2. Cau- 

 dice arundinaceo, humili, incrini; fiondibus basi longe vaginantc 

 aculeata subsessilibus, indivisis, hirtis et hirto-ciliatis, obovatis, 

 apice breviter bifidis; laciniis triangularibus ; spatha calycibus- 

 que femineis glabris ; spadice subbifido ; corollis femineis dru- 

 pisque obovatis hirtis. Mart. — In sylvis Japurensibus et prope 

 fluvium Solimoes. — Caudex 4-5-pedalis, erectus , crassitie 

 pennae cycneae ; junior intra vaginas frondium fusco-tomento- 

 sus, adultior laevigatus. Spadices erectiusculi. Spatha exterior 

 ferrugineo -tomentosa, inermis ; interior coriacea, extus fusca. 

 Drupa magnitudine pisi, nigro-violacea, parce carnosa. (Mart.) 



16. B. BIFIDA. Mart. Palm. 105. /. 73. c. /. 3. Caudice 

 submediocri; petiolis basi longe subamplexicauli aculeatissimis, 

 antice inque rhacheos basi parce aculeatis ; frondibus ciliatis, 

 indivisis, sublanceolatis, longe cuneatis, profunde bifidis; laciniis 

 lato-ensiformibus ; spadice simplici; drupis ovatis. Mart. — In 

 sylvis Provinciae do Rio Negro dictae. — Caudex erectus, 6- 

 10-pedalis, digiti pollicis crassitie. Frondes 6-8 spithamas lon- 

 gae. Spadix subspithamaeus. Drupa acuta, fere magnitudinc 

 ovi columbini, fusco- violaceo - virens, pube tenui fuscidula ad- 

 spersa. (Mart.) 



17. B. CARYOTAEFOLIA Mart.Palm. 106./. 74./. 3.4. Caudice 

 humili, aculeato ; petiolis basi vaginante aculeatis ; rhachibus gla- 

 bris, postice aculeatis, antice inermibus ; pinnis subsparsis, del- 

 toideis, deorsum cuneatis, praemorsis, dente marginali utrinque 

 productiore, inermibus, subtus argenteo-tomentosis ; spatha acu- 

 loata ; spadice setuloso, ramoso; drupis turbinato- globosis. 

 Mart. — In sylvis prope Rio Janeiro. — Caudex 4-8-pedalis, 



