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1. S. COCOIDES Mart. Palm. 130. t 89. 90. Caudice in- 

 ferne annulato , petiolorum basibus capitato; pinnis linearibus, 

 angustis, subcrispis; drupis obovato-ellipticis. Mart. — Sylva- 

 tica in ripa Fluvii Amazonum ejusque confluentium Camuma, 

 Maue, vel campestris in adscensu montis arenarii ad ripam Fluvii 

 Amazonum, Serra de Para dicti et per prata ad Almairim 

 sparsa. — Caudex 8-10-pedalis. Frondes 4-6-pedales; pinnis 

 m quovis latere 50-60, interrupte-aggregatis (gregibus posticis 

 4-5-, anticis 6-10-phyllis), lineari-lanceolatis, margine tenuissime 

 serrulato-scabris. Spadix florifer cernuus, 1^-pedalis; frudifer 

 nutans aut pendulus, bipedalis ; ramis 6-8, subfastigiatis, sim- 

 plicibus. Spatha utraque gracilis , extus ferrugineo- tomentosa; 

 exterior 1- } interior 1^-pedalis. Flores pallide ochroleuci. 

 Drupa ovata, sursum coarclato-umbonata, flavescens, hinc inde 

 ferrugineo-tomentosa; cortice carnoso-fibroso ; putamine osseo, 

 fragili. (Mart.) 



DIPLOTHEMIUM mart., esdl. 



Flores moiioeci in eodem spadice, quincunciatim dispo- 

 siti, masculi in parte inferiore verrucis callosis hemispbaeri- 

 cis (pedicellis Mart.) super femineos impositi, in superiore 

 solitarii, sessiles •) ; bracteis flores masculos geminos vel in- 

 termedio femineo sociatos cingentibus , favoso - connatis. 

 (Endl.**) Spatha duplex ; exterior brevior, apice aperta, mem- 

 branacea vel coriacea; interior clavata vel cylindracea, mu- 

 cronata, ventre demmn fissa, dorso sulcata, lignosa. Flores 

 masc. subcarnoso-coriacei: Calyx uterque 3-sepalus; sepalis 

 exterioribus anguste lanceolatis, carinatis, ima basi connatis, 

 erectis ; interioribus ovatis , subcarinatis , erectis vel conni- 

 ventibus. Stamina 6-12 vel indefinita (14-20, 24 et 60), e 

 toro basilari; filamenta subulata, inaequilonga ; antherae sa- 

 gittatae vcl sublineares , erectae. Ovarii rudimentum minu- 

 tissimum vel nullum. Flores feminei coriacei, striati, ovato- 

 globosir Calyx uterque 3-sepalus ; sepalis ovatis, carinatis ; 

 exterioribus imbricato-convolutis ; interioribus vix minoribus, 

 integerrimis vel repando-dentatis. Ovarimn globoso-3-gonum, 

 loculis 2 rudimentariis 1-loculare. Stigmata 3, sessilia, tri- 



s ) Flores quincunciatim positi; femiuei in parte spadicis iuferiore 

 sessiles; masculi in parte inferiore femiueis superimpositi, pedicellati, iu 

 superiore subsessiles. 



os ) Bracteae duplices, flores solummodo geminos masculos vel gemi- 

 nos masculos cum intermedio femineo colligentes, in opus favosum com- 

 positae. (Mart.) 

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