CHAMAEDOREA. PALMAE. 457 



4. CH. SARTORIF Liebm. mss. ex Mart. 1. c. adn. f — Caudice annulato, superne vaginis 

 frondium tecto: petiolis teretiusculis snlcatis, basi in vaginam oblique apertam dilata- 

 tis, vagina, petiolo, rhachi dorso fascia alba notatis, pinnis alternis elongato-lanceolatis 

 falcatis acuminatis acutis, basi contractis, summis confluentibus, rhachi antice acutan- 

 gula, utrinque sulcata, postice conve.xa; spadicibus simpliciter ramosia inter et infra 

 fronles, ramis masculorum lenuibus diffusis longissimis pendulis, foemineorum paucis 

 cras>;is erectis angulalis miniatis; baccis ovalibus nigris. — In Me.xico prope 

 Mirador. 



5. CH. POCHUTLEiNSIS Liebm. mss. ex Mart. 1. c. adn. + — Caudice elato gracili dense 

 annulalo; petiolis basi subterelibus, sursum antice acutangulis striatis , postice conve- 

 xis laevibus, pinnis numerosis elongato - lanceolatis rectis , basi contraclis plicatis 

 apice acutis; spadicibus inter frondes erectis simplicit«r ramosis, ramis longissimis 

 tenuibus pendulis. — Habilat in Mexico prope Pochutla. 



6. CH. MONTANA Liebm. mss. ex Mart. 1. c. adn. f — Caudice brevi striato arcte annu- 

 lato. petiolis triquetris antice acutangulis, postice planis vel convexiusculis, pinnis 

 numerosis alternis vel suboppositis patulis remotiusculis rigidis anguste lanceolatis 

 acutis cuspidatis plicatis, basi contractis rectis, summis confluentibus; spadicibus intra 

 frondes simpliciter ramosis erectis, ramis crassiusculis tlexuosis ; baccis parce carno- 

 sjs nigris globosis, nucleo obovato-globoso. — In Mexici prov. Oaxacensi. 



7. CH. SCANDENS Liebm. mss. ex Mart. I. c. adn. f — Caudice longissimo gracili fle- 

 xuoso subscandente vel ope frondium ascendente, vaginis tecto, remote annulaio ; fo- 

 liis basilaribus duobus permanentibus flabellato - bifidis rigidis , caulinis longissimis 

 flexuosis remotis alternis, petiolo basi in vaginam dilatato , rhachi triquetra, dorso 

 applanata vel convexiuscula , anlice acutangula, utrinque canaliculata , pinnis numero- 

 sis alternis remotis divergentibns elongato - lanceolatis longe acnminatis plicaiis rigi- 

 diusculis, •sursum decrescenlibus oppositis deflexis, summis connatis hamaeformibus 

 corneis; spadicibus lateralibus subappressis rigidis simpliciler ramosis, ramis crassius- 

 culis flexuosis patulis; baccis globosis nigris coriaceis, nucleo obovato-globoso, fibris 

 validis circumdato. — In Mexico, frequens prope Mirador. 



8. CH. AFFINIS Liebm. mss. ex Mart. 1. c. adn. + — Ad praecedentem omnibus rationi- 

 bus accedit, cliffert: frondibus brevioribus tenuioribus, pinnis omnibus alternis patulis 

 anguslioribus , summis confluentibus, spadicibus longioribus, spathis 4 alternis persi- 

 stentibus oblique aperlis, baccis paulo majoribus, nucleo fibris reticulatis circumdato. 

 — ln Mexico ad Chinantla. 



9. CH. RADICALIS Mart. 1. c. adn. -J- — Pusilla: caudice abbreviato stolonifero, vaginis 

 frondium brevibus ovato-lanceolatis tecto, petiolis quam pinnae brevioribus, supra sul- 

 calis, sursum obtuse trigonis rhachique superne bisulca absque fascia dorsali, sub- 

 glaucescentibus, pinnis concinnis crassiusculis linearibus acuminatis, acumine inae- 

 quilatero rectangulo, strictis planiusculis, nervis multis parum conspicuis ; spadicibus 

 (masculis) jam subradicalibus slricte erectis pauciramosis; antheris breviier ovato- 

 oblongis ; baccis globosis (Pisi magnitudine) nigris. — In Mexico (Sierra Madre). 



§. 2. Collinia Liebm. mss. — Corolla foeminea (etmascula?) monopetala 

 tridentata aut trifida. Fructus abortu monospermus. Spadix ramosus. 



10. *CH. ELEGANS Mart. — Knth. 1. c. 171. no. 3.— Mart. Hist. nat. Palm. tab. R. fig. 3. 

 Z. IX. flg. 4. & tab. 17. flg. 7. — Kunthia Dejipei Hort. 



11. CH. LIERMANNI Mart. 1. c. III. 308. adn. f— Caudice elato stricto annulato, petiolis 

 rbachibusque quadriquetris, antice striatis, basi vaginanlibus, pinnis elongato - lanceo- 

 latia dcuminatis aculis, basi contraclis plicatis; spadicibus inler frondes erumpentibus 

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