324 PALMS OF rUK VALLEY OF TUB AMAZOIT. 



(liura spadicis vix supcrante, exteriore intoriore dupio 

 breviore ; fl. ^ corolla calyce duplo lon<2;iore. 



Ilcib. — In sylvis nuTKiuaininundatisad fl. Javary ; floret 

 mcnse Decembro. " Tamaiidua pccu," vel " TumanJua 

 ubim " nuncupatur. 



2. G. acaulis, Mart., subsp. Tapajotmsis (Trail hb. Palm, 9 ). — 

 G. acauli minor ; foliis brevioribus (vix l") et tcneriorilms, 

 ])iniiis 3-4-ju<;i8 rboinboideo-lanceolatis, •'22'"-'3'V"x •0;Jo'"- 

 •09'"; vonis primariis utrin(jue 20-22, bis flexis; unguium 

 costale 30"-60° medio elformantibus ; petiolo (vagina in- 

 clusa) •45"'-'55'" supra canaliculato ; spadicibus •5"'-"6", 

 rachibus •05°'--07o'" x -003"' cauda sterili -Oia'" mucro- 

 untis ; alveolis 6-7-8ticliis ; spathis coriaceo-mcmbranaceis, 

 interiore •14"'--15", exteriore •05™--06'° ; floribus G. 

 acaulis ; fructibus (vix maturis) globosis, pisi minoris 

 magnitudine. 



Hah. — In sylvis humidis, hibemo inundatis, ad Arama- 

 naby prope fl. Tapajoz ; Acres et fructus inveni mense 

 Januario. 



3. G. CAMA:jfA, sp. n., an G. Jussienana, Mart., subsp. (Trail 

 hb". Palm, 182).— Caudescens, caudice l-0"'-l-4'"X'025™- 

 •040"* erecto vel flexuoso, annulis multis cincto, ligno 

 albo, mollissimo ; foliis r4'"-2'4'" subrcgularitev innato- 

 fissis, pinnis 17-31 (plerumque 17-21) jugis, nni- vel bi- 

 veniis, angustis, subfalcato-acuniinatis, a})icalibus latiori- 

 bus, glauco-viridibus ; vonis primariis utrincjue 25-36, bis 

 flexis; petiolo •G™-l-2'" supra sulcato ; spudicibus •45™- 

 60'", rachibus •15'"-'20", obtusis ; alveolis 15-stichis, labio 

 infcriore prominulo, eniarginato ; spathis ajquilongis 

 •225 --300'", linearibus, ancipitibus ; fl. / sepala petalis 



majora ; fl. 2 ; fructibus ovalibus, seabris nigris, 



•OOirx-OOG""- 



IJrth. — In sylvis humidis ad ripas fluniinuni Javary et 

 Jutahi, ab indigenis Juriti-ubim vel Assai rana (i.e.^ 

 Euterpe sp. spuria) nuncupatur. 



Obs. — From G. Jussienana, Mart. (Palm. Orbign., p. 

 24 t. XV., f. 1, et t. xxiii., f. a). — This Palm diff"ers in the 

 longer leaves, more numerous pinn;e, blunt rachis only 

 half as long as the peduncle, and in the oval fruits. The 

 localities are also very distinct, G. tTussieuana, Mart., 

 occurring on rocky mountain slopes, while G. Camand 

 occurs in low-lying, rather swampy forests. 



** Tubus stamineus ore breviter 6-dentatus. 



4. G. elegans, Mart., var. Amazonica (Trail hb. Palm, 

 133). — Hicc varietas ab exemplis typicis in provinciis 

 Bahiensi et Rio de Janeiro lectis difl'ert ut infra ; foliis 

 simplicibus, bifurcis, dein varie et irregulariter pinnati- 

 scctis, laciniis utrinque 2-5, sacpe 3-jugis oppositis ; venis 

 primariis utrinque 24-28; spadicibus •10'"-'30'", rachibus 

 •05™-'20'" ; spathis pedunculum superantibus, laceris ; 

 alveolis G-8-stichis; fructibus subglobosis. 



