326 PALMS OF THE VALLET OF THE AMAZON. 



fl. (J, corolla calyce duplo longiore ; fl. ? tubo stamineo 

 ore brevitcr 6-dentato ; fructibus ovalibus, pisi magni- 

 tudinis, Icvitcr tuberculosis, atro-viridibus. 



Hah. — In locis umbrosis inundatis (" Ygapo ") ad flu- 



mina Solimoes, Madeira, Purus, Jurua, Jutahi, et Javary. 



Yar. dcpaupcrata (Trail hb. Palin.. 116 in parte). — 



Minor, caudice l-80™-2-40'" x •004"'--006 ; Ibliis bi- 



furr.is, nee pinnatisectis, furcis triangularibus 



•30™ X •030'" ; venis utrinque 12-14, subrectis, angulo 



costali 20°-22° ; spadicis ramis 2-3, tenuissimis, 



•IS-"- 20™ ; spatbis -025"' vel brevioribus. 



Hah. — Cum forma typica. 



Ohs. — Tliis variety resembles Gclielidonura,^^rViQ,Q, 

 very closely in the leaves, but is well-distinguished 

 from it by other points. 

 7. G. pamcidigera, Mart. (Trail hb. Palm., 193, 187, 177, 

 157, 153, 131, 200, 70-74).— Caudice r"-5'" x -008'"- 

 ■038'", flavo, nitente, erecto vel subflex'aoso ; foliis (8) 

 12-30 contemporaneis, •60'"-r50'", varie pinnatisectis, 

 pinnis plerumque 3-jugis oppositisrhomboideis tenui-acu- 

 minatis (vel pinnis 1-2-jugis gramineis univeniis inter- 

 positis) planis, papyraceis vel subeoriaceis, nitentibus, 

 laete vel glauco-viridibus ; venis utrinque 23-36 subrectis 

 vel bis flexis, angulum 20*^-50° medio cum costa eftbr- 

 mantibus ; spadicibus infra folia ortis •25"'-50"', pur- 

 pureo-badiis pubescentibus, pedunculo •05"'-'15'" bracteis 

 4-8 stipitato, rachi •05"'--15'"ramo8 12-4 simplices vel 

 inferiores in ramulos 2-6 fissos proferente, ramulis sub- 

 acquilongis, tcnuibus •125™--250"' ; spathis parvis •05"'- 

 •10'" X •018'"--025'" obovato-lanceolatis, coriaceis ; 

 alveolis 3- (rarius 4-) natim verticillatis (raro 5-7-stichis) 

 labio inferiore integro vel emarginato ; fl. S sepala 

 petalis dimidio vel duplo breviora ; fl. ? tubo stamineo 

 ore brevitcr 6-dentato ; fructibus globosis, •G05"'-^006'" 

 nigris, leviter tuberculosis. 



Ilah. — In sylvis nunquam vel raro inundatis (" Barrei- 

 ras ") per totam plagam a^quinoctialem Brasilia). 



a. \QT.papyracea {Trail hb.V&lTa., 193, 187). — Caudice 

 l-5"'-2-4"'; foliis 1 •20"'- 1 -SO", lamina -75"'- 90"' 

 + •30'"-*40"' papyracea, varie pinnatisectis, pinnis 

 2-3 jugis, alternis vel sub-oppositis triangulari-rhom- 

 boideis ; venis utrinque, 30-34 fere rectis, angulo 

 costali 20''-30" ; spadice -45"' ramos 9-13 simplices 

 vol 2-7 infimos 2-7-fidos proferente, ramulis •20'"- 

 •25"'; spathis •10"'. 



Hnh. — Ad fl. J.'vary, floret mense Decembro, 

 " Ubim-mimbcca " Singoageral. 



No. 193, rami 8 inferiores bracteis subulatis 



•025"'-^050"' stipitati sunt. 



P Var. comiophjUa (Trail hb. Palm., 177, 151, 153, 



200).— Caudice l-80"'-5-0"' x •012'"--038'" ; foliis 



•75'"-r35'" supra nitidis glauco-viridibus, regulariter 



