332 PALMS OP TUF. VALLEY OF THE AMAZOW. 



acuminatis •35"-"45"'X "012 -•062'" ; Tcnis ntrin- 

 quo 15, angulo costali supra 25*^ ; pinnis subcoriaceis 

 siccando nip:rosrentibus ; spadice, spathia &c., cum 

 typo convenientibus. 



//ah. — Ad Tabatinga. 



Obs. — I have referred this species to the genus 

 Morenia on account of the whorled ^ ppadices, though 

 ■with some doubt in absence of ? spadix, flowers, 

 and fruit. 



12. Manicuria saccifera, Goertn., var. mediterranea (Trail 

 hb. Palm., I10"et 38? [fruits only]). — Var. forma 

 typica minor ; caudice 2'"-2o'"x -15'" ;' foliis 3'20"-3-60™ 

 X '90-1 •20™ irregulariter pinnatisectis, pinnis linearibus 

 vel oblongo-linearibus versus apicem conjunctis; venis 

 primariis •02.5'" dissitis, ad basin angulum 18'*, directions 

 media angulum 24" cum costa efformantibus ; spatha 

 intoriore acuminata l'"-r20'"; fl. ^ sepalis valde imbri- 

 catis ad basin cohfcrentibus, orbicularis petalis 2A-3-plo 

 brevioribus; fructibus 1-3-pyrenis 1-2-3-globosis, pyrena 

 quaque •035'"-*0o0'" ; epicarpio M. saccifera, Gsertn. 



//ab. — In sylvis arenosis ("Catinga") prope ^Manaos 

 ad fl. Taruma ; (etiam ad cataractas fl. Mauhes ?) " Bussu," 

 Lingoa geral. 



Obs. — This variety seems to come close to 2/anicaria 

 Plukenetii, Gries. et Wendl., in the pinnatisect leaves, in 

 the spathe, and in the ^ fl. It differs chiefly in the veins 

 of the leaf being wider apart, and in the epicarp of the 

 fruit. 



13. Iriartea {CafobJastus, Wendl.) pubcsce7is, Karst., var.. 

 krinocarpa (Trail, hb. Palm., 190). — Vur. forma typica 

 minor; caudice 3'°-5"' X •018'"-^034'" ; foliis 1-35'"- 

 I'SO"", vagina •30'°-"45'" brevissime badio-tomentosa, 

 petiolo •30'", pinnis 10-11-jugis (apicalibus conjunctis). 

 basalibus •I 75"' x -01 8"", mediis •35"'--40"' x -OSe-" 070'", 

 apicalibus conjunctis ■20"'x 'l'^'" ; spadicibus baud verti- 

 cillatis sed 3-5 contemporaneis e nodis contiguis ortis, 

 ramos 5 simplices, •025"'--125'", pendulos, apice caudatos 

 odcntibus; fructibus ovali-cylindraceis, -021'" x -012'"' 

 puborulo-lanatis. 



Ifnb. — In sylvis ad fl. Javary gregarie crescit. 



Obs. 1. — Though differing "considerably in the points 

 noted above from Karsten's description and figures of /. 

 puhescens in Flora Columb., vol. i., pp. •153-4, t. 81, it 

 agrees so closely in all other points that it can hardly be 

 regarded otherwise than as a variety of that specrt>s. 



Obs. 2. — It resembles /. setigcra, Mart., vciy much in 

 habit, and might readily be mistaken for it at the first 

 glance when not bearing inflorescence or fruit ; it is most 

 readily distinguished by the narrower, pubescent below,, 

 and more numerous pinntc, though I have once or twice- 

 found leaves of/, seticjcra. Mart., with 8-10-jugate pinnae. 

 The two species inhabit similar localities (viz., forests not 



