NEW PALMS OF THE VAlLET OF THE AMAZON". 3D/ 



M. Spadice 3-fido ; spatha baud aculeata ; pinnis 

 9-12-jugis; petiolo subinermi racbique setis badiis 

 obsitis ; fructibus glabris (roseis' vel viridibus) ; 

 caiidice •07'"--30'" .... B.piranga. 

 MM. Spadice 3-fido; spatba subarmata ; pinnis 3-3i- 

 jugis ; petiolo in facie inferiori ad basin aculeis 

 tenuibus nigris armato, et unacum costa ferrugineo- 

 leproso, nee setoso . . B. incomwioda, sp. ? 

 MMM. Spadicis ramis 6-10 ; spatha plerumque 

 aculeata ; fructibus pilis setulisve sparsis armatip, 

 purpureis . . . . . B. trichospatha. 

 * Pinnis 4-6-jugis, 2-natim aggregatis ; spadicis 

 ramis 6 ; ''caudice •90"'-2-40" subsp. Jurutensis. 

 ** Pinnis 11-1 8- jugis, 3- 8-natim aggregatis ; spadicis 

 ramis 6-9 ; caudice l^-S"" . subsp. trichospatha. 

 f Major, pinnis 19-26-jugis; spadicis ramis 9-12; 

 caudice 3™-?™ .... var. elata. 

 KKK. Spadicis racbi producto, ramos 7-22 sursum attenua- 

 tes proferente ; spatha interiore lignea, aculeis erectis 

 vel adpressis armata ; fructibus glabris, purpureis ; 

 pinnis 9-14-jugis ; costa folii glabra, aculeata ; caudice 

 (2'"-3'") 4™-5"' ; fructibus glabris. 

 * Caudice 4'"-5'" ; pinnis 10-12-jugis, lanceolatis ; spatha 

 interiore -TO"" aculeis medio stramineis fragilibus com- 

 presso-triquetris horrida ; spadicis ramis 20 et pluribus, 



•20"--25'° B. Marajd, Mart. 



** Caudice 3 •0'"-5'0™ ; pinnis 9-jugis lineari-lanceolatis ; 

 petiolo superne solum ad medium aculeis valide armato ; 

 spatha interiore '35" aculeis sparsis brevibus armata, 

 brevissime pilosula ; spadicis ramis 7, 'lO™ 



subsp. sohralensis. 



*** Caudice 2-0'"-3-0™ ; pinnis 10-14-jugis, lato-lanceo- 



latis ; petiolo valide aculeis badiis armato ; spatha 



•25'"--35" aculeis sparsis brevibus armata ; spadicis ramis 



11-13, •07'"-'08™ (fructibus ovalibus ?) subsp. limnaia. 



III. Foliis pinnatis (rare simplicibus), pinnis crispis, decurvo- 



patentibus vel subflaccidis, 2-4-natim aggregatis, ad petioles 



et costas subtus aculeis nigris, nitidis, longis, solitariis vel 



binatim aggregatis armatis ; spadicibus multiramosis. 



N. Pinnis 7-18-jugis (plerumque binatim aggregatis, 



et pinna inferiors minore) lanceolatis vel lato- 



lanceolatis, subfalcatis, ad apicem in cuspidem 



longissimam abrupte attenuatis, supra glabris, 



nitidis. 



0. Pinnis 7-10-jugis, lanceolatis ; spatha aculeis 



•01'"-'04", albido-badiis horrida ; spadicis 



ramis 8-10 ; drupis glabris purpureis 



B. cofifluens, Lind. et H. Wenj., 

 var. acanthospatha. 

 00. Pinnis 14-18-jugis, lato-lanceolatis : spatha 

 aculeis •005'"--008'", nigris, sparsis ; spadicis 



