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s. angusta annuliformi, intraque hanc ab utroque latere bracteolis duabus minutis. Calyx 

 ~~ fere rotatus, obiter trilobus, / 3 lineœ altus. Corolla ovala, ore truncato leviter triden- 

 ticulato, longitudinaliter striata. Ovarium longitudine corollœ, ovatum, ab initio qui- 

 dem triloculare, sed loculis duobus mox aborlivis unicum ovulum evolvens. Stigrnata 

 tria linearia, medio sulculo tenui exarata, in vertice ovarii adnata. Drupa mibi non 

 visa a cl. Splitgerber cum dubitationis signo (?) subglobosa dicitur in litteris. 

 Crescit in Surinami sylvis : Splitgerber. 



8. DESMONCUS LONGIFOL1US , Mart. 



D. vaginse aculeis (1— 4-linearibus) curvis paucioribusque rectis, rhacheos cirrhique 

 aduncis; pinnis 7— 8-jugis subpedalibus lanceolatis ulrinque longe acuminatis, cirrhi 

 hamis 2 — 3-jugis subulatis; spatha — pedunculo — drupa? 



Species a Pavonio in Peruvia lecta, nunc in herbario Webbiano asservatur, quam, 

 deficientibus partibus floralibus, haud rite describere valemus, attamen pro distincta 

 hic adducendam putavimus, quippe quae longitudine pinnarum lanceolatarum reliquas 

 omnes antecellat. Vagina pedem et quod exeedit longa est , aculeis sat crebris armata 

 1—4 lineas longis, aliis subulatis rectis aliis, iisque brevioribus conicis nonnihil adun- 

 cis. Pinnse lœvigaiœ, planae ; nervis secundariis et lertiariis percursœ 20—26, distantia 

 X lineœ positis, 11 — 12 pollices longse, medio 12 — 18 lineas latae. Unci validi recti , 

 sesquipollicares, subulati, e basi nodosa valde incrassata oriuntur. 



9. DESMONCUS PRUN1FER, Pœppig. 



D. vagina, petiolo , spatha interiore et spadicis pedunculo nigro-setosis et aculeatis , 

 aculeis e basi conica rectis aut (prasertim in rhachi) aduncis spadiceo-nigris, in spatha 

 interiore creberrimis; pinnis 10-12-15-jugis oblongis basi acutis longe acuminatis, 

 cirrhi hamis 4— 5-jugis subulatis; drupis ovalibus pollicaribus. 

 Desmoncus prunifer, Pœppig in Mart. Palm. Bras., p. 14 8; Kumh, Enum., III, p. a6l . 



Crescit in provincia Maynas Peruviœ : Pœppig. 



10. DESMONCUS PYCNACAJNTHOS, Mart. 



D. vagina, petiolo, spathis et spadicis pedunculo setoso-aculeatis, aculeù e basi lumida 

 albida rectis atris , in vagina frequentissùnis ; pinnis sub-8-jugis oblongo-lanceolalis acu- 

 minatis, m costa postice aculeatis, cirrhi inermis hamis 3— 4-jugis subulatis; drupa — 

 Desmoncus pjcnacanthos , Mart., Palm. Bras., p. 8 9 ; Kunth, Emm., III, p . 26o . 



In Brasilise provincia Goyazana, inter virgulta : Pohl. 



11. DESMONCUS LEPTOSPADIX, Mart. 



D vagina membranacea oie ciliata et spathis spadiceque inermibus, petiolo, rhachi 



crrhoque parce aculeis aduncis minusculis; pinnis 4-jugis oblongis aut oblongo-lan- 



ceolatis utrmque acuminatis, cirrhi gracilis hamis 4-jugis tenuibus subulatis- spathis 



