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obtusiusculis crassis; floribus f'œmineis ovatis; drupa elliptica (ovi columbini magni- 

 ludine) putamine in vertice rotundalo leviter trilobo , lateribus tiisulculo, nucleo 

 elliptico, fasciae cruribus latis cicatrisatis, albumine œquabili. Mari., Palm. Bras., p. 292. 

 Cocos botrjophora, supra p. 98; Mart., Palm. Bras., p. 118, t. 83, 84 , 7 3, D, fig. 3; 

 t. 166, fig. III. 



4. SYAGRUS COCOIDES, Mai t. 



S. caudice mediocri (8— 10-ped.), irregulariteraunulalo, basibus peliolorum capitato; 

 f'rondibus crispulis, pinnis linearibus angustis; floribus masculis (4 lin. altis) , petalis 

 lanceolatis acutiusculis; floribus f'œmineis ovatis; drupa ovata umbonata, putamine ovali, 

 vertice producto, extus leevigato, nucleo ovali, fascise cruribus latis, albumine œquabili. 

 Mart., Palm. Bras., p. 292. 

 Sjagrus cocoides, Mart., Palm. Bras., p. i3o, t. 89, 90 -, t. 1 66 , fig. IV. 



Crescit ad fluvium Amazonum, Brasilia?. 



5. SYAGRUS COMOSA, Mart. 

 iiocri (10-ped.), petiolorum basibus supernesquamoso;frondibus abbre- 

 pinnis approximalis lineari-lanceolatis; floribus masculis (4 lin. altis) 

 petalis obovatis, crassis; floribus fœmineis ovatis; drupa} oblongœ breviter umbonalœ 

 putamine et nucleo oblongis, vertice rotundato, fasciœ cruribus angustis linearibus. 

 Mart., Palm. Bras., p. 292. 



Cocos comosa, Mart., Palm. Bras., p. 122, t. 88, fig. I, II; t. 166, fig. V. 

 Crescit in Brasilia média. 



