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PLATE XXIII. 



Geonoma multielora, Martins. 



Ubimrana, Lingoa GeraL 



This handsome species is from eight to fifteen feet 

 high, and has the stem regularly ringed or jointed, 

 giving it a reed-like appearance. The leaves are very 

 large, regularly pinnate and gracefully drooping on 

 every side. The leaflets are very regularly placed on 

 the midrib, and the terminal pair are much larger and 

 broader. The petioles are slender and smooth, and 

 the sheathing bases have an expanded fibrous mar- 

 gin. 



The spadices grow from among the lower leaves, and 

 are short, erect and simply branched. The spathes 

 are very small and concealed among the petioles. The 

 fruit is small, ovate, and when ripe of a red colour. 



This appears to be the Geonoma multiflora of Mar- 

 tius, but the species are so closely allied that without a 

 comparison of specimens it is very difficult absolutely 

 to identify them. 



I have found it only in the Catinga forests of the 

 Upper Rio Negro, where it occurs very sparingly. 



A fruit is represented on the Plate of the natural 

 size. 



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