OF THE AMAZON. 67 



PLATE XXV. 



Geonoma kectifolia, n. sp. 



Ubimrana, Lingoa Geral. 



This little species is nearly allied to the last. It 

 reaches six or eight feet in height and has the stem 

 distinctly jointed and the leaves persistent some way 

 down it. The petioles grow very upright, and there 

 are three or four pair of long, narrow and rather rigid 

 leaflets, the terminal being the largest. 



The spadices are numerous from the axils of the 

 lower leaves, and are small and simply branched ; and 

 the fruit is very small, round and black. 



This palm may be distinguished from G. paniculigera, 

 to which it is most closely allied, by its very long 

 narrow leaflets and much more erect habit ; and by its 

 smaller and less-branched spadices growing lower down 

 on the stem, often below the leaves. 



I found it in a few localities only on the Upper Rio 

 Negro, growing in the sandy Catinga forest near the 

 margin of the river. 



A fruit is represented on the Plate of the natural 

 size. 



