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4. Chamaedorea wendlandiana (Oerst.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 



407. 1885. 

 Stephanostachys wendlandiana Oerst. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn Vid. Medd. 



1858:28. 1859. 

 Oaxaca. 



Leaves 1.2 meters long, the petiole 30 cm. long, the pinnae 18 to 20 on each 

 side, narrowly lanceolate, slightly falcate, long-acuminate, the middle ones 50 

 cm. long, 3.7 cm. wide or more ; staminate spadix 45 cm. long, the peduncle 30 cm. 

 long, the spathes 7, chartaceous, greenish, the branches numerous, 15 cm. long; 

 pistillate spadix 25 cm. long, the few branches erect or ascending, 7.5 cm. long. 



5. Chamaedorea ernesti-augusti Wendl. AUg. Gartenz. 20: 73. 1852. 

 Eleutheropetalum ernesti-augusti Oerst. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn Vid. Medd. 



1858: 7. 1859. 



Tabasco (type locality). Guatemala and Honduras. 



Caudex elongate, erect, remotely annulate; Leaves simple, ovate-oblong, 

 bifid or irregularly pinnatifid, coarsely serrate ; pistillate spadix simple, strict, 

 equaling or longer than the leaves, the rachis thick and fleshy. 



6. Chamaedorea sartorii^ Liebm. ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 308. 1836-50. 

 Veracruz ; type from Barranca de San Francisco, near Mirador, altitude 600 



to 750 meters. 



Caudex 2.5 to 4.2 meters high, annulate, covered above by the petiole bases; 

 leaf blades 90 to 105 cm. long, the pinnae 30 cm. long, 4 to 5 cm. wide, alter- 

 nate, elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, falcate ; spathes soon deciduous ; spadices 

 borne between and below the fronds, simply branched, the branches of the 

 staminate inflorescence very long and pendulous ; fruit oval, black, 12 mm. 

 long, 8 mm. thick. 



7. Chamaedorea stolonifera Wendl.; Hook. f. in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 118: pi. 



1265. 1892. 



Described from southern Mexico, the locality not known. 



Caudices very slender, a meter high, very stoloniferous, forming dense tufts, 

 closely annulate ; leaves terminal, 25 cm. long, short-petiolate, the blades cleft 

 to below the middle into 2 oblong acute segments ; spadices borne below the 

 leaves, the staminate with 5 or 6 spreading flexuous branches, these 7.5 to 12.5 

 cm, long, 



8. Chamaedorea humilis (Liebm.) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 308. 1836-50. 

 Collinia humilis Liebm. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1846: 8. 1846. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca ; type from Colipa, Veracruz. 



Dwarf, the caudex very short or obsolete, covered by the petiole sheaths ; 

 leaves about 45 cm. long, the pinnae 15 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, linear-lanceolate; 

 spadices 20 to 30 cm. long, borne between and below the leaves simply 

 branched ; fruit globose, black. 



9. Chamaedorea elegans Mart. Linnaea 5: 204. 1830. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca ; type from Barranca de Tioselo, 



Caudex erect, 1.8 meters high, with numerous nodes ; pinnae narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, straight ; spadix paniculate-branched ; fruit globose. 



^Carl Sartorius, a native of Darmstadt, Germany, was obliged by political 

 conditions to leave his native country in 1826, and in 1830 he took refuge in 

 Mexico. He purchased land at Mirador, at the base of Mount Orizaba, and en- 

 gaged in agricultural pursuits. He made large collections of plants which are 

 deposited in various herbaria of Europe and the United States. His death 

 occurred in 1872, 



