TRIBUS LL LEPIDOCARYEÆ Bth. et Hook. 
Lepidocaryeæ Beutham et Hooker, Gen. Plant. IT, p. 872 et 880. — Lepidocaryineæ 
Mart. Hist. nat. Palm. IL p. 106; Drude in Mart. For. Bras. LIT. pars IT, p. 27. 
SUBTRIBUS 11. MAURITIINEÆ Barb. Rodr. 
Mauritieæ Plume, Rumphia II, p. 157; Drude in Mart. Por. Bras. III. pars IT, 
p. 288, et in Pflansenf. IL, p. 27. — Lepidocaryineæ flabellifrondes Mart., Fist. nat. 
Palm., p. 217. 
Caudex procerus, robustus v. gracilis; folia palmato-flabelliformia. Spathæ incompletæ, 
persistentes. 
Drupa squamoso-loricata, mezOCAT PL0 pulposo-amy laceo, albumine æquabrli. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM 
Caudex columnaris, excelsus, procerus (5"-25" X 0",15-0",60 Ig.), crassus, 
solitarius, brevis v. elatus, gracilis, aculeatus: folia radiatim flabellata 
v. semiflabellata, inermia v. aculeata. Spadices robusti, multiramosi. 
Fructus magnus v. parvus, magnitudine ovi gallinacei v. majores, mezo- 
CAPI AVOIR M CN CU Cent I. Mauritia Mart. 
Caudex excelsus (4"-6" X 07,20-07,40 Ig.), erectus, solitarius, inermis; 
folia palmato-flabelliformia, inermia. Spadices mediocres, pauciramosi. 
Fructus parvus, magnitudine ovi columbini v. minores, mezocarpio pul- 
poso, viridi-albo A ET IT. Orophoma Spruce. 
Caudex mediocris (3"-6" x 0",08 Ig.), gracilis, soboliferus; folia bifla- 
bellata, inermia. Spadices humiles, graciles, pauciramosi. Fructus oblon- 
gus, minimus, mezocarpio tenui-pulposo, flavo. . . . . . * : III. ZLepidocaryum Mart. 
IL MAURITIA Linn. f. 
Mauritia Linn. f Swppl., p. 70; Mart. hist. nat. Palm. IT (1823), p. 41,1. 538 ad 44, LIL, 
p. 344; Palm. Orbign., p. 10, 1. 18, f.1, 14, 1, 21: A, B; Endl. Gen. Plant. (1840), #° 1743; 
Kunth, Zum. Plant. (1841), Z71, p. 217; Nalp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 11 (1853), p. 498; Wallace 
Palm trees of the Amaz. (1853), p. 46, 1. 2,f.2ett. 17 ad 21; Spruce #7 Fourn. Linn. Soc. XT 
(1860), 2. 167; Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palm. nov. (1875), p.18; Trail 2e Zrrm. Fourn. of Bot. (1877), 
p. 129; Drude x Mart. For. Bras. LIL. pars IT (1882), p. 287, t. 67 ad 67; in Pfansenf. 11 
(1880), g. 48, f. 32, B. C. D. E.ÿ. 83; Benth. et Hook. Gex. Plant. IT (1883), p. 957, /ndex 
Kew. LIT (18094), p. 178; Baïllon, #7. des Plant. XITT (1895), p. 356. 
Flores dioici v. polygamo-monoici, in ramulis brevibus distichis spathellatis amentifor- 
mibus, spadicis interfoliaceis distiche ramosis, spathis incompletis pedunculum validum et 
rhachim omnino involventibus. FLORES masc. : Calyx cyathiformis, breviter trilobatus. Coro/la 
tripetala, basi breviter stipitata, valvata, calycem major. Samina 6, basi monadelpha, ad basin 
petalorum inserta, #lementis brevibus, petalis oppositis longioribus; antheræ oblongæ v. lineari- 
oblongæ, ad basin sagittatæ, erectæ, dorsifixæ. rs4llodium parvum v. nullum. FLOR. FEM. et 
HERMAPHRODITI, masculis majores. Calyx cupularis, ore trilobato. Corolla cyathiformis, e basi 
ventricosà triloba; petala connata v. 3, unguiculata, lanceolata, acuminata, valvata. Androcœunt 
abortioum nullum v. tubulosum, corollæ adnatum, sæpe in lacinias 6 triangulares excurrens. 
Ovarium squamoso-loricatum, triloculare; shigmata sessilia, subulata; ov/e basilaria, oblique- 
anatropa, erecta. Bacca ellipsoidea v. globosa, compressa, monosperma, epicarpio Squamoso- 
loricato, wezocarpio pulposo-farinaceo, vitellino; endocarpio membranaceo. Seren subglobosum, 
testa Levi, raphe umbilicali, laterali; chalaza elongata, mamillari; albumine osseo, æquabili, 
solido, sæpe intus paulo excavato; embryo ventralis. 
