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Palme excelsæe v. clate swpe silvas extensas Jormantes. Caudex excelsus, remote annulatus, 
erectus, tnermis v. aculers conicis validis armatus. Folia ampla, flabellata, subcircularia, multifida; 
Joholis lanceolatis, acuminatrs, marçguubus inermibus v. sprulosrs ; rhachi 4reut v. elongata recurva; 
petiolo robusto v. gracrhi, cylindraceo. Spadices magnt, pedunculo elongato, ramis crassis, distichrs, 
2nCur VIS, Spathis #rcompletis vaginalis, ramulis amentiformmbus basé spatha brevi cochleata coriacea 
shpalñs; bracteæ e/ bracteolæ vaginantes, cortaceæ, obtusæe. F 
lores parvi, masc. quam fem. w#/0 
nunores, densissime conferti. Bacca magna v. medhocris, rubro-castanca, S{UAINOSA. 
SECTIONUM ET SPECIERUM CLAVIS ANALYTICA 
SECT. TL. BURITY Barb. Rodr. 
Caudex procerus, crassus, solitarius, socialis. Folia radiatim flabellata, inermia. Fructus magnus. 
Bacca magna, ovoidea v. ellipsoidea, brunnea, 0",050 % 0,037 le., 
Squamis quadrato-rhombeis, leviter canaliculatis, acutis. . . . M. vinifera Mart. 
Bacca magna, depresso-globosa, rubro-castanea, 0",045 X 0",052 lg., 
squamis rhombeis, latioribus quam longis, dorsaliter canaliculatis, 
acutis, vernicosis . MW. flexuosa Mart. 
SECT. II. CARANÀ Barb. Rodr. 
Caudex solitarius v. cæspitosus, erectus v. flexuosus, mediocris, aculeis validissimis brevibus patentibus 
armatus. Folia flabellata, aculeata v. inermia. Fructus parvus raro magnus. 
Bacca parva, ovoidea, badio-purpurea, vertice rotundato-depresso, 
0",037 X 0,026 lg., squamis rhomboideis, latioribus quam longis, 
subacutis, leviter sulcatis AR M. aculeata H. B. K. 
Bacca parva, ellipsoidea v. subglobosa, rubro-castanea, 0,034 X 
0",025 lg., vertice rotundato v. acuto, squamis oblique rhomboideo- 
elongatis, leviter sulcatis RE M. Martiana Spruce. 
Bacca magna, oblonga, badio-purpurea, 0",05 x 0",04 lg., squamis 
rhomboideis, latioribus quam longis, profunde canaliculatis, ad 
apicem emarginatis A. linmophila Baxb. Rodr. 
D M. pumila Wallace. 
MAURITIA LIMNOPHILA Barb. Rodr. 
TAB. 2 ET 3. 
Caudex cæspitosus, flexuosus, Spinosus, aculeis conicis horridus, ad annulos inferiores 
radiciformis. Folia 5-6 contemporanea, flabellati-partita: petiol 
O recurvo quadruplo minore, ad 
basin canaliculato, ad apicem cylindraceo; 
rhachi brevissima; foliolis oblique erectis, abrupte 
pendulis. Spadix pendulus, in pedunculo brevi patente, rhachi d 
uplo longiore; ramis gracilibus, 
unilateralibus, 5-7 contemporaneis. Fructus magnus, oblong 
us, vertice depresso-umbonatus. 
Mauritia limnophila Barb. Rodr. Zn. Palm. nov. D. 18; Les Palmiers, 
1882, p. 9. 
Mauritia Amazonica Barb. Rodr. Exp. Valle 
do Amasonas, Rio Urubu, 1979 D 7419% 
Caudex mediocris, cæspitosus, gracilis, 5"-10" x o"o1, 
horrido-aculeatus, aculeis conicis, 0",02-0",03 le. acutis, ab annulos inferiores elongatissimis. 
longe annulatus, annulis 0",02 le 
S") 
lola 5-6 contemporanea, 1°,2-1°,3 Ig.; pekolus deciduus, recurvus, vanginans (vagina 0,"32 lg.) 
ad basin supra canaliculatus, ad apicem cylindraceus; 7hachis o%,1 
30-34-fida, o/o/is medianis 0",32 *X 0",025 Ig., oblique erectis, abrupte pendulis, linearibus, 
acuminatis, supra nitentibus, subtus albidis: vereis medio Supra prominentibus. Ssadix patulus 
v. pendulus, 1-3 contemporaneus, pedunculo 0,24 x 
acuminatis vestito, rachis 0,35 
lg; lamina flabellata, utrinque 
O",O15 Îg., spafhis vaginantibus imbricatis 
Ig., bracteis imbricatis acutis tecta: remrs distichis, alternis, 
