VI. SOCRATEA Karst. 
Socratea Karsten #7 Zinnæa, XX VIIT (1856), p. 263; Benth. et Hook. Ge”. Plant. LIT, 
?. 900. — Iriartea /Sect. Schizophyllum) Drude #7 Mart. Æor. Bras. IT. pars IT, p. 538. 
Monoïica in eodem spadice infrafoliaceo simpliciter ramoso robusto. /ores spiraliter 
dispositi, inferiores terni intermedio hermaphroditi, superiores bini v. solitarii masculi: Masc. 
subasymmetrici. Sepala minuta, triangularia. Petala oblique ovata, acuta, valvata. Sfemina 2153 
filamentis brevibus, ad basin connatis; anfheræ lineares, basifixæ, erectæ. Prshillodium subnullum. 
FLOR. FEM. masculis minores, ovoidei. Szpala late ovato-rotundata, imbricata. Androceum 
abortivum nullum. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 2 effætis; sligmata sessilia, minuta, recurva. 
Bacca ellipsoidea v. oblongo-ovoidea, monosperma, raro bisperma, stigmatibus vestigiis 
conspicuis; epicarpio tenuissimo, olivaceo; #ez0carpio carnoso, albo, astringente; ezdocarpio 
tenuissimo, viridi, flavo-reticulato; seen oblongum v. obovoideum, hilo subbasilari: a/bwmine 
æquabili, exbryo subapicalis. 
Palmæ vermes. Caudex elatus, remote annulatus, cinereus, radicibus CPIQRIS ShInOSIs 
sustentatus. Folia £rminala, æqualiter pinnatisecta, foliolis oblique cuneato-flabellahis, discoloribus, 
Profunde laciniats, lacinis trregulariter sinuato-dentatis, quaguaversis, nervis divaricatis subtus 
Drominentibus. Spadices sohtarir, ante anthesin cormformes, recurvi; spathæ 5-8, decidue, supe- 
riores complete. 
SOCRATEA PHILONOTIA (Barb. Rodr.) Bth. et Hook. 
TAB. 6, FIG. À ET TAB. $. 
Radices extraterraneæ, caudex cylindricus æqualis. Folia patentia; foliola subtrapezoidea 
ad basin et in lacinias lineares ad verticem divisa, oblique erecta, crispa, apice recurva, omnia 
sinuato-dentata; baccæ obovatæ, depressæ, olivacco-luteæ. 
Socratea philonotia Benth. et Hook. Gez. Plant. IIZ, p. 900; Barb. Rodr. swb. pres. 
— Iriartea philonotia Barb. Rodr. Zum. Palm. Nov. p.13; Protest.-Append., p. 35. 
Caudex 10"-12"x0",1 1g., radicibus aëreis S-12 contemporaneis, 1,15 x 0",035 lg., supra 
terram oriundis, aculeis conicis acutis armatus, brunneus, lævis, cinereus, annulatus, annulis 
0”,1-0",15 inter se distantibus. #0/%4 7-8 contemporanea, in comam congesta, 4"-5% ]g., exteriora 
subrecurva; Seto/us vaginans, vagina 0",9 le., ad basin subventricosa, intus subcanaliculatus 
extus convexus ; 7hachis 2"-3° ]g., tomento albo tecta; /o/olis 14 utrinque, alternis, subtrape- 
zoideis, in lacinias lineares ad verticem divisis, sinuato-dentatis, dentibus longis obtusis, patenti- 
bus; laciniæ erectæ, crispæ, supra virides, subtus viridi-mellinæ; nervis supra prominentibus, ad 
basin tomento argenteo tectis, 0",67 x 0",10-0", 12 lg.; lacinia ad basin 0",006 lat. ad apicem 
0",50 lat. Shadices infra vaginarum oriundi, 1-3 contemporanei, recurvati, penduli; fedunculus 
subrotundo-compressus, lanuginoso-albo-tomentosus, 0",25 Îg.; rhachis compressé, o",1 1g.; ramis 
6-10 contemporaneis, cylindraceis, recurvatis, tomentosis, 0",45 Ig., usque versus apicem glome- 
rulos trifloros evolventibus. /Vores non vidi. Baccæ obovatæ, ad apicem subcompressæ, 0",023- 
0”,028 x 0,21; epicarpro glabro, flavo-olivaceo:; mezocarpro pulposo, albo, insipido. Semen extus 
viride, reticulatim albo-lineolatum, #/brmine corneo, solido, cavo. Æmbryone oblique apicilari. 
HaB. #2 silos udis prope Obydos 27 Provincia Parænsi e/ ad fluvium Yamundä. Fructus 
maturescunt mense Fanuario. Paxiuba v. Pachiyba zomrnatur. Fruct. Fèbr. 
