15. GEONOMA ARICANGA Barb. Rodr. 
TAB. 25. 
Caudex mediocris; foliis pinnatifidis: foliolis apicalibus 2-3 junctis; floribus masculis et 
femineis in eodem spadice qui est paniculatus tectusque tomento ferrugineo, gracillimus, compla- 
natus; alveolis binis, oppositis, decussatis, prominentibus; corolla florum masculorum trifida ; 
spatha duplici subæqualia tomento ferrugineo tecta: baccis subglobosis, atropurpureis. 
Geonoma aricanga Barb. Rodr., Prost. Append., B. 40; Les Palm. p. 37, tab. IV. 
f. 5-6, a-c. 
Caudex 2"-2",5 lo. annulatus, annulis prominentibus cinereus, dum novo fulvus. 
; 5°) ; ; ; 
olia 10-12 contemporanea subrecurva, patentia, pinnatifida: pe#olus 0",54 lo. postice con- 
l , , , ds 
vexus, antice complanatus; 7#achis postice convexa, antice bifacialis, 0"75-0",80 Ig.; odiola 
28-30 utrinque, subopposita, oblique inserta, apicalia 2-3 connata, plerumque minora, linearia, 
acuminata, uninervia, 0",44-0",50 x 0”,013 lo. Spalha interior sublanceolata, obtusa, ad mar- 
ginem membranacea, 0",16-0",22 : 0",03-4 lg, interior subæqualis, tomento ferrugineo tecta. 
Shadices inter v. infra folia fructificantes, erecti, denique patentes, rubiginosi: peduncutrrs 0",17- 
0",25 Ig, complanatus, ancipitus, viridis, scaber, ad basin ferrugineo-tomentosus: r4achrs 
re 
Le] 
0°",23 Ig., complanata, v. subrotunda: ras primariis 6-8 contemporaneis: 0",020-0",080 Îg., 
bracteatis; bracteis longe lincaribus, acutis, contortis; ram secundarii 40-50 contemporanei, 
flexuosi, 0",16-0",20 Ig., mucronati: a/eolt Oppositi v. alterni, bifarii, labio inferiore bidentato. 
FLORES MAsC. calyx corollà triplo brevior, trisepalus; sepa/s inæquilater lanceolatis, acutis, con- 
cavis, dorso carinatis, ad marginam serrulatis; coro/la obovata, trifida, pe/alis oblongo-triangu- 
laribus, acutis; #7ceolo staminali cylindraceo, corollam minore, dein in filamenta recurva stellata 
excurrente; antheræ basifixæ, pendulæ, lineares. FLORES FEM. calyx corollam subæquans, trise- 
palus; sepals ovalis, acutis, dorso carinatis, ad marginam serrulatis: coro/la tripetala, fetabrs 
irregulariter lanceolatis, acutis: wrceolo staminali sterili ovato, corolla longiore, sexdenticulato. 
Stylo basilari, filiformi, erecto, urceolum æquante; stigmate revoluto. Paccæ atropurpureæ, 
subglobosæ. 
HaB. 2% silos, agrestis capoes dictus ad S. Gonçalo da Campanha, 44 Rio Sapucahy, 
Prov. Minas Geraes, #61 designatur nominre Aricanga ?. Guaricanga 
Fruct. Septembri. 
da vargem. Æor. Fun. 
SS Caudex arundinaceus, 0",005-0",010 diam. 
* Spadix simpliciter ramosus, ramis validis. 
16. GEONOMA TOMENTOSA Barb. Rodr. 
TAB. 26, FIG. À. 
Caudex annulatus, cæspitosus; foliis inæqualiter pinnatisectis: foliolis ligulato-falcatis, 
acuminatis, multinerviis, rarius uninerviis mixtis, apicalibus latioribus et minoribus, mediis 
majoribus, inferioribus 2-3-nerviis, nervis antice salientibus. Spadix amplus, 5-ramosus, granu- 
loso-tomentosus, tomento ferrugineo denso; pedunculo subcompresso, ramis minore, rhachis 
minima, ranus teretibus, breviter pedicellatis, alveolis triangularibus prominentibus, labio acuto 
emarginato, in spirâ densà 2-stichis. 
