79 
Contr. du Fard. Bot. de Rio de Fan. II, p. 80, tab. IV'et V; Trail #4 Fourn. Bot. p.79, Kerch. 
Les Palm., p. 240 et 257; Beccari #7 Malpigh. IL, p. 340, tab. IX, f. r; Drude #7 Mart. /%or. 
Bras. LIL. pars I 5. 808-428, tab. 87-97; in Pflanzenf. p. 81, f. 56, A-F M-O, 57-58; Ballon, 
Hist. des Plant. XITT, 5. 303. 
Monoica in eadem spadice. Spadix interfoliaceus, longe pedunculatus, simpliciter ramosus 
v. simplex; spathä exterior lanceolata, tubulosa, compressa: interior lignosa, longe lanceolata, 
acuta, lævis, sulcata v. velutina. #/ores bracteati, wasc. in parte superiore ramorum, numerosi, 
1-2-ni1, conferti. S2pa/a parva, triangularia v. lanceolata, acuta, erecta, valvata. Pefala irregula- 
riter oblonga, acuta v. obtusa, erecta, subconcava v. patula. Sfamina 6, inclusa, #/amentis 
subulatis; antheræ lineares, acutæ v. obtusæ, erectæ, basi bifidæ v. sagittatæ, basifixæ v. medio 
fixe. Pistillodium parvum, trifidum. Æ#or. fem. asymmetrici, in parte inferiore ramorum numerosi 
inserti, sessiles, flore masculo utrinque stipati. Sepa/a ovata v. late lanceolata, acuta, coriacea, 
erecta, imbricata. Pefala ovata a basi cordata, acuta v. mucronata, convolutivo-imbricata. 
Androcœum abortivum annulare, cupulare, 3-6-dentatum, basi ovarii cingens. Ovarium ovoideum 
v. globosum, triloculare, loculis 2 effœtis in stylum brevem attenuatum, slygmabhbus erectis 
demum recurvis; ovwla subbasilaria. Drupæ ovoideæ v. ellipsoideæ v. globosæ v. oblongæ, 
vertice acuto v. obtuso v. rostrato, monospermæ, fibrosæ v. succulentæ; epicarpio fibroso, viridi- 
flavo v. flavo; wezocarpio carnoso v. pulposo v. mucilaginoso; exdocarpio osseo, extus fibroso 
v. lævi, sæpe trisulcato, intus lævi v. 1-3-vittato v. calloso, ad apicem acuto. Saez sæpe trisul- 
catum; #s/a fusca, rapheos ramis reticulata; a/bmmine æquabili, cavo v. solido, corneo; embryo 
minimo, poro uni oppositus. 
Palmæ sohtane v. cæspitosæ, acaules v. humiles v. elatæ. Caudex gracilis v. robustus, annu- 
latus, sœpe superne basibus foliorum tectus. Folia Jflexuosa, pinnatisecta; foliolis linearibus v. lanceo- 
latis, æqualiter v. sæpius iregulariter aggregalis, acutis v. acuminals, inferoribus el extinis 
angushoribus, basi recurvis; rhachi subtrigona, supra acuta, dorso convexa; petiolo antice concavo, 
marguubus lœvibus aut spinosis; vagina aperta, fibrosa. Spadices erecti, demum cernur: spatha 
exterior #wlto brevior, apice fissa, inter foliis evoluta, interior wulto major, lanceolata v. lincart- 
lanceolata v. navicularia, mucronata, lignosa, extus lœvis v. sulcata v. velutina. Flores ochroleucti, 
raro roser. Drupa véridi-flava v. flava v. vitellina, sœpius fulvo v. brunneo tomentosa. 
SECTIONUM, SUBSECTIONUM ET SPECIERUM CLAVIS ANALYTICA 
SECT. I.SEUCOCOS Drude. 
in Mart. Flor. Bras. III. pars II, p. 40. 
Æ) Endocarpio /apideo, intus lævi, 1-3-spermo ; albumen æquabile. 
SUBSECT. I. HARYKURY Barb. Rodr. 
Caudex mediocris, foliatus. 
| 1. C. capitata Mart. 
Gynomicranthæ , . . . . . . . . . . | 2. C. lïospatha Baxb. Rodr. 
CHEICR 
Drudei Becc. 
B) Endocarpio /apideo, intus gibboso ; albumen æquabile. 
SUBSECT. II. YARIVÀ Barb. Rodr. 
Caudex excelsus, levis. 
Gynomicranthæ . 4. C. Romanzsoffiana Cham. 
