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linearibus, acuminatis, concavis, in dorso carinatis; femineis 1-2 in basi singuli 
masculos, bractea triangulari acuminata munitis, androcæo sterili tridendato. 
Cocos leiospatha Barb. Rodr. #7 Rev. de Hort. IT (1877), f. 24, €. ic. Protest.-Append., 
D. 44, cic.; Jorn. do Agrie. (1882), p. 7; Drude ## Mart. #or. Bras. TOUE pars IL, P. 423, 
tab. XCVZ, f. 1; Drude x Pfanzenfam. IT, tab. 3, Abteil, ÿ. Sr, . 58; Beccari Malpigh. 1, 
bp. 31, {ndex Kew. Z, p.576; Baïllon Æist. des Plant. XIII, p. 286. 
Caudex solitarius, erectus, subflexuosus, 1”,5 x 0,15 lg., annulatus; annulis multo approxi- 
matis, longitudinaliter rimulosus, cinereus, ad apicem petiolis imbricatis persistentibus, capitis 
(0",3-0",4 le.) ellipsoideis formantibus, in spira sinixtrorsa 13-stichis dispositis. /oha 9-10 contem- 
poranea, recurvata, 0",75 lg.; pe/iolus brevis, dorso convexo-carinatus, marginibus fibroso-ser- 
ratis, 0",15 lg., albo-tomentosus; rhachis compressa, antice subcanaliculata, postice subcarinata, ad 
apicem bifacialis, recurva; /o/ohis 26-30 utrinque, rigidis, alternis, æquidistantibus, linearibus, 
inæqualiter acuminatis, supra nitidis, subtus glaucis, oblique insertis; nervis supra prominentibus, 
subtus membranis brunneo-lignosis tectis, inferioribus remote insertis, angustioribus, medio 
latioribus, o",4 x o",014 Ig., apicalibus minoribus 0",2 x0",004 lg. Ssadix inter foliis exiens, erectus, 
dein recurvatus, 0",5 lg.; fedunculus leviter compressus, albo-tomentosus, 0",28-0",30lg.; 7h4achis 
anguloso-sulcata; ramis 20-30 contemporaneis, 0",07 Îg., compressis, ad basin bractea lata 
mucronata instructis. S$a/ka exterior lineari-lanceolata, convexa, brunnea, ferrugineo-tomen- 
tosa, 0",2 le., interior lanceolata, acuminata, mucronata, lævis, brunnea, 0",5 lg. FLOR. MAsc. 
distichi, alterni, bractea bidentata ad basin instructi; calyce quam corollam duplo minore; sepals 
linearibus, acuminatis, concavis, dorso carinatis, incurvis, ad basin connatis; petas oblongis, 
irregulariter acutis, subconcavis, patentibus, lilacinis; #/amentis corollam minoribus, incurvis, 
subulatis; anthere sagittatæ, emarginatæ, medifixæ, flavæ; s#y/o sterili tripartito, filamentis 
quadruplo minore, recurvo. FLOR. FEM. 1-3 contemporanei, ovoideo-acuti, bractea triangularia 
acuminata instructi; sepalis late ovatis, obtusis, dorso subcarinatis, imbricato-convolutis; pe/alis 
late triangularibus, acuminatis, dorso convexis, convolutis; androcæo sterili minuto, membra- 
naceo, tridentato. Dyvpæ subovatæ v. ellipticæ, 0”,021 x 0",015 1g.; epicarpio ante atro-lilacino, 
dein viridi-flavo, in apicem lilacino; #wezocarpro fibroso, flavo; endocarpro 0",015 xo",o11 Ig., 
osseo, fulvo; albumine solido, corneo; embryone obliquo. 
Has. #7 Prov. Minas Geraes campis saxosis inter Gramina, Vellosia et Leucothoe won#1s 
Serra do Aguape, 7160 m. supra mare. Coqueiro do campo derominatur. For. et fruct. Octobrr. 
B) Endocarpio lapideo, z/us gibboso, monospermo; albumen æquabile. 
SUBSECT. YARIVÀ Barb. Rodr. 
Caudex excelsus, levis. Gynomicranthe. 
2. COCOS ROMANZOFFIANA Chamis. 
Tag. 63 ET 77 À. 
Caudice procero, regulariter annulato; foliis erecto-patentibus; foliolis linearibus, acumi- 
natis, densis, subcrispis, in greges subregulariter insertis; petalis masculis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acutis, crassis; femineis ovato-orbicularibus, apice in dorso subcarinatis; androcæo abortivo 
annulari, subtridentato; ovario globoso-depresso, albo-tomentoso: drupis ellipticis, confertis, 
mucilaginosis, subumbonatis, flavescentibus, ovi columbini magnititudine v. minoribus: endo- 
carpio oblongo, vertice conico-rostrato; nucleo profunde transverse sulcato. 
