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SUBTRIBUS. V. ASTROCARYINEZÆ Barb. Rodr. 
Bactrideæ Drude 2 Mart. or. Bras. III. pars L1, p. 302; Benth. et Hook. Ger. Plant. ITT, 
p. 881. 
Caudex elatus, aculeatus, 3"-25"x0",10-0",25 le. v. nullus; folia æqualiter pinnatisecta 
v. interrupte pinnata, aculeata. Spathæ 2, interiore crasse lignosa, tomentosa, aculeata v. pellita, 
persistente. 
Drupa monosperma raro bisperma; epicarpio lœvr, fibroso v. setuloso v. fragih-cartilagineo; 
mesocarpio pulposo-mucilaginoso v. fibroso-gummoso. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM 
Spadices simplices v. simpliciter ramosi, erecti v. patentes, raro penduli. 
Flor. masc. : in alveolis ramis immersi; flor. fem. : corolla gamopetala . . 1. Astrocaryum Meyer. 
Spadices simpliciter ramosi, penduli. Flor. masc. : in alveolis ramis immersi ; 
flor: fem. :tpetala basiconnata OU 2. Acrocomia Mart. 
XXV. ASTROCARYUM Meyer 
Astrocaryum Meyer Prim. For. Esseq., p. 265; Mart. hist. Nat. Palm. IL p. 69, tab. 52, 
58, 59, 65, LIT, p. 287, 323; Palm. Orbion., 5. 84, tab. 4, fig. 1, 2, 18, f. 8, 29 C, 30 A; Kunth 
Enum. Plant. LIT, p. 271; Endlich., #° 1769; Kaust. #7 Linnæa XX VTIT, p.245; For. Colomb. IL, 
p.167, tab. 83; Spruce 21 Jouru. Linn. Soc. XT, p.157; Wallace Palm. Amaz., p. 100-177, tab. IT, 
fig. 5, XXXVITI-XLIT]; Barb. Rodr. Enum. Palm. Nov., p.20 et Protest.-Append., p. 27; 1n 
Vellosia Palm. Amaz. Nov., p. 101-107; Palm. Mattogros. Nov. p. Sr, 61, tab. XVII, XV171, 
XIX; Contr. Fard. Bot. do Rio-de-ÿan., p.77: Vrail in Trim. Youru. of Bot. p.77; Drude #7 Mart. 
For. Bras. III, p. 864, tab. 81-83; in Pflansenfam., p.85, fig. 6 À, 19, 59 E-G, 60; Teil IIT-IV, 
p.57; Griseb. For. Brit. W.-Ind., p.521; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. LIL p.042; Index Kew. 1, 
p. 240; Baillon #4. des Plant. III, p. 402. — Toxophæœnix Schott #7 Nachrichten von den 
ésterreichischen Naturf. in Bras. II, App., p. 12. — Avoira Aubl. Guyan. Suppl., p.95 ex parte. 
Monoica in eadem spadice. Spadix interfoliaceus, simpliciter ramosus. FLOR. MASC. ad apicem 
ramorum numerosi, minimi, in spicam cylindraceam dispositi, ebracteati, in alveolis solitariis 
emergentes, 2m. pauci, magni, ad basin ramorum 2-6 inserti. FLOR. MASC. Sepala parva, connata, 
triangularia, acuta, valvata. Petala ovata v. obovata v. lanceolata, basi leviter connata, acuta 
v. obtusa, valvata, sæpius ad anthesin revoluta. Stamina 6, inclusa; flamentis Vinearibus, erectis; 
antheræ lineares, basi bifidæ, medio fixæ, versatiles. Pistillodium minimum, tripartitum. FLOR. 
FEM. Calyx cupularis v. urceolaris, truncatus v. tridentatus, lævis v. setulosus. Corolla calycem 
major, urceolaris, ore contracto, tridentato, lævis v. setulosa. Androcœum abortivum annulare, 
membranaceum, corollæ tubo adnatum, truncatum v. tridenticulatum. Ovarium ovoideum 
v. subglobosum, læve v. setulosum, triloculare, loculis duabus effotis; s#y/s conicus; stygmatibus 
profunde tripartitis, floccosis, glutinosis, erectis v. recurvis, perianthio multo exsertis. Drupa 
monosperma, ovoidea v.subglobosa v. oblonga v. turbinata, plus minusve rostrata, lævis v. setulosa 
v. aculeata, s#y/o terminali; epicarpro fibroso v. submembranaceo, sæpe irregulariter dehiscente, 
lævi, nitido v.tomentoso-setuloso v. aculeato; mezocarpio fibroso v.pulposo, amylaceo v. pulposo- 
mucilaginoso; ewdocarpio OSse0, oblongo v. obovoideo, turbinato, brunneo v. atro-brunneo, 
incrassato, vertice triporoso, poris fibris radiantibus stellata evolvente, basi obtuso v. acuto 
v. acuminato. Semen obovoideum v. oblongum v. turbinatum, #s/a fulva v. brunnea, rapheos 
ramis reticulatis, a/bwmine corneo, cavo, embryo poro uni opposito. 
