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Chelyocarpus Dammer gen. nov. — Truncus inermis, annulatus; 
folia petiolata, flabellata, petiola inermi sectione transversali rhom- 
boideo, marginibus obtusis, subtus et supra leviter bicanaliculato, 
ligula ventrali triangulata, ligula dorsali breviore, rhachide nulla, 
lamina usque ad basin pluripartita, segmentis elongato-cuneatis, 
apice laciniatis, laciniis subintegris, apice minute bidentatis; inflores- 
centia?;flores?; fructus apocarpus, globosus, basi perianthio (paulum 
aucto?) suffultus, perianthio connato 4- (an semper?) lobo, lobis 
coriaceis rotundatis, epicarpio tesselato pseudo-suberoso, ei fructuum 
Pholidocarpi simillimo, mesocarpio grumoso, endocarpio tenui osseo 
intus testa hyalina brunneo-punctata. Semen liberum, globosum 
rhaphe lata a basi usque ad apicem fere extensa, rhapheos ramis 
paueis latis parum ramosis superficiem seminis leviter cerebriformem 
formantibus, endospermo solido, osseo, e cellulis elongatis, incrassatis, 
multo perforatis, consistente, embryone parvo laterali. 
Ch. Ulei Dammer n. sp. — Truncus annulatus, inermis, 7—8 cm 
diametro 2—3, rarius ad 5 @m altus. Folia petiolata, flabellata, 
petiolo inermi ad 75 cm longo et longiore, basi 5—7 mm lata, 3 mm 
crasso, apicem versus sensim attenuato, ligula ventrali triangulari 
8 mm longa, 10 mm Jlata, ligula dorsali triangulari 2 mm longa, 
lamina 35 —45 cm longa, ambitu semiorbiculata, supra viridia, subtus 
albida, rhachide nulla, usque ad basin 7—13-partita, segmentis elon- 
gato-cuneatis 35—45 cm longis, 4—10 cm latis, apice 3—5-fidis, 
laciniis 5—10 cm longis, apice minute bilobis, lobis 1—2 mm longis. 
Fructus globosus 23—25 mm diametro. 
Brasilia: Prov. Amazonas: pr. fluv. Jurua Miry pr. Belem, 
fruct. mense Septemb. 1901 (ULE!). 

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