336 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
spinosa et in funem elongatum deflexo-spinosum producta ; petiolo 
brevissimo; vagina tubulosa ocreata. Spadices axillares breviter 
robusteque peduneulati nudi; floribus ebracteolatis, minute brac- 
teatis, ad ramulos 2-nis; cæteris Rotangis. (Africa trop. occid.1) 
43. Mauritia L. Fr. — Flores monœæci, diœci v. polygami; mas- 
culorum calyce eyathiformi, cupulari, campanulato v. infundibulari, 
aut subintegro truncato, aut rarius cuneïformi-lobato v. 3-dentato. 
Petala 3, libera v. basi in stipitem brevem obconicum connata, ovato- 
v. obovato-lanceolata crassiora erecta valvata. Stamina 6, sub gynæcei 
rudimento parvo, minimo (v. Ü) inserta; filamentis erectis, subu- 
latis v. crassiusculis; alternipetalis plerumque longioribus ; aut 
liberis, aut raro in columnam connatis; antherarum dorsifixarum v. 
subbasifixarum loculis linearibus elongatis v. rarius abbreviatis, 
introrsum v. ad margines rimosis. Flores fœminei hermaphroditive 
majores; calyce masculorum. Petala sæpe longiora, libera v. bas 
unguiculata sublibera, apice nunc longe acuminata, crassa valvata. 
Staminodia 6, inæquilonga, nunc crassa 3-gona acuminata, quorum 
3 petalis adtatt: nunc Contigua v. Circa five connata ; antheris 
parvis (in flore fœmineo cassis v. 0). Germen sessile, retrorsum 
squamosum; styli ramis lineari-subulatis (Lepidocaryum?) ; v. sæpius 
brevius crassiusque subulatis (Eumauritia). Ovula in loculis 3 soli- 
taria erecta plus minus complete anatropa. Fructus sphæricus, obo- 
voideus v. ellipsoideus, squamis retrorsum imbricatis tessellatim 
loricatus ; endocarpio tenui v. crassiuseulo carnosulo. Semen 1, sphæ- 
ricum v. ovoideo-oblongum Iæve, aut dorso sulcatum (Lepidocary yum), 
aut exsulcum; chalaza apicali brevi v. elongata verticaliter mamil- 
lari calcaratave ; albumine duro v. osseo æquabili; embryone ad 
ventrem v. ftifea apicem parvo. — Excelsæ v. mediocres elegantes 
inermes v. armalæ ; caudice gracili erecto flexuosove, nunc annulato; 
annulis v. internodiis conico-spinosis. Folia flabelliformia v. pinnatim 
flabellata ; limbo basi cuneato v. cordato; petiolo teretiusculo, 3-g0n0 
3, 4; foliorum segmentis ut in III, 11, 294, t. 66. — Lepidococcus WENDL. F° 
Korlhisie nervatis, v. nervis in spinula ter- et DR. in Kerch. Palm., 249. 
ne convergentibus. 3. MART., Gen. et spec. Palm., 1, 49, t. 47, 
* 10. — ENbL., Gen., n. 1743. — fig. 1-3; III, 344 — re Enum., LH, 220. — 
do 1 nat. Palm., 11, A1, t. 38-44; III, ENoL., Gen., n. 1744. — Dn., in Mart. Fi: 
344. — K., Enum., 111, 217, — DR., in Mart.  bras., IN, I, ses t. 62, 67, 68 ; gere 
FI. bras., IL, 11, 287, t. 61-65, 67; Pflanzen- 43, is. 32, A, 2. ai Ke, Gen, I, 938, 
fam., 43, fig. 32, 33. — B..H., Cen., IL, 937, eh ci" joutie. EU M XI, 
— Orophoma DR., in Mart. F1. bras 172 PB y 
