344 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
v. sepalis æqualia similiaque, imbricata v. torta, cum calyce post 
anthesin sæpius aucta. Staminodia 3-6, v. 0. Germen breve, 8-loculare; 
styli lobis subsessilibus parvis 3; loculis effœtis 2. Ovulum adscen- 
dens ; micropyle extrorsa. Fructus® sphæricus, ovoideus v. ellipsoi- 
deus; pericarpio grumoso, fibroso v. carnosulo. Semen sphæricum 
v. ellipsoideum, hilo plus minus longe lineari affixum; rapheos 
ramis radianti-reticulatis ; albumine æquabili v. ruminato ; embryone 
basilari. — Elatæ, inermes v. raro aculeatæ ; caudicibus solitariis 
v. fasciculatis annulatis, nunc ad medium ventricosis. Folia termi- 
nalia, nunc disticha, pinnatisecta ; segmentis rigidis acuminatis pli- 
calis; marginibus basi recurvis; rhachi lateraliter sulcata, intus 
carinata ; peliolo brevi; vagina brevi aperta, nunc raro spinescente. 
Spadices interfoliacei, breviter pedunculati, fastigiatim ramosi, sca- 
piformes v. hippuriformes; ramis elongatis crassiusculis pendulis; 
floribus in spadice eodem 2 PER aut fœmineo in glomerulo 
3-floro centrali, aut masculis superne 2-nis; bracteis circa areolas 
vix depressas brevibus. Spathæ lignosæ caducæque 2: inferior 
brevior, 2-carinata, apice fissa ; superior autem rostrata cylindracea 
ventreque rupta. (America trop.?) 
07. Euterpe GÆRTN.® — Flores (fere Œnocarpi) monœci, regu- 
lares v. irregulares; sepalis membranaceis v. scariosis 3, arclé 
imbricatis. Petala 3, multo longiora, ovata v. lanceolata, crassiora, 
basi connata, valvata. Stamina 6; filamentis ima basi inter se el 
cum corolla connatis subulatis; antheris rectis v. demum valde 
arcuatis, linearibus v. oblongis, versatilibus, inter loculos bas 
liberos dorsifixis. Germen (in flore maseulo rudimentarium apiceque 
integrum v. subulato-3-fidum) ovoideum v. oblongum, basi Sæpe 
gibbum ; loculis 3 (vacuis v. ovulo abortivo donatis 4, 2); stylo apicé 
Stigmatoso minute 3-gono. Ovulum descendens parietale subsphie- 
ricum. Fructus! pisiformis ; stigmatibus lateralibus ; pericarpio Carno- 
sulo parce fibroso granulato ; putamine membranaceo. Semen sphi- 
ricum, liberum v. adhérens : hilo laterali; rapheos ramis ab e0 
1. Nigrescens v. Lg ens. Fruct., 1, 24 (part.), t. 9, fig. 3. ai s 
2. Spec. ad 8. » PL. Guian., Suppl., tre 140. — MaRT. ? Hist. nat. Palm., M 
” Sn Sr , Palm. Orbign., 12 98, L. 28-30: III, 165, 309 (part). — ENOL 
KARST., A columb., 1, 111, €. 55, Gen.,n.1725.—K., Enum., LU, 177. MESO 
Waiu, Palm.-tr. Amaz., 93, t. 9-41, — 4 (265). — Lit M Kingd. °° 
SPRUCE, in Journ. Linn. Soc., XI, 139, — Dr. i, ., Gen., III, 896, n DR, Gr 
in Mart. FL. bras, I, ll, * 465, t. 108. clim. e lg: 14, E; 
Wazpr., Ann., V, 806, 837. 
