400 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
floremque vaginantibus; floribus in spadicibus diversis inæqui-dispo- 
sitis; fœmineis sparsis. (Africa et America trop. 
143? Barcella TRAILL.? — Flores (Elæidis) monœci; staminibus 
breviter 1-adelphis. Fructus (parvus) endocarpio lapideo, supra 
medium 3-poroso. — Subacaulis; pinnis omnibus flaccidis. Spadix 
longe pedunculatus laxeque ramosus ; floribus in spadicis ramo eodem 
9-sexualibus; inferioribus fœmineis paucis; cæteris Elæidis®. (Bra- 
silia trop.) 
144. Baectris JACQ.5 — Flores monœci; masculorum sepalis 3, 
liberis v. in annulum urceolumve connatis. Petala majora 3, ovato- 
lanceolata, æqualia v. inæqualia rigida valvata, nune basi connata. 
Stamina 6, v. 9-19, summo receptaculo obconico nunc brevi ultra 
perianthium producto inserta ; filamentis subulatis; antheris lineari- 
oblongis basifixis; loculis inferne liberis, introrsum rimosis. Germen 
rudimentarium parvum varium v. 0. Floris fæminei masculis sæpius 
minoris calyx brevis, varie cupularis v. urceolaris, integer v. plus minus 
profunde dentatus lobatusve. Corolla gamopetala, calyci subæqualis 
v. longior, cylindracea v. urceolaris, recta v. areuata, subintegra trun- 
cata v. varie 3-dentata. Slaminodia in urceolum varium connata v. 0. 
Germen 3-loculare; loculis sæpe obsoletis, v. effœtis 2. Stylus cras- 
sus, aut subinteger stigmatosus, aut pyramidato-3-lobus; lobis nunc 
demum recurvis. Cor ventrifixum. Fructus sphæricus v. ovoideus, 
stylo coronatus; pericarplo carnoso, nunc extus corticato ; endocarpio 
OSse0 supra medium v. verticem versus 3-poroso. Semen ventrifixum 
v. descendens; rapheos ramis reticulatis ; albumine corneo æquabili; 
embryone pororum endocarpi uni opposito. — Humiles, inermes 
v. multo sæpius armatæ; radicibus soboliferis; caulibus solitariis 
v. fasciculatis, ad nodos sæpius aculeatis. Folia in caudice alterna 
1. Spec. 2, 3, L., Mantiss., 137. — W., Spec., 4. Spec. 1. B. odora TRAIL. — DR., in Mart, 
1V, 799. — Aug. ! Cain. Suppl., 95 MU — Fl. bras., HI, L, 459, t. 106. 
MaART., Palm. Orbign. M. — OERST., Palm. 5. SL. ame: 256. — LauK, ll 
centr.-amer., in Vid. Medd. Nat. For. Kjob.  GÆRTN., Fruct., 1, t. 9. — ManT., is! nat 
(1858), 51. — Karsr., in Linnœa, XXVIIL, 241.  Palm., LI, 92, t. 60, 70, 72-74; IL, 279, 321.— 
— Dr., FL. bras., LE, LE, 455, t. ne es Des ENDL., Gen., n. 1765. — K., Enum., HI, 961. — 
Bot. centr.-amer., Ill, 415. — B. H., Gen., tr n. 120. — DR., Pflansen- 
LE — ets De fructu, HANAUS., in FR RE fam., 85, fig. _ D, 61. — Gulielma MART:, 
LS loc. cit., I, 81, Fes: 67 IE, 983, su Ro 
2. FA aus dre (1877), 80. — Dr., Pflan-  Enum., HI, 2. - — …, Gen. hi 
enfam., 19, 8 Augustinea K dre nœa, xxvi , 305. 
3. _ us. Hi, 945) nunc pro subgenere — Prenoghpis Léut F1. columb., 1, I, 
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