PALMIERS. 401 
v. terminalia, æqui- v. inæquipinnatisecta, glabra v. varie pubentia; 
segmentis varie sparsis, aggregatis v. in limbum 2-fidum confluentibus ; 
peliolo vario ; vagina longa aculeata. Spadices interfoliacei loliorumque 
vaginas pusfornatunl simplices v. varie ramosi; spathis 2; inferiore 
breviore, apice pervia; superiore autem fusiformi v. eymbiformi, 
spadice longiore, setosa, aculeata v. nunce inermi, ventre fissa; flori- 
bus! in ramis spadicis 3-nis; intermedio fœmineo, v. allius masculis 
1-3; bracteis brevibus persistentibus. (America trop. et subtrop?) 
145. Atitara Barr.® — Flores! (Bactridis) monœci; masculorum 
calyce parvo v. minimo, 3-gono, 3-dentato v. 3- fido, membranaceo ; 
lobis acutis, nunc carinatis*. Petala longiora crassioraque 3, ovata 
v. acuminata, basi plus minus alte connata, valvata. Stamina 6, imo 
flore receptaculi prominuli apice inserta; filamentis filiformi-subu- 
latis; antherarum basifixarum linearium erectarum loculis basi hiberis 
rimosis. Germen rudimentarium minutum v. 0. Floris fæminei mas- 
culo minoris calyx cupularis, nune brevissimus, 3-6-denticulatus. 
Corolla gamopetala urceolaris v. cupularis, ore truncata, 3-dentata 
v. 3-fida. Germen ovoideum v. subpyramidale, 3-loculare, in stylum 
brevem crassum attenuatum ; ramis inlus stigmatosis brevibus acutatis 
recurvis v. revolutis. Ovula 3 (abortiva nunc 1, 2), angulo interno 
hilo lineari-elongato verticaliter affixa; micropyle infera. Fructus° 
Sphæricus, ovoideus v. obovoideus (pisiformis), sæpius 1-spermus 
drupaceus ; carne tenu) parca ; endocarpio crustaceo v. osseo reticu- 
lato-venoso, supra medium v. sub apice 3-poroso; poris stellato- 
fibrosis. Semen conforme; albumine æquabili cartilagineo ; embryone 
pororum uni opposito. — Gregariæ, ex omni parte aculeatæ ; aculeis 
rectis v. areuatis. Folia alterna she nuncrefracta, pinnatisecta; 
segmentis alternis v. oppositis acuminatis, basi attenuatis, secus 
1. Virescentibus v. albidis, parvis. nov. (1875), 25; Les Palm. (1882), I, t. 1, fig. 7 
2. Spec. ad 90. MART., Palm. Orbign., 53, 8; 2; Vellos., 1, 97. — WaLp., Ann., Ÿ, 820, 
t. 6, a" 2: 7; 14, fig. 2; 26, B;27; 98, À, B 844; 846 (Augustinea); 847 (Guilielma) 
ŒRrs / Palm. de -amer., in Vid. Medd. 3. Ess. Hist. nat. Fr. equin. (1741), 20; N. 
Nat. For. Kjob. (1858), 40, t. 8; 9, fig. 32-35; ess. (1741), 20. (« ue MaRCeR. » ); ed. alt. 
50-52, — Karst., in Linnæa, XXVIIL, 397 ee + ict., dar 1. — 0. “ 
(Gulielm 5; FL. columb., Il St 08 evis., 126. — , 
ne 130, t. 173. — SPRUCE, in Journ ete , . 84, : don eu né 2 o 321, 
inn. Soc. 143. — TRaiL, in Trim. t ns , 
yat 354; (87, 1, 40, 75, 132,t. 184. — n.1764. —B. H., mn AI le, n. A2. De, 
L., Palm. se Amas., 16, t. 2835, 45. pme fam 
“ré F1. LL . «els . = Hexst., : Virescenes v. albidi. 
Bot. centr. _—. Il, 412. — Dr., FL. o basi pervio. » 
It, 1, 316, t. 73-80. — BARB.-RoDR., En. Pa 6. Riot, pitoras. 
