402 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
margines basi reeurvis; rhachiin cirrhum validum segmentis defor- 
matis deflexis armatum producta; petiolo brevi; vagina longa, superne 
in ocream producta. Spadices interfoliacei simpliciter ramosi mo- 
nœci; ramis gracilibus flexuosis fastigiatis; spathis 2; inferiore 
brevi coriacea, apice aperta; superiore autem cylindracea, rigida v. 
sublignosa, ventre plerumque longius fissa; bracteis bracteolisque 
brevibus!. (America trop?) 
146. Astrocaryum G.-F.-W. MEy$ — Flores (fere Bactridis) 
monœæci ; masculorum sepalis Hberis v. varie connatis. Petala valvata, 
basi plus minus connata. Stamina 6 (v. raro 9-19); filamentis fauci 
insertis ; antheris basifixis v. dorsifixis, inclusis v. exsertis, linearibus 
v. oblongis, erectis v. versatilhibus; loculis basi liberis, introrsum 
rimosis. Gynæcei rudimentum parvum v. 0; ramis nunc lineari- 
subulatis 3. Floris fæminei masculo majoris calyx persistens urceo- 
laris v. cupularis, integer v. 3-dentatus. Corolla urceolaris carnosa, 
apice contracta ibique 3-dentata v. inæqui-fissa. Androcæum sterile 
corollæ adnatum membranaceo-annulare, nunce 0. Germen ovoideum; 
loculis effætis 2; stylo brevi, 3-lobo v. 3-partito. Fructus* subsphæ- 
ricus v. ovoideus rostratus, aculeatus v. lævis, stylo coronatus; peri- 
carpio Carnoso, intus fibroso; endocarpio osseo, vertice 3-por0s0 ; 
fibris e poro stellato-radiantibus. Semen ovoideum; rapheos ramis 
reticulatis; albumine cavo duro æquabili; embryone pororum uni 
opposito. — Armatæ ; caudice plus minus elato v. subnullo aculeato 
annulato. Folia terminalia pinnatisecta ; segmentis æqui-distantibus 
v. fasciculatis, apice acuminatis v. oblique truncatis, subtus albidis ; 
supremis dsilnetis v. confluentibus ; marginibus basi recurvis aCU- 
leatis ; petiolo brevi; vagina aperta bseviusetile Spadices interfoliacel 
sinelitifér ramosi; ramis effusis pendulis, basi crassioribus, superné 
gracillimis ibique amentiformibus. Flores masculi in parte amenti- 
1. Sect. Bactridopsis  (Dn.), Eubactrdi 24; Les Pair: 41882} 10, t. 1, fig. 3-6; Vell 
proxima, spadicis rhachi crassa gaudet; ramis 2 ., Ann., V, 819 (pleraque és 
rigidis undique su ntibus ; ss ve a Re 
ntricosa ; endocarpio firmio 3. Prim. FL. essequeb., 265. — MART., Hist- 
2. Spec. ‘ad 23. MarcGr., Le. 64, c.ic.— nat. ue re 69, t. 52, 58, _ 65; Il, 287, 
MarT., Palm. Orbign., 47, t. 14, fig. 3: 26, A. 323. — , Gen., n. 1769. —- K. Enum., 
— SPRUCE, in Journ. Linn. Soc., XI, 155. — Il, Puf ane H., Gen . ET … 192 — 
WaLL., Palm.-tr. Amaz., 72, t. 27. — GRises., rs  Pjlunsenfam 83, fig. 8, Len 19 , E, 6: 
EL. brit. W.-Ind., 519. — >» HI,  60.—Toxophænix ScHotr, LRR nat 
301, t. 69-72. — TRAIL, in Trim. Journ. (1876), Saut Bras., , App., 12 (ex Ma RT-)- 
* 183, fig. 4. — HEMSL., Bot. centr.-amer.,  Crocens Ÿ. ruber, nunce, ut aiunt, in valvas 
413. — Bars.-RoDR., En. Palm. nov. (1875), 6 et 
