PALMAE. 73 



COCOS Linn. 



Cocos nucifera Linn. Fl. Zeylan. 391. 

 Cultivated. 

 Vernacular name : Cocos. 



Cocos flexuosa Mart. Palm. Bras 120 t. 64 et 86. 



Upper Tapanahoni River on mountains : Versteeg 805 (fl. Aug.) 

 As I have got one incomplete leaf, I am not quite sure about this 

 species. 



ACROCOMIA Mart. 



Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. Palm. Bras. 66 t. 56 et 57. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel ex Drude 1. c. 391. 

 Tropical and subtropical Brazil. 



ASTROCARYUM Meyer. 



Astrocaryum Paramaca Mart. Palmet. Orbign. 88. 

 Gonini River, in forests : Versteeg 189. (fl. Aug.) 

 Surinam: Splitgerber 507 H. L. B. 900, 171-54, named Bactris 



paraensis Splitgerber MSS. 

 Paramaribo: Kegel, Wullschlagel ex Drude 1. c. p. 371. 

 Vernacular name : >Paramaka". 

 Very common in forests in all Guyana. 



Astrocaryum sciophilum (Miq.) Pulle 



Bactris sciophila Miq. Stirp. Surin. Select, p. 208. 



Upper Surinam River, near Blauwe Berg : Focke 922. 



Upper Coppename River: Boon 1052, 1193 (fl. Aug.) 



This species is very closely allied to Astrocaryum plicatum Drude 



Flora Bras. III. 2 pg. 375, and differs from it by its glabrous 



perigone and cupule. 

 Vernacular name : Pingo-maka. 



Astrocaryum segregatum Drude Flora Bras. III. 2 p. 382. 

 Paramaribo : Kegel ex Drude 1. c. 383. 



Surinam: Focke 1206, named by Miquel A. aadeatum Meyer; Split- 

 gerber 60 H. L. B. 900, iTi — iiijn&m&d Astrocarj/umvulgare Mart.? 

 Very common. 

 Venacular name : Awarra. 



BACTRIS Jacq. 



Bactris simplicifrons Mart. Palm. Bras. 103 t. 73. 

 Surinam: Kegel ex Drude 1. c. 322. 

 All tropical South America. 



