74 PALMAE. 



Bactris pallidispina Mart. Palmet Orbignian. 62. 



Surinam: Kegel; Splitgerber ex Drude 1. c. 352. 

 Amazon-district, Guyana. 



Bactris major Jacq. Stirp. Americ. 135 t. 263. 

 Surinam : Kegel ex Drude 1. c. 359. 

 All tropical and sub-tropical South-America. 



Bactris minax Miq. Stirp. Surin. Select, pg. 207. 

 Paramaribo: Focke 1212. 

 Vernacular name : »Keesi-Keesi-Maka". 

 I do not know anything about the place of this species in the system 



as the specimen of Miquel in the Utrecht Herbarium is very 



incomplete. 



DESMONCUS Mart. 



Desmoncus horridus Splitg et Mart. Palmet Orbign. 51. 



Paramaribo: Kegel 100, Splitgerber 61 H. L. B. 900, 171—47 



and 48. (fl. Nov. I 

 Tropical Brazil, Guyana. 



Desmoncus riparius Spruce Palm Amazon. 156. 

 Upper Tapanahoni River: Versteeg 911. 

 Vernacular name : >Bamboesi Maka". 

 I am not quite sure about this species, as I have not seen the fruits. 



Desmoncus macroacanthus Mart. Palm. Bras. 86. 

 Surinam : Focke 400 ; Went, without number. 

 Para district; Guyana. 



Desmoncus polyacanthos Mart Palm. Bras. 85 t. 68. 

 Tapanahoni River : Versteeg 684. 



Para district near Onoribo : Splitgerber 657 H. L. B. 900, 171 480. 

 Surinam: Focke 1094, named by Miquel: Desmoncus surinamensis 



Miq. in schedul. 

 Vernacular name : »Bamba-Maka". 

 All tropical and subtropical South-America. 



