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JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 
BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
Original Articles. 
NEW PALMS COLLECTED IN THE VALLEY OF THE 
AMAZON IN NORTH BRAZIL, IN 1874. 
By James W. H. Tram, M.A., M.B., F.L.S. 
(Tas. 184.) 
(Continued from N.S. vol. v., p. 359.) 
16. Bactris simplicifrons, Mart. (Trail hb. Palm, =e 28, 32, 78, 
63, &c.) (= B. brevifolia, Spruce, B. negrensis, pane . carolensi ensis, 
Spr uce, B. acanthocnemis, Fy ericetina, . Rod. ?, B. gra- 
cilis, Barb. Rod. ?, B. arenaria, Barb. Ro at 2: WhinBicuipd: Barb. 
Rod. ?). — —Inermis, ¥ rarius ad folioram vaginas et petiolos 
_ aculeata ; ae erundinaceo, “62-1:8" x °004"--01™ ; foliis bifurcis 
“all Pith gio fo 
utrinque 5-12, subrectis vel bis s, directione media angulum 
-45°. cum costa efformantibus ; gare (vagina inclusa) primo 
tomento arachnoideo albido obsesso, mox calvo ; glabra, supra 
aculeata, -05”--08™, striata ; spadice simplici, pedunculo pre AC ae 
versus apicem abrupte decurvo, rachi *25"-040" ; fl. 2 viridi 
et corolla subsequilongis, urceolato-cupularibus, ad medium m 3-parti itis « e 
drupa ovoidea vel globosa, rostellata, rubra, glabra, *004™- 006" ; 
endocarpio ovato-globoso, nigro. 
ab.—Per totam planitiem equatorialem Brasiliz 
Var. a. brevifolia, Spruce (sp.). Trail hb. Palm., 169, &e. ) 
i eee siphon 
Var u 
Palm., ae 32, &e ay "—Alarum ‘Noite dpe? vel wei cttadine 
major ; alte ligulari-rhomboidee ; petiolus plerumque longior, inermis 
(rarius subaculeatus) ; venw u utrinque 5-8, subrect 
ci arensem et Amazonensem. — - | a 
Var. y. carolensis, Spruce (sp-) (Trail hb. Palm., ss erian ot re 
longitudo 4- nr latitudine major; folia iis var 2. st millima 5 OF 
(axcans, pd oe ae 
