- 
PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 3 
g™--20™ « *012™--040™, infimis brevioribus, 2-veniis, mediis 1-veniis, 
apicalibus latioribus 2- 3-ven niis, omnibus leete viridibus, glabris, secus 
apicem ad margines setoso- -ciliat tis ; vagina et petiolo tomento arach- 
noideo albido obsessis, dein nudis, ‘20"-30™; spatha interiore inermi 
inermi vel hirto, rachi glabra; fl.» 2 virescenti, calyce_cupulari, 
tripartito, corolla ovoideo-urceolata, tridentata, quam calyx, duplo vel 
dimidio sept ; drupis pisi minoris magnitudine, globosis, apiculatis, 
coceineis, ela 
ubsp. 1. tbe Mart.—Inermis, 1”; pinnis oblongo-oblanceolatis, 
6-10-jug gis ; spadice ame _pedun culo hirto; spatha interiore 
antice cetis fuscis eee 
ffab.— Ad 
Subsp. 2: Caipenits, Sart (Palm. Amazon., p. 145).—-Inermis, 
2™; pinnis 9-jugis, lineari-lanceolatis ; spadice simplici; spatha 
inermi, juniore aaa aes 
Ha 
b.—Ad ‘* Caxociras da Porteira”’ ad fl. Trombetas in sylvis 
humidis gregarie cae etiam ad Barreiras de Mary, fl. Purus; ad fi. 
J phir et — 
ani "Wallace (Palms of the Amazon, pl. 33.) (Trail 
hb. Palm. 64 et 65; Spruce hb. Palm., 78)—Palma ad vaginas et 
aculeis nigris ten wibas: vel latis, -004™--008™ 
iis minoribus, pinnis 3}-4-jugis lanceolatis vel lato-lanceo- 
inti sag simplici ; spatha inermi. 
Hab.—In sylvis fi. ‘Negro a Barcellos su 
Obs.—As will be seen from the above Scaerd pseiry these four forms 
are very closely allied, and certainly cannot be regarded as more dis- 
tio 1 
elegans (Trai ee Paks 22, 134).— —Caudicibus 2-3 ex 
ecdem rhizomate ortis, *75™-1'20"x ".008™- ‘015™ erectis vel flexuosis, 
apicem solum vaginis foliorum vestito; foliis -75™,interrupte pinnatis ; 
petiolo *20"-"25™ (vagina -10"-"13™ inclusa) squamulis rufis deciduis 
dense leproso et aculeis tenuibus, acutis, -02™--03™, nitidis ir vel 
medio pallidioribus 2-6-natim a egregatis ar’ mato; costa se t pube- 
scentia badiis dense vestita; pinnis 20-25-)| ugis, compl ie greges 
2-4 oppositos vel alternos 3-4-(12-), 
superioribus 6 -8- (19-) jugatis ; pinuis ‘07 20" X 012-022" obovato- 
lanceolatis, apice acutis, dente superiore quam inferior 4-5- 208 
longiore, inferiore subbifido), ad margines setis 20 nigris 
nitente viridibus, supra subtusque Smears glaberrimis, univeniis, 
"008™ bialata ; 
*20™, decurvo, pubescent e apie versus setis nigris cs 
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