4 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
armato; ramis °08"--11™ tenuibus, inferiore paullo breviore, ad basin 
setosis ; fl. ¢ calyce et corolla quam ille duplo longiore cupularibus, 
ore 3-dentatis, inermibus ; ovario globoso stigmate sessili subtrigono 
apiculato; drupa—? (Tab. 184, fig. I. 
Hab.—In sylvis primevis ante inundatis ad S4o Antonio, fl. 
Tapajos; ad Lago Juruty; ad Barreiras de Maniwa, fl. Purus; et ad 
Barrei i ahi. 
b 
—Dr. Barbosa Rodriguez has (Le., p. 35) given a diagnosis 
of this species, with which ig te with the name) I furnished him ; 
a that diagnosis has been so altered (in being printed ?) 
as n many places almost unintelligible even to myself, and 
entre to be of little use. Dr. R. mentions that he had found the 
same species on Serra de Curumu, on the Trombetas river. 
Obs, 2.—Owing to want of knowledge of the ripe fruit, I am not 
sure that this palm belongs to the section in which it is placed in the 
mt ee key, but am induced to place it there by the structure of 
the fi. 3 
—From all other known species of palms occurring in the 
Amazon Valley B. elegans is readily distinguished by the numerous 
- @. coriacea ( Trail hb. Palm, 224 in parte).—Ab exemplo 
Dy differt ut sequitur; pinnis 8- -9-jugis, erassioribus, lato-lanceo- 
latis, abrupte cuspidatis °1 12". ‘20 x '035™--06™; spadice 6-fido. 
Hab.— Prope urbem Par 
v De yr ew i? 29 > 
usque ad basin vestite; foliis 9-14 contemporaneis, lateralibus et 
apicalibus ; petiolo —— get) " inclusa) *12™=15™ ; costa ferrugineo- 
leprosa ; laine 22°26" ™-"10"; venis primariis utrinque 6-7 
rectis, angulo costali 15°-20° ; Spatha interiore setis vel aculeis 
*01"-"015™"; badiis preecipue apicem versus armata ; spadice simplici ; 
drupa ovato-globosa, diametro -003", rubra (posthac nigro-violacea 2) 
setis nigris armata. (Tab. sine Seow II. 
~ Hab. Manzos (olim see gregarie et abunde 
~~ in ha primeevis cara ad Mar; 
G6s.— The small size and peculiar habit “of ee species 
unlikely to be mistaken ‘for any other. The oe pc it 
from its Ss = given in the analytical key. 
C: rundinaceo (-60™-2-0™ x -010™- 
“O15 yi inermi ; foliis interrupte- -yinnat pinnis (3- -) 7-12-jugis subfal- 
cato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, su a pubescentibus, vel supra subtu tusque 
pilosis; vagina et petiolo aes badiis, medio ee setisque 
