6 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
minoribusque armatis, Tepes ferruginea vestitis; costa plus minus 
setulis brevibus -obsita ; spatha exteriore -05™-'1™ inermi vel sparsis- 
sime aculeolata, co oriacea, apice bifida; spatha interiore fusiformi, 
*15™-"22™ setis vel aculeis pet vel badiis adpressis, spe contortis, 
tenuibus, 004™--006™ pree ; spadice 12™- 
in ramos 2-4 fisso, setis aay subnigris villoso, “eg 05™ 
pedunculo semierecto vel _angulo recto flexo; fl. g -002™--003", —— 
membranaceo, minuto, in lacinias 3 an biskatien se la petalis ad 
quartem partem coalitis ovatis, acuminatis; fl. 2, calyce brevissimo, 
triangulari, membranaceo, inermi; corolla cupulari, ore breviter 
3-denticulata, coriacea, extus pilis — hirsuta vel villosa, ovario 
lageniformi ; vel plus minus setis nigris brevibus 
armata, globosa vel obovata, cg 004"--008™, coccinea; puta- 
mine obovato. 
Subsp. 1. mzcrocarpa, Spruce (sp.) (Spruce hb. Palm., 31, a 
hb. Palm., 214).—Foliis interrupte pinn atis; pinnis 22- 27-5 -jugis, 3-8 
(-12) natim aggregatis (*25™x-020™--025", auicalsbue Inevioribus), 
supra subtusque dense pilis fulvis vestitis ; costa plus minus hirsuta ; 
spadicis ramis 3-4; drupa obovata vel globosa, *004™- 007 a 004- 
-006™, pilosa. 
Hab,—“In sylvis recentioribus fl. Negro ” (Spruce) ; ad Santarem 
fi. Jutahi; floret mense Febru 
nls 
ar. nana (Trail 1m 196). —Minor ; candice -30™--45™ x 
*005™; petiolo aculeis se ht badiis retroflexis armato ; foliis (vagina 
ee exclusa) *50™, 8 21-23-jugis -09™ "012", nace viridi- 
Subsp. 2. hylophila, Spruce (sp.) (S. hb. Palm. 15, Trail hb. 
Palm., 92, 189, 220).—Foliis plerumque regulariter pinnatis, rarius 
: ilosulis; pinnis 
costa ¢ 
al pea drupa obovata -006™--012"x -005-"008" supra "medium 
Hab.—Ad Barcellos et ad Manaos, fl. Negro, et ad fl. Javary. 
‘Var. a: SS ~— _ (sp.) (Trail hb. Palm., 11 et 27) 
a Barb. Rod., 1 P38 15).— An Minor ; foliis = sellioowl — 
a ok sparse a venulas ons nadie bif ifido. 
— —aAd ripas fl. Trombetas, et ad lacum J uruty in sylvis pri- 
mevi 
Obs. —This variety approaches — in having the pinn 
ilose above as well as below, but seems to me more closely allied t 
— by the number and idicaipeiiite of the pinne, and by 
Var. B. subintegrifolia (Trail hb. Palm., 66, 91).—Foliis simplici- 
bus bifurcis ad vaginas, petiolos, et costas subtus valide asnlea tis, 
marginem exteriorem ae; “ere "30™-"40™, 
8 L S labra ; ven tri marii 
17-20, subrectis, angulo costali ilies spadice : oh ea. Pri ; 
—In an recentioribus ad fl. Negro. 
