8 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
frondibus interrupte pinnatis ; foliolis lineari-lanceolatis; drupa glo- 
sa, coccinea, acule 
“* Hab.—In silvis primevis ad lacum Curumu et Cataractas ee 
0 F 
Tarum4, in fluvio Negro. Fructus maturescunt maio. Indi mu 
pant Tayagu-pupunha. o. (Barb. Rod. hb. Paim., 356.) 
This last species may, however, so far as the description goes, be 
allied rather to = poened fash Mart., a conclusion rather favoured 
by the native nam 
Par oan fusca, Cirsted (Naturhist. Foren. Vidensk. 
Meddel., 1858, p. 48), seems nearly allied to the form hylophila, 
Spruce, with pinne 2-4 aggregate, but differs in “ spathe setis et 
aculeis apicem versus multo longioribus; spadicis ramis 2-5 ; drupa 
sea; fl. 2 g lab ris, corolla margine inter dentes glanduloso ciliato, 
ciliis aggregatis 
24. B. sliaeaiil (Trail hb. Palm. 119, 194, 139, 148, 154. 
—Humilis; caudicibus pluribus ex eodum rhizomate ortis, 
*o™-1°5™ X*008™-"015™ erectis vel flexuosis, inermibus ; foliis -6™--1™ 
05"-"025™, sparse armatis, et pubescenti-leprosis; vagina -15™; 
petiolo -1™-"3"; costa *20™- “O5™; ; alis rhomboideo-lanceolatis vel ligu- 
ae es *50™-"65™ x *06™-"08™, supra subtusque 
ad m 
glabris, apicem v margines setoso-ciliatis et penicillatis ; venis 
prim iis etek ue 9-11, subtus sparse leprosis, subrectis, angulo cos- 
tali 10°-27°; spatha exteriore acuta, bialata, co ; spatha inte- 
Tiore *12™ ormi, acuta, aculeis nigris compressis, *004™--006™ 
adpressis armata ; spadice simplici, inermi, *1"-"15™, pedunculo pube- 
scente, rachi -025"--035"; fl. f albis, 008-010", ealyce minutissimo, 
petalis 4 coalitis, lanceolatis “009™ x :003™ ; staminibus 6, antheris 
erectis, loculis parallellis, apice basique discretis, versatilibu us, fila- 
mentis filiformibus quam anthere 4 brevioribus; fi. ¢ —— ; drupa 
‘ostellata, diametro -0. : 
spheroidea, r 015", glabra, purpurea ?; putamine ~ 
depresso-ovato-globoso, mesocarpio solido, tenui; drupe sat ge et 
corolla glabris, striatis, inib h is, demum laceris, ideo- 
que demum nigro-ciliatis ; corolla — calyx duplo longiore ; soi ae 
vestigio nullo. (Tab. 184, fig. III 
Hab.—lIn sylvis recentioribus i in terra alta ad Barreiras de Cupana, 
ad Tabocal, fl. Purus, ad Gaviao et ad Barr. de Pupunha, fl. Jurnd, ad 
Barr. de Caruri, fl. Jutahi; ad Barr. de Braga, fi. Javary ; et ns S30 
a Vea s es minor (Trail hb. Palm. saa sg al ad petiolos solos 
subarm eis -005™-"015" ; alis 25 x04"; venis utrinque 
8, i costal 20°2-22° ; costa yix 10", 
d Barreiras de Catatiha, fl. Purus in sylvis recentioribus 
2¥ “Bin at Li rh hb. Pal 
ar. 8. ensifolia — sob A. et B.).—Inermis vel 
subarmata; alis angustis -32™--70™ "045"; venis utrinque 
7-8, — _ 10°-122 (-17°); ; costa wea 
wie d Barr. de Carurt, fi. Juta 
wae y. pe oa hb. rey 154).—Ad vaginas 
ptiiosqu + ora cee GPO” 53", tri riangulari-lanceolatis ; 
enis utrinque angulo costali 15°-16°™ ; ™.-55™, ideoque 
foliis vix bifurcis. oe heres ae 
Hab.—Ad Gaviio, fl. Jurn4. 
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