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PALMS OF THE VAIMEY OF THE AMAZON. 9 
Subsp. pinnatisecta (Trail hb. Palm., 182).—Foliis pinnatisectis ; 
pinnis 2-jugis oppositis, distantibus, basalibus ligularibus lon u- 
minatis *48™ KX °038™, a icalibus triangulari-rhomboideis *50™ X 
venis primariis folii. utrin 12 (4- 8}, subrectis, angulo costali 
15°-18° ; armatura petioli, spathis et spadice cum JB. spherocarpa 
convenit. 
Hab,—Ad Barr. de Catatiha, fl. Purus, cum var. 
0bs.— B. spherocarpa is hardly likely to be sstiventela with any - 
species save B. bifida, Mart., from which it is well distinguished by 
s smaller size, more deeply- “cleft leaves with fewer primary veins 
which usually form a a greater costal angle, less strongly armed vagine 
and petioles, absence of iridescence on the under surface of the dried 
leaf, calyx and corolla of fl. 2? beth glabrous externally, absence of 
Pepe ace in fl. 2, and smooth spheroidal fruit. 
. pinnatisecta most resembles B. fissifrons, Mart., from which 
spines all round the vagina and petiole in pinnatisecta, on the vagina 
and basal half of only the upper surface of fascfoont, and by the 
simple spa 
. spher erocarpa in one form or another is wide-spread and abundant 
in the tract of country on the aorpe bank of the Solimdes or Upper 
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mazo 
elsewhere. It is called eo ho Todiane ‘* Maraja-y,”” a name applied 
to all small species of Bactr 
. B. fissifrons, Mart. (Trail hb. Palm., 173, 179).-—Hab. ad To- 
nantins et ad a7 ey — (drupal spherica, mucrone longo 
apiculata, glabra j putamine depresso-obovato, gibboso). 
Var. robunlé (Trail hb. Palas 199).—Major; foliis 1:7"; pinnis: 
5-6-jugis 1-2-natim ageregatis, longioribus (basalibus “5™ x 08". -10", 
mediis *38™-"45™ X *035™--045™, apicalibus "55" x ‘13"-"15™); venis 
primariis folii utrinque 15-16 ; spatha interiore majore ree lignea, 
profunde sulcata; spadice -25™-°30™, ramis 2, °10™- — fl. »@y 
corolla extus brevissime setosa, quam ealyx x 1}-2- “plo longi 
ers of this variety thane ag an inne 
corolla free from and longer than the true corolla ; in other flowers 
ere was no trace of this structure. ovate not uncom- 
e 
monly in the forest around Tabatinga, where the ordinary form is also 
abundan 
26. B. eumorpha.—Caundicibus solitariis, vel 2-3 aggre; 
1-2”-1°8" x "006" 008", inermibus sed vaginis persistentibus pavers 
obvelatis ; foliis -6™ (raro 1"), ad vaginas et petiolos aculeis tenuibus 
armatis; pinnis 3-4}-jugis oppositis vel alternis, lineari- lanceolatis 
vel lanceolatis, subfalcato acuminatis supra subtusque glabris, subtus 
pallidiori atha exteriore fragili, bialata ; pebe interiore 
1"a" sete severe simplici vel bifido, pedunculo in ermi, pw 
cente; drupa ovato-globosa, rostellata, -015--018" x ‘012™-"018", © 
-010"- ae spadiceis 2-4-natim aggregatis armatis; spatha interiore 
