PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 41 
fern: soar but as usual the description does not suffice for the deter- 
ination of his species, 
wranga (Trail hb. Palm., 217).—Humilis; caudicibus 2-6 
ex -eoiem rhi zomate ortis, -08™- 30" "012", inermibus, valide annu- 
u 
natis, -29™.-25™X-0 5™--08™ (epicalibus arrests atroviridibus, 
supra glabris, subtus pubescentibns, ad apicem solum ees spatha 
exteriore ‘07"--09™ x °012™ ae dente: pubescente ; spatha in- 
teriore ‘22™--28™, fusiformi, setis ferrugineis dense vestita. 
Spadicibus 2-4 in unaquaque tse, °19™-'25™, pedun 7 anor 
compresso, sparse setis brevibus armato, ad apicem ramos aro 2) 
_ tenues sparse aa a obsitos proferente ; fl. 9, ¢ a ce cupu- 
trifida, extus ‘epithet wotoes + ; ovario ovato stigmate subtrigono 
apicato ; bets spherica, rostellata, glabra, °015" x i lenti ‘015™, pul- 
—In sylvis recentioribus ad Santar arem, fl. Jutahi, et ad Uara 
salle ostia fl. J urué ; flo Tes et fructus fert mense Polniagid: Indi eam 
vocant ‘* Maraja-piranga 
0bs.—This species is ae likely to be mistaken for any other 
save the next species, B. a from which it may be known by 
its lower stature, by the form of the spines on the petiole, by the 
unaculeate spathe, by the a taathst spadix, and especially by the 
fruits. The leaves are not unlike those of B. tomentosa, Mart. 
29. B. trichospatha.—Humilis vel mediocris, aculeata ; caudicibus 
plerumque pluribus ex eodem rhizomate et, plerumque 1°5™-3™ 
--025™ inermibus vel aculeis ad nodia n semiannulos aggregatis, 
rupte pinnatis, genus omnibus in eodem plano lanceolatis, subfalcatis, 
longe acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus ad venas pubescentibus, subtus 
pallidioribus, ad margines nigro-setoso ciliatis, vena primaria 1-venis 
6-8; vaginis et petiolis -3"--6" aculeis subnigris vel 
unaquoque m orl compressis *005™-"06™ va 
et unacum costis setis vel pilis ferrugineis vestitis v us us 
leprosis; spatha exteriore coriacea, pubescente vel apicem versus 
setosa, ancipiti; spatha interiore sublignea, fusiformi setis ferrugineis 
plerumque densissime obsita ideoque velu aculeis nullis, vel 
aculeis compressis, spadic aqui medio pallidiore, ad mar- 
gines tatis, ™_-015™, Pp armata ; 
ta 
-20™--35™, pedunculo *12™-22™, decurvo, compresso, pubescente a. 
velutino, ramos simplices 6-10 sursum attenuatos proferente ; fag: 
; calyce membranaceo, minuto, in lacinias 3 subulatas acutus 
producto ; corolla ami ultra medium trifida, petalis ovatis ae 
- .*;72 rudimento 
wre ormibus, antheris erectis ; 
nullo; fi. 2 viridi E eee et ccnalie cian calyx 14-2-plo inate 
