42 : PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
cupularibus tridentatis, coriaceis, extus sparse pilis setisve brevibus 
i io ovato, brevissime piloso ; androecei vestigio nullo ; 
ta, dia 
inermi, *9"-2°4"; foliis -6™-1™; ‘pinnis 4-6-jugis, binati , 
"18™--32™ x -05™--08™, lato-lanceolatis ; spadicis ramis 6. 
ab —Ad lacum Juruty in sylvis recentioribus. 
Subsp. trichospatha (Trail hb. Palm., 68, 37, 145, 146,167,168).— 
Caudice 1:5"-3", plerumque ad nodia aculeis armato ; foliis 1°4"-2°5", 
interrupte vel raro subsqualiter pinnatis; pinnis 11-18-jugis, 3-8- 
na aggregatis, *25™--50™x-04"--06"; apicalibus brevioribus; 
Hab.—In sylvis primevis zeque ac recentioribus ad lacum Cara- 
raucu, fl. Amazonas; ad Barcellos, fl. Negro; ad Teffé; ad. fl. 
Jurud, ad fl. Jutahi, ad Tonantins, et ad Tabatinga. 
Var. robusta (Trail. hb. Palm., 51, 152, 178).—Caudice -2™-"7"X 
*025™"--05™ ad nodia aculeis valide armato ; foliis 1:8"-2°5™ interrupte 
pinnatis pinnis 19-26 jugis; spadicis ramis 9-12 ; fl. 9 corolla, et calyce 
quam corolla breviore, extus setosis. 
yal Humaita, fl. Madeira; ad Pupunha, fil, Jurud; eb ad 
Tabatinga. 
Obs. 1.—A palm (Trail hb. Palm., 62) gathered at Caburi, fl. Ne 
agrees with this variety in having leaves 1-8™-2-2™ long, with 21-22 
allied to B. tricho 
besides the meagre nature of the description, the absence of spadix and 
' it 7 ble 
vaginante (parte invaginante aculeis A 
libus); foliolis 2-4 gregatis, quorum 4-5 fasces utrinque, apicalibus 
B. 4, with which it agrees in habit, but from which it differs 
ints, viz., in the regular arrangement and smaller number 
(9-10 pairs) of the pinne, in the arrangement of b 
e rachis being represented long, while in ¢richospatha i 
or nearly :& i 
small. Wallace makes no mention of the fruit being hairy or setose, 
_ also in his description says simply, ‘Spathes elongate, fusiform, 
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