46 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
ferrugineo-tomentosa; spatha interiore Jato-fusiformi, sublignea, 
"005™--008™, ntermixtis armata; spadice tomento fulvo obsesso, 
sub -3™, pedanewle "16", rachi -02™, ramos 20-24 tenues -1™ edente ; 
fl. - 2 ealyce peer et corolla, — calyx 2-3-plo 
longiore urceolata, ore tridentatis, setiie lanatis ; drupa depresso- 
nd 
ndem 
processibus vel spinis carneis -003™--004™, apicem versus curvatis, 
dense obsessa, ad apicem solum nuda; mesocarpio oo aa succulento ; 
endocarpio agi subtrian gulari, nigro, levi. [Tab, 184, fig. V. ] 
Hab.—In sylvis hu milioribas, recentioribus ad lacum eo ad 
fl. a ot prope ur ana 
Obs. 1.—This is well Lictiogkiahelt from all other species of Bactris 
the fruit, which is peculiar in being covered with sant bristles or 
spines like those on the capsules of Bixa Orellana. In 
ure of lenvens, and pinne it comes next to B. patienaionthe a, 
Obs. 2.— fortunately able to identify this as one of Dr. 
Rodrigu ies, from having been in his err ters when it was 
_ (by one of our men) near Lake Achi 
a railiana, Barb, Rod. (1.c., p. 27, no. 8); (Trail hb. 
Palm., 15).—Acaulis vel caudice sub -15™ foliz 2™-2°5™, simplicibus 
bifurcis ; vagina, petiolo, et costa B. acanthocarpa, Mart., lamina 
dm es 
teriores venis in dentes excurrentibus, subciliata ; laciniis apice sub- 
acuminatis, tandem fissis ; venis primariis utrinque 21-25, -012™-'018™ 
dissitis, bis flexis, medio angu um cum costa 18°-30° efformantibus ; 
o-ovafa, 
edium setosa, coriaceis, ore tridentatis; drupa B. acantho- 
carpe, Mart. 
Hab.—In sylvis primevis ad lacum Caypuru, fl. Trombetas. 
bs.—B. acanthocarpoides, Barb. Rod. (l.c., p. 33, no. 20), is 
prea a variety —_ acanthocarpa, the only difference being that the 
is yellow stead of red. I quote the description—‘‘20. B. 
ite ocarpoides. ~*‘Stipite ceespitoso, 2"-3™ alto, aculeato ; frondibus 
pinnatis ; foliolis alternis obsoleto-faleatis, acuminatis ; spadice ae 
ramoso ; drupa globoso-turbinata, lutea, ‘aculeata, (Barb. Rod. h 
Palm., 349).” 
35. B. oligocarpa = bb. Palm., 21, 45).—Humilis ; caudice 
solitario inermi, -6™--12™ x -006"--01", pubescentia badia caduca 
obsito, apicem versus vaniiilg aculeatis vestito; foliis -7™-1™, 
paucipinuatis, ad Vaginas et petiolos longos ad basin aculeis eocintree 
vel 2-4 aggregatis actor tenuibus nigris "005-030 armatis, et lepra 
ferrugine a vestitis; pinnis 3-(raro 2-23) jugis, apicalibus et basalibus 
oppositis, lanceolatis, subfal catis, ——— is, mediis angustiori- 
bus, vena primaria unica, 25". 32™ x "05 (basilabus), "025" x -035” 
(mediis), -06" x -09™ (apicalib ibus) ), “svpn glabris subtus ad venas 
sparse pubescentibus, ad ie cou setoso-ciliatis; spatha ex- 
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