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PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 75 
Series II, Errexyy% (Juss.), 
Coh —s - Amomales. 
», 9 Gynandrales.* 
- 6. Taccales. 
4 Narcissales 
8. Dioscoreales 
Series III. Cataarr ANT 
Division 1. Coronariee 
sen : yee 
iliales (including pa ee 
Division Hs Enantoat (Von Martius). 
. Cohort 1 rage 26 8 
estiales, 
: Divison 3. oe miflore 
Cohort 13. Glumales: 
s Dr. Hooker has truly observed, it i e impossible to construct a 
aoa linear arrangement of Mono otyledons, so that, if our 
oe was ee) a pedigree peckd indicate affinities far 
etter, 
NEW PALMS COLLECTED IN THE VALLEY OF THE 
AMAZON IN NORTH BRAZIL, IN 1874. 
By James W. H. Tram, M.A., M.B., F.L.S. 
(Concluded from p. 49.) 
B. conemna, Mart., is easily recognised by the simple spadix. oh 
h ed fro 
riparia, Mart., is distinguish ed from B. Gaviona and from 
by its larger si ize (tru ™-7" X “05™), aco spiny trunk, leat 
ngs (1™-2™), pinnse setietiias at various angles and more or less 
ne Lay soe of spadix produced and bearing 20 or more seas. 
calyx - 2 annular, corolla much longer than it, no trace ot sterile 
— ””) is also 
rent. 
by ao dots, (CErsted, differs from ve P ae tie = 
Cu in the less spiny petiole and vagina, in the smaller 
(10-14 x 4 inch), in the more numerous branches of the seadie (11-12 12), 
and in the oval endocarp bluntly toothed at the apex. 
It is very desirable that specimens of B. ciliata, B. 
tions an Ss. 
40. B. turbinocarpa, Barb. Rod. (Le. p p. 33, no. a8) , te hb. 
Palm., 12).—Caudicibus 2 vel pluribus ex eodem te ortis, 
2°4™-3°6™ x 025", aculeis nigris armatis ; “foliis 8 “a al vaginas 
