76 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
petiolos et costas tomento et pubescentia velutina ferruginea densis- 
sime vestitis, et aculeis (usque ad apicem cost subtus) subnigris nitidis 
*01™--08™ triangulari-subulatis 1-3-natim aggregatis valide armatis ; 
nde xpallidis semiadpressis ita obsessa ut pellem animal 
hirsutam appareat; spadice *35"~"4™, pedunculo compr 
pube ferruginea v 0, “25™--32™, rachi -01™ ramos 6-8 pubescentes 
™-"1", bracteis triangularibus cuspidatis parvis suffultos, profe 
rente; fl. ¢?; ?; drupa ovata longe cuspidata 
, pubescentia fusca et setis subnigris obsessa ; m socarpio tenui, 
subsic to, gibboso, 0, , Subtenui ; 
calyce cupulari subglabro, ore multifido ; corolla, quam calyx duplo 
longiore, cupulari, extus et int supra medium tomento fuseo 
covered i , 
Obs. 2.—#. turbinocarpa approaches B, trichospatha in the pubes- 
cence (though shorter and more dense) on the costa’ of the leaves, in 
the matter, 
41. B. syagroides (Trail hb. Palm., 20, 46).—Humilis, aculeata ; 
ice -6™-1™ x -008™ inermi aginis perei 
oe ™ Inermi, obscure annulato, -v: pereisten- 
tibus vestito ; foliis 1™-1-4™ pectinatis, concinnis; petiolo glabro -5"-"9™ 
(vagina *1"--2" inclusa, lepra badia vestita), compresso-tereti vel 
obtuse carinato, ad basin aculeis nigris *004™--005 subcompressis 2-3- 
Ln tis armato, costa supra acute bisuleata, faciebus floccis 
diis rsis; pinnis 30-35-jugis, oppositis vel alternis, -25™--345™ x 
*008"--015", lineari-lanceolatis, longe acuminatis, supra subtusque, 
concoloribus, supra glabris, ad venam primariam ultra medium, subtus 
ad venas, et ad margines setis nigris ciliatis ; spatha exteriore coriacea, 
"05", inermi ; spatha interiore (fragmentis solum visis) *1™-"12™, sub- 
aculeata? ; spadice 1", pedunculo ad angulum 90° deflexo, apicem 
versus aculeis co: is, nigri i i 
u mpressis, nigris, °002™--004™ tulis, horrido. 
rachi producta ramos 7 subparallelos edente ; 4. otra. 9. t; drupa? 
Hab.-—Prope pagum Aveyros, fl. Tapajos, etiam ad fl. Abacaxis, in 
' sylvis primevis nunquam inundatis. =. a 
