PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 77 
r. Rodriguez (1.c., p. 33) has indicated (from peeineas 
me 
Rodriguez's servishi wie is not sufficient as a means of identifying the 
species ; I quote it her 
IS. BB: eyagrotien, Bur. Rod. et Trail.—Stipite altitudine 
1™-1-:5™, diametro 0°1 is petiolorum persistentibus obvelatis, 
cum pubescent yo Linus ; frondibus pinnatis; foliolis 30-33- 
jugis, . ar us, longe aon minatis; spatha breviter 
acule ata. Barb. R hb. Palm 
Obs. 2.—This ae should “hardly be confounded with any but 
B. concinna, subsp. PNET, Trail, from which a is see 
by the more numerous pinne y the aria 
Obs. 3.—Owing to the stanaai of flowers and fruit, and to this 
species not showing close affinity to any descebe d species, it is not 
certain at present to which section of the genus it may prove to 
One. 
Genus Astrocaryum, Meyer. 
This genus is well represented in the Amazon Valley, usually by 
conspicuous forms which aid in giving a peculiar aspect to the forests 
in Amazonia. All the species are very aia. trunk, leaves, and © 
at teed wrought 
2. A. Paramaca, Mart. "(Palmet. Orb., pp. 88-9). 
van Javarense (Trail hb. Palm., 185.)—Acaule, vel caudice sub 
6™, aculeato, vaginis obvelato ; foliis pluribus contemporaneis, 4°5™- 
8", xqualiter pinnatis, ad petiolos (1°2™-1°8™ aculeis nigris, -02™- 
“12™, in - : 100-natim aggregatis alide 
armatis; costa aculeis brevioribus sparsioribus armata; pinn 
100-110-jugis, Jineari-lancéolatis, acuminatis, mediis T5%—9™ X 
*04", deorsum et sursum minoribus, ad margines et ad venam prima- 
riam supra aculeolis nigris ciliatis spathis 2, interiore ‘9™, ventr 
fusiformi, sublignea, ad basin pilis a i orf Se m bag hhe setis 
fuscis dense vestita ita ut Sie animalis referat, apicem 
_ aculeis subnigris sed carnoso- ay woe contortis s fragilibus ‘orm 05" 
armata et penicillata ; mene —, ne carnoso-floccoso, inermi 
