78 PALMS OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 
vel armato, rachi *2™, ramos plurimos -08™--1™ inermes, pedicellis 
-025™"--04™ ornatos proferente ; fl. J alv veolatis, solitariis, “hexandris, 
alveolis hexastichis; fl. 9 solitariis, in basi ramulorum: sessilibus ; 
ealyce et corolla subeequalibus, urceolaribus, ore tridenticulatis, 
extus aculeolis subnigris nitidis dense armatis; androeceo sterili m 
corolla duplo breviore, eidem que arcte adhzerente ; drupis (immaturi 
"02™--04™) obovatis, ad basin pressione mutua polygonis, rostellatis, 
aculeis -01™ sock subnigris, contortis adpressis erebris a tis. 
Hab.—In sylvis ad Caman4, fl. Javary. Ab Indis “ Murumurd ” 
Obs. 1.—From A. a ee the above palm differs chiefly in the 
slighter arnatare: of the spadix, in the ses 2 flowers, in the 
ies, 
m 4A. Murumurti, Mart., it differs in being stemless or 
nearly so, in the longer leaves, i m i 5 
6 stichous alveoli of the male flowers, in the calyx being equal to the 
corolla and both being ca spiny, and in the larger and far more 
numerous spines on the 
Fro yri, Mart., it ‘differs i in being stemless or nearly so, in 
the longer leaves, i in the inner spathe, in the unarmed or slightly 
arm ‘spadix, the spines when raat” Basie adpressed, in a un- 
nt 
unarmed bracts of the female flowers, in the hexastichous Atelert in 
the calyx equalling the corolla, and lastly i in the h t. 
It can hardly be mistaken ‘for any other species than those men- 
tioned. 
43. A. minus, sp.m. (Trail hb. Palm. 213 ).— Mediocre ; 
Cduilice solitario, 2- 4™ 5 ae (ad basin)-"07™ (ad ‘apicem), nudo, valide 
annulato, inter annulos aculeis transverse subseriatis, -01™--03™, nigris 
7 - Ss 
> 
pinnatis, ad vaginas petiolos et costas aculeis nigris * -01™- 08™ valide 
armatis ; pinnis 60-70-jugis, a tn! lineari-lanceolatis, acumi-- 
natis, On, sursum brevioribus, 5-7-venosis, valide plic tis, supra 
005™-- ae Bb ne adpressis sparsis armato, rachi ‘3™ ramos plurim 
-09" sos pedicellis -01"--02™ setosis ad basin in receptac iulain 
snblictiethy dilatatis preeditos proferente ; fl. 3 ?; alveolis 5-stichis; 
 sessilibus in receptaculis; ¢ yce et corolla subsequilongis, urceo- 
laribus, ore tridenticulatis, a symmetricis, extus aculeis -01™ contortis 
subnigris adpressis vestitis ; andreeceo sterili corolla } breviore, ovario 
syokee: 
Hab.—In sylvis primevis ad Barreiras de Mutum, fl. Jutahi, ab 
indigenis ‘‘ Murumuru-i ” yocatur. 
Obs.—This species _ much the habit of oan Tucuma, Mart., 
-miniature, but it ‘can y any species save 
A. gynacanthum, Wat or its variety _4. Munbaee, Mart. (sp.). From 
