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Original Articles. 
SOME REMARKS ON THE SYNONYMY OF PALMS OF THE 
AMAZON VALLEY, 
By J. W. H. Tran, M.A., M.B., F.L.S. 
Ix addition to the comments on the synonymy made in my paper 
on new species and sags es of Palms collected in the Amazon Valley 
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by myself, I think ay ome use to state the conclusions to 
which I hav e hom xamination of ce’s types i K 
Herbarium, and from ree authentic specimens of ae re 
ae described by ez in his “ Enu 
&e. As 
will be seen, my conclusions differ a der deal 
fii those of Dr. Spruit and of Dr. Rodriguez. 
Tribe LepmocaRyInz. 
ee linnophilla, Barb. Rod. (1.c., p. 18) =H. aculeata, H.B.K. 
nec Mar 
Lepi scien enneaphyllum, Barb. Rod. . .c., p. 19), and Lepido- 
caryum 6-partitum, Trail & Barb. Rod. (Le., 18), are both simpl 
varieties 8 not even constant _— of. Maurits (Lepidocaryum) 
tenuts, nam was given myself pro- 
Visiowially 2 rt convenience of sckaents till I could examine the question 
of its specific value, but was not intended for publication. MZ. tenuis, 
The fruits of J. Guinn, aoa feos which his descriptions were 
made, are evidently only half-grown, and entirely resemble fruits of J. 
quadripartita, — at the sameage. The synonymy of M. tenuis is 
therefore as follows : 
4); i 
enneaphyllum, Barb. Rod. aoe p. 19), and L. Sopertini Barb, 
Rod. (1.c., p. 19). ; 
Tri Eee 
Genus Geonoma.—Of the 9 species of Geonoma named by Dr, — 
z (L.c., pp. 9- 17) | ro descriptions given ar tot i any ass 
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