PALM^. 517 



.' 12. E. oleracea, Mart. Leaf-segments lanceolate-linear, acuminate, glabrcscent : mid- 

 rib keeled above ; spadix-branches furfumceous-tomentose, whitish : floieers approjdmate ; 

 leaflets of the interior ^ perigone ovate, bluntish, twice as long as the exterior ; berry 

 violet-black (6'" diara.). —ilf«r<. Pahn. t. 28-30— Trunk 80f-120' high, or lower {Mart.): 

 leaf-segments l^'-2' long, 1" broad ; spathe glabrous, 2'-24', spadix-branches IV, S peri- 

 gone li'" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Wits. ; Trinidad I, Cr. ; [Guiana !, common along rivers, 

 to Pernambuco], 



E. montana. Grab. (Bot. Mag. t. 8874., Areca, Lodd.), introduced from Grenada, is. said 

 to be distinguished from E. oleracea by a glabrous spadix, with purplish spreading branches 

 and a small $ calyx : but the palm, sent as Areca montana, from Jamaica to the Kew 

 Museum, proves to be the true E. oleracea, and perhaps was introduced from the mainland 

 into that island as a cabbage-palm. 



8. OREODOXA, Mart. 



' Perigone exterior and interior 3-phyllous, the latter valvate in ? . Stamens 6-9. Ovary 

 3-celled, surrounded by a 6-dentate cupula : stigmas 3, sessile, snprabasilar in fruit. Bary 

 drupaceous, 1-seeded: putamen adnate to the testa. Albumen enXiK : embryo basilar. — 

 High, unarmed palms ; leaves pinnatisect : pinnse 2-fld at the top, petiole long-sheathing ; 

 spadix at the base of the cylinder formed by the leaf-sheaths, thrice-fmce divided, equal- 

 ling the inner lignescent spathe: flowers sessile, lanceolate; berries ovoid or oblique, 

 bluish. 



: 13. O. oleracea, Mart, " Trunk equal at the middle (10O'-120' high) ;" leaf-segments 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; spadix-branches furfuraceous-puberulous, glabrescent ; stamens 

 6 ; berry incurved, obovoid-oblong : fibres of the mesocarp in an oval area. — 5^. t. 215 : 

 leaves and berries. Jacq. Amer. Fid. t. 255 (Besc. Ft. 4. t. 265) : the habit. Mart. 

 Palm. t. 156. 1. II. — Areca, Jacq. — Leaf-segments 3' long, li" broad : spadix 3', S perigone 

 2"'-24"', " berry 8"'-9"' long." — Hab. Bahamas {MaH^ ; Jamaica !, Wils., common in 

 the mountains, to Barbadoes; Trinidad.', Cr.; [Cuba! and other Autilles]. 



14. O. regia, Zif/i. "Trunk thickened at the middle (40'-60' high); leaf-segments 

 linear-acuminate ;" spadix-branches puberulons ; stamens " 9 "-6 ; berry ovoid : fibres of 

 the mesocarp in a round area. — Mart. Palm. t. 156. Ill.-V, — " Leaf-segments 2i' long, 

 8"'-lZ"' broad;" ^perigone 3'", berry 6'" long.— Hab. Antigua!, JVullschl. ; [Cuba and 

 other Antilles]. 



9. GEONOMA, W. 



Flowers with their bracteoles sunk into the alveoles of the rhachis. Perigone exterior 

 3-phyllous, interior^ 3 phyllous, ?3-fid (or closed, circumseissile). Stamens 6, mous.M- 

 phous: anther-cells usually distinct, reflexed. Ovary 1-celled, ■ surrounded by a 6-den- 

 tate cupule; style 3-fid, snprabasilar. Berry with the albumen entire : embryo at its base. — 

 Trunk unarmed, arundinaceous, rarely none; leaves pinnatisect-bifid, usually unequally 

 divided : segments flattish, with the base often broadly adnate ; spathes several-2 at the base 

 of the spadix, marcescent. 



. 15. G. vaga, Gr. and-Wendl. "Trunk 8'-10' high" {Cr.) ; leaf-segments 6-10- 

 jugal, adnate, obliquely acuminate, very unequal, several broadly oblong, otherslinear, lowest 

 distant; spadix-branches rfm^^ec?, usually 3 -partite, lastigiate, pilose or hispidulous : spathes 

 2_3 (3"_4" long) : flowers 4-5-scriate, lax r lip of the alveole rounded-subtruncate ; exterior 

 S perigone two-thirds as long, as the interior ; staminal tube equalling the latter, cam- 

 pamilate-cylindrical ; herry globose, rounded or blunt at the top (3^" i]s.m.).—Mart. Palm, 

 t. 5 : is perhaps this species, but its short staminal tube disagrees. G. multiflora. Mart. 

 {t 6) has " 20-jugal, narrow leaf-segments, a very delicate down on the diverging spadix- 

 branches two at length 5" long spathes, and a subemarginate alveolar lip," while in our 

 species the spadix-branches are fastigiate-erect and densely pilose— Leaves about 3 long, 

 more than 1' broad : broadest segments 4"-3", narrowest 4'" broad; spadix long-peduncled, 

 li'-l' secondai-y branches 5" long, Ihe latter bearing flowers almost to their base.— Hab. 

 Dominica!, Irm:; Trinidad !, P^^., Cr., gregarious, at 3000' alt., Tamana mountains, 

 Tocuche; [Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



