520 PALMiE. 



21. B. acanthocnemis, Mart. Trunk "low (3'-4' high), arundiuaceous," ^HcA;^ at 

 the leaf -sheaths : prickles long-setaceous, . black ; leaves i-fid-erdire or irregularly cut into 

 2-3 segments on one or both sides ; divisions broadly oblong or narrow, if cat, curved-acute, 

 with a few marginal prickles or bristles below the point, flat at the adnate base, curved- 

 diverging in an acute angle: petiole prickly at the base; spathe- «K«r»!e«?, gkbrescent, 

 spreading from the axil. — Allied to the preceding : spadix probably simple, but abortive in 

 our specimens ; segments of the 2-fid leaf 1' long, 4"-5" broad, in the cut leaf often distant, 

 3"-10"' broad: prickles 10"'-6"', petiole 6"-8", spathe 3" long: no peduncle.— Hab. 

 Trinidad!, i'j?.; [Guiana]. 



22. B. Favouiana, Mart. "Trunk low;'' leaves jAnnatisect : segments numeroiis, 

 grass-like, linear-acuminate or the uppermost broader by cohesion, glaucous and minutely 

 puberulous or glabrescent beneath, approximate, subequidistant, reduplicate at the base^ 

 rhachis armed with very long Hack prickles and rare bristles, keeled above. — Flowers un- 

 known ; leaf-segments (in our specimens, which are cut ofi', perhaps about the middle of the 

 rhachis) more than 30-jugal, S'"-6"' distant, 12"-8" long, 4"'-2'" broad, superior gradually 

 shorter, the uppermost cohering ones sometimes 6"'-8"' broad : prickles scattered or clustered^ 

 slender, the greatest 2" long.— Hab. Antigua !, Wallschl., Blubber valley ; [Portorico]. 



23. B. Flumieriana, Mart. Trunk "csespitose (12-40' high)," densely annulate 

 with rings of long prickles : all prickles black ; leaves rosular at the summit of the trunk, 

 pinnatiseet : segments lanceolate-linear, acuminate, reduplicate at the transverse base, glat 

 brous, inferior approximate in clusters, superior subequidistant, the young armed with small 

 prickles : rhachis densely prickly ; exterior spathe one-third to one-fourth as long as the in- 

 terior, armed with accnmhent, short prickles, the interior (l'-2' long) densely covered with 

 long spreading or recm'ved prickles, twice as long as the spadix ; spadix branched : its pe- 

 duncle very prickly ; exterior S perigone minute, much shorter than the interior ; drupe de- 

 pressed-globose (5'" diara.), — Cocos guineensis, L. {ex syn. St.), Sw. B. minor, Svj. {non 

 Jacq.). — Trunk (in the Kew museum) about 3" thick : the rings of prickles at intervals of 

 about 6'" throughout its length ; prickles of the leaf-rhachis 6'", of the peduncles, the ex- 

 terior spathe and the leaf-segments 3"'-4"', of the iuterior spathe 2"-3"' long, the latter very 

 unequal ; leaf-segments 2' long, 1" broad ; spadix-branches 6"-3", inner ? perigone 2'" long. 

 —Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., common in the inland woods, Manchester ; [Cuba I to French islands]. 



The following fragments of the same or an allied Bactris, sent from Jamaica as B. major, 

 Jacq., deserve a notice : — 1. Mr. Wilson's specimen of a spathe, 7"-8" long : its black 

 prickles densely parallel, spreading, subequal, 4"'-6"' long ; ? interior perigone 3-4 times as 

 long as the repand, exterior one. 2. Leaf-segments (sent by Mr. March) 2^' long, 16'" 

 broad, with persistent, 2'" long, setaceous prickles on the margin and midrib, confined chiefly 

 to its acuminate part. 



24. B. Cuesa, Cr. ms. (k. sp^. Prickles black; leaves large, pinnatiseet: segments 

 broadly lanceolate-linear, shortly acuminate, reduplicate at the obliquely adnate base, gla- 

 brescent, with smaU, distant, marginal bristles towards the top, uneguidistant : 4-5 equi- 

 distant in each special series : rhachis prickly, broad, keeled above ; iuuer spathe (1 4' long), 

 covered with recurved or, diverging prickles, shortly exceeding the spadix ; spadix densely 

 branched : its peduncle prickly ; exterior S perigone short, i-phyllous, $ half as long as the 

 interior ; drupe (young) ovoid-globose. — Prickles 8"'-2"' long, setaceous ; leaf-segments 3' 

 long, 20"'^18"' broad at the middle, double basilar insertion-line 6"'-4"', rhachis gi-adually 

 tapering upwards, inferior part 8'" broad; rhachis of the spadix 6" long above the peduncle, 

 branches 6"-4" long ; exterior $ perigone ^"' long : leaflets reniform, interior ones ovate- 

 oblong, 2'" long, equalling the 6 stamens : rudiment of the pistil subglobose ; exterior ? pe- 

 rigone truncate, 1"' long, interior minutely 3-dentate, 2"' long, devoid of sterile J. parts. — 

 Hab. Trinidad !, dr., at Maracas, Maraval. 



Sect. 2. kvavsiiTfEk, Karst. (Syn. OocarpfB, Mart.). — Rhachis of the spadix reduced > 

 branches fascicled at the top of its peduncle. — Leaves pinnatiseet : segments equi- 

 distant. 



25. B. Cruegeriana, Gr. and Wendl. (n. sp.). Prickles black ; leaf-segments broadly 

 lanceolate-linear, shortly acuminate, redupUcate-concave at the obliquely adnate base, gla- 

 brescent, with small accumbent bristles along the margiu, and a few on the midrib above; 



